Use of Mobile Technology to Promote Sustained Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in India and the UK

NCT ID: NCT01570946

Last Updated: 2015-12-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1171 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-05-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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Primary prevention of diabetes is of paramount importance in both developed and in developing countries. Several studies including the Indian Diabetes Prevention Programmes have shown that Lifestyle modification in people with prediabetes can reduce the progression to diabetes by 58%. However, there are two main problems in applying diabetes prevention strategies to the population as a whole. (1) Trial based interventions are unrealistic on a population level in any country. (2) The oral glucose tolerance test applied so far to identify those at high risk is a poorly reproducible and time consuming test both for the participant and for health care workers. Hence more practical means of defining individuals who would benefit from lifestyle intervention are required.

The current study proposes a prevention strategy that will employ a lifestyle modification programme delivered by text messaging in both India and the UK.Subjects will be identified based on the HbA1c measurement instead of the oral glucose tolerance test. The study will also assess the efficacy, acceptability and cost effectiveness of mobile phone based intervention both in India and the UK.

Messages will be based to deliver education, treatment targets, advice, support and motivation. Subjects will be invited to participate and, once recruited, will be randomised to usual care or the SMS intervention group.

Usual care will consist of a one-to-one 30 minute interview, conducted by the research team, delivering personalised diet and exercise advice.

The intervention group will undergo the same initial interview and, in addition, will receive 3 times weekly text messaging with education, advice, support and motivation. These messages will be personalised to individual targets set at the initial interview.

Primary Outcome:Progression to Diabetes Secondary Outcomes will be based on Physical activity / Cardiovascular risk factors/and quality of life.

The study programme is compatible with major initiatives in both the UK and India for the prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Prediabetic State

Keywords

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Lifestyle changes to prevent type 2 diabetes

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Lifestyle modification

The mobile phone based intervention will use short messaging service (SMS or text messaging) to deliver education, treatment targets, advice, support and motivation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lifestyle Modification

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The mobile phone based intervention will use short messaging service (SMS or text messaging) to deliver education, treatment targets, advice, support and motivation.

Standard Care

Baseline 30-minute interview delivering personalised diet and exercise advice supplemented with educational material on diabetes.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Lifestyle Modification

The mobile phone based intervention will use short messaging service (SMS or text messaging) to deliver education, treatment targets, advice, support and motivation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Men and women with no history of diabetes
* Persons with 2 or more risk factors including

1. Age 35-55 years
2. Positive family history of diabetes
3. Body mass index ≥23kg/m2
4. Waist circumference \>90cm for men and \>80cm for women
5. Hypertension
6. Sedentary habits
* HbA1c 6.0% - \<6.5%

Exclusion Criteria

* Known diabetes
* Any other illness
* Unwilling to participate
Minimum Eligible Age

35 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Indian Council of Medical Research

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medical Research Council

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Imperial College London

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

India Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. A. Ramachandran's Diabetes Hospitals

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr.A.Ramachandran

President, India Diabetes Research Foundation

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ramachandran Ambady, MD., Ph.D., D.Sc., FRCP

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

President

Desmond G Johnston, MB ChB.,PhD.,FRCP.,FRCPath

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Campus Dean, Imperial College London,Director, UK Diabetes Research Network

Nicholas J Wareham, MBBS.,M.Sc.Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Director, MRC Epidemiology Unit and co-Director Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge

Locations

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India Diabetes Research Foundation

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Site Status

Imperial College

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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India United Kingdom

References

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Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Samith Shetty A, Nanditha A. Predictive value of HbA1c for incident diabetes among subjects with impaired glucose tolerance--analysis of the Indian Diabetes Prevention Programmes. Diabet Med. 2012 Jan;29(1):94-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03392.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21790773 (View on PubMed)

Shetty AS, Chamukuttan S, Nanditha A, Raj RK, Ramachandran A. Reinforcement of adherence to prescription recommendations in Asian Indian diabetes patients using short message service (SMS)--a pilot study. J Assoc Physicians India. 2011 Nov;59:711-4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22616337 (View on PubMed)

Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Mary S, Mukesh B, Bhaskar AD, Vijay V; Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme (IDPP). The Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme shows that lifestyle modification and metformin prevent type 2 diabetes in Asian Indian subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IDPP-1). Diabetologia. 2006 Feb;49(2):289-97. doi: 10.1007/s00125-005-0097-z. Epub 2006 Jan 4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16391903 (View on PubMed)

Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Mary S, Selvam S, Kumar CK, Seeli AC, Shetty AS. Pioglitazone does not enhance the effectiveness of lifestyle modification in preventing conversion of impaired glucose tolerance to diabetes in Asian Indians: results of the Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme-2 (IDPP-2). Diabetologia. 2009 Jun;52(6):1019-26. doi: 10.1007/s00125-009-1315-x. Epub 2009 Mar 10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19277602 (View on PubMed)

Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Yamuna A, Mary S, Ping Z. Cost-effectiveness of the interventions in the primary prevention of diabetes among Asian Indians: within-trial results of the Indian Diabetes Prevention Programme (IDPP). Diabetes Care. 2007 Oct;30(10):2548-52. doi: 10.2337/dc07-0150. Epub 2007 Aug 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17670917 (View on PubMed)

Ramachandran A, Riddle MC, Kabali C, Gerstein HC; ORIGIN Investigators. Relationship between A1C and fasting plasma glucose in dysglycemia or type 2 diabetes: an analysis of baseline data from the ORIGIN trial. Diabetes Care. 2012 Apr;35(4):749-53. doi: 10.2337/dc11-1918. Epub 2012 Feb 8.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22323416 (View on PubMed)

Nanditha A, Thomson H, Susairaj P, Srivanichakorn W, Oliver N, Godsland IF, Majeed A, Darzi A, Satheesh K, Simon M, Raghavan A, Vinitha R, Snehalatha C, Westgate K, Brage S, Sharp SJ, Wareham NJ, Johnston DG, Ramachandran A. A pragmatic and scalable strategy using mobile technology to promote sustained lifestyle changes to prevent type 2 diabetes in India and the UK: a randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia. 2020 Mar;63(3):486-496. doi: 10.1007/s00125-019-05061-y. Epub 2020 Jan 9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31919539 (View on PubMed)

Thomson H, Oliver N, Godsland IF, Darzi A, Srivanichakorn W, Majeed A, Johnston DG, Nanditha A, Snehalatha C, Raghavan A, Susairaj P, Simon M, Satheesh K, Ramachandran A, Sharp S, Westgate K, Brage S, Wareham N. Protocol for a clinical trial of text messaging in addition to standard care versus standard care alone in prevention of type 2 diabetes through lifestyle modification in India and the UK. BMC Endocr Disord. 2018 Sep 10;18(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s12902-018-0293-8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30200935 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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58/1/MRC-ICMR/09/NCD-II_018

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id