A Trial Evaluating the Effects of a One-year Lifestyle Intervention in Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT ID: NCT03785379

Last Updated: 2018-12-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

23 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-02-28

Study Completion Date

2015-10-31

Brief Summary

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Diabetic patients with uncontrolled disease are often characterized by increased energy expenditure and could thus present a high resting metabolic rate (RMR). Lifestyle interventions aimed at improving glucose control in these patients may lead to reductions of futile pathways, resulting in lower rates of energy expenditure, and paradoxically to making it more difficult to lose weight. However, only few studies investigated how exercise could influence patients' RMR and results are still not unanimous. In this study, we aim to investigate the effects on metabolic health of a combined dietary intervention and 12-week exercise training in obese adults with type 2 diabetes.

Detailed Description

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Although a number of exercise training interventions have been proposed to type 2 diabetes patients, the current clinical practice demonstrates that most patients are still sedentary and with excess body weight. A negative balance between energy intake and energy expenditure is crucial to reduce excess body weight. However, diabetic patients with uncontrolled disease are often characterized by increased energy expenditure and could thus present a high resting metabolic rate (RMR). Lifestyle interventions aimed at improving glucose control in these patients may lead to reductions of futile pathways, resulting in lower rates of energy expenditure, and paradoxically to making it more difficult to lose weight. However, no robust evidence has been collected on this issue, and the few studies that investigated how exercise could influence patients' RMR have not shown unanimous results, especially concerning combined dietary and physical activity interventions.

This open-label randomized trial in obese adults with type 2 diabetes aims to investigate the effects of a 1-year caloric restriction and 12-week exercise training intervention on metabolic health, RMR and VO2max.

In particular, eligible type 2 diabetes patients of our clinic will be invited to participate in a short lifestyle intervention (LSI). LSI will consist of four weekly group-led lessons lasting 60-90 minutes in which specialized professionals will educate patients on specific dietary and physical activity recommendations for improving health and metabolic control.

After this month, patients will be randomly assigned either to: 1) 1-year caloric restriction with an immediate start of 12-week supervised structured exercise training (SSET) (Early-SSET intervention), followed by no exercise at health centers for 3 months; or: 2) 1-year caloric restriction with no exercise at health centers for 3 months and then a 12-week SSET from month 4 to month 6 (Late-SSET intervention). During the last 6 months participants' activity will be unrestricted.

Type 2 diabetic and obese adult volunteers will be recruited and screened through medical history, physical examination and biochemical analyses.

Conditions

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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Keywords

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Obesity Lifestyle intervention

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

After the baseline assessment, patients will be randomly assigned either to: 1) 1-year caloric restriction with an immediate start of 12-week supervised structured exercise training (SSET) (Early-SSET intervention), followed by no exercise at health centers for 3 months; or: 2) 1-year caloric restriction with no exercise at health centers for 3 months and then a 12-week SSET from month 4 to month 6 (Late-SSET intervention). During the last 6 months participants' activity will be unrestricted.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Caloric restriction and early SSET

Patients will participate to a short lifestyle intervention (LSI), consisting of four weekly group-led lessons lasting 60-90 minutes to educate them on specific dietary and physical activity recommendations for improving health and metabolic control. At the end of the 1-month LSI, participants will start a caloric restriction and early exercise training (SSET) during the first 12-week, followed by no exercise at health centers for 3 months. Between the 6- and the 12-month assessments, participants will continue caloric restriction and will be encouraged to freely exercise.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Caloric restriction

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A structured dietary training will be implemented to educate participants about recommended dietary habits.Patients will follow a caloric restriction (CR) diet, with an energy intake equal to the measured Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) and with 45% carbohydrate, 20%protein, 35%fat, and 30 g/day fibers. At each follow-up, nutritionist will adjust CR to the latest measured RMR and assess the compliance to the diet.

Exercise training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Trainers will supervise participants during 12-weeks of structured exercise consisting of 150 min/week workouts, divided in three sessions of progressive mixed (aerobic and resistance) exercise. All aerobic exercise will be performed using treadmill and/or cycle ergo-meter.

Caloric restriction and late SSET

Patients will participate to a short lifestyle intervention (LSI), consisting of four weekly group-led lessons lasting 60-90 minutes to educate them on specific dietary and physical activity recommendations for improving health and metabolic control. At the end of the 1-month LSI, participants will start a one-year caloric restriction with no exercise at health centers for 3 months, and then a 12-week exercise training (SSET). Between the 6- and the 12-month assessments, participants will continue caloric restriction and will be encouraged to freely exercise.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Caloric restriction

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A structured dietary training will be implemented to educate participants about recommended dietary habits.Patients will follow a caloric restriction (CR) diet, with an energy intake equal to the measured Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) and with 45% carbohydrate, 20%protein, 35%fat, and 30 g/day fibers. At each follow-up, nutritionist will adjust CR to the latest measured RMR and assess the compliance to the diet.

Exercise training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Trainers will supervise participants during 12-weeks of structured exercise consisting of 150 min/week workouts, divided in three sessions of progressive mixed (aerobic and resistance) exercise. All aerobic exercise will be performed using treadmill and/or cycle ergo-meter.

Interventions

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Caloric restriction

A structured dietary training will be implemented to educate participants about recommended dietary habits.Patients will follow a caloric restriction (CR) diet, with an energy intake equal to the measured Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) and with 45% carbohydrate, 20%protein, 35%fat, and 30 g/day fibers. At each follow-up, nutritionist will adjust CR to the latest measured RMR and assess the compliance to the diet.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Exercise training

Trainers will supervise participants during 12-weeks of structured exercise consisting of 150 min/week workouts, divided in three sessions of progressive mixed (aerobic and resistance) exercise. All aerobic exercise will be performed using treadmill and/or cycle ergo-meter.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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One-year caloric restriction 12-week structured supervised exercise training (SSET)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Signed informed consent
* age 30 to 64 years
* less than 60 min aerobic exercise/week
* absence of acute diseases
* no current treatment with insulin or sulfonylureas

Exclusion Criteria

* Body mass index (BMI)\<28
* HbA1c\<6%
* Recent acute diseases, severe infections, trauma or surgery
* Uncontrolled hypertension or hyperglycemia
* Evidence of advanced cardiovascular, renal or hepatic diseases
* Contraindication to exercise
* Body weight change of more than 3% within the last 6 months
* Medication changes within the last 3 months
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

64 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Padova

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Francesco Zurlo, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Padova

References

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Reference Type DERIVED
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Other Identifiers

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2718P

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id