A Rural OPTIFAST Intervention for Partial Remission of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults With Obesity

NCT ID: NCT04764279

Last Updated: 2021-02-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-30

Study Completion Date

2022-12-31

Brief Summary

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As rural Canada is a resource poor health service environment, we propose to test whether an OPTIFAST dietary replacement intervention, without the service intensive behavioural component, can cause partial remission of DMII in patients with obesity and DMII.

Detailed Description

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The objective of this study is to see if a rural-specific OPTIFAST intervention, of dietary replacement only, can cause a partial remission of DMII patients with obesity between the age of 18 and 65 diagnosed with DMII within the last 6 years. The goal is to inform the current diabetes routine care by standardizing a rural protocol on the effectiveness of rural-specific OPTIFAST intervention for people with DMII who want to attain partial remission of DMII.

Conditions

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A two arm, open-label randomized study will be conducted with a total of 30 patients being randomly assigned (1:1) to either of the two study arms: VLCD ( OPTIFAST®) intervention or best-practice care (control). The sample size was determined assuming a 46% partial remission rate of DMII in the VLCD group at year 1 and 4% in the usual care group and power of 80%. These rates are based on the findings of the DiRECT study.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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OPTIFAST Arm

Participants in the intervention group will be given OPTIFAST® meal replacement shakes, 4 per day to achieve 900kcal/day, for the first 12 weeks of the study. The second phase will consist of partial meal replacement and food reintroduction over a 4 week period. When the intervention group begins to reintroduce foods, all study participants will be provided a workbook, created for the study, to explain optimal lifestyle changes for DMII management. The third phase will be a 8-month follow-up of participants on continued healthy lifestyle as described in the workbook.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

OPTIFAST dietary supplement

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Participants will use Optifast Nutrition Supplement as previously described

Control/Usual Care Arm

Usual Care : A gift card will be offered to participants in the control group to stabilize the incentive of the intervention. Participants in the control group will receive usual diabetes care based on the current Canadian Diabetes Association guidelines by their family physician. Participants in the control group will receive the same workbook as the intervention group at 16 weeks into the study.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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OPTIFAST dietary supplement

Participants will use Optifast Nutrition Supplement as previously described

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Study participants will be patients of the MFHT, aged 18 to 65, BMI between 27 and 45 kg/m 2 , and newly diagnosed with DMII within the past 6 years.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Marathon Family Health Team

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr. Megen Brunskill

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Megen T Brunskill, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Marathon Family Health Team

Central Contacts

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Megen T Brunskill, MD

Role: CONTACT

807-229-3243

Eliseo Orrantia, MD

Role: CONTACT

807-229-3243

References

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Other Identifiers

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C-20-3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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