Diabetes prevention in people from Bangladesh: a pilot trial in East Londo

Completed

• Conditions: utritional, Metabolic, Endocrine: Diabetes; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Diabetes

• Registration Number: ISRCTN37781193
• Lead Sponsor: Queen Mary, University of London (UK)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 3 July 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

Current inclusion criteria as of 07/05/2013:
For screening strategies, 500 people of Bangladeshi origin aged 20-70 years divided into two groups:
1. Dataset 1 will be invited to have an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) and fasting lipid profile and then if at high risk of diabetes invited to intervention
2. Dataset 2 will be identified as high risk from GP records and then invited directly for intervention

Previous inclusion criteria:
500 subjects of Bangladeshi origin aged 20-65 years divided randomly into two groups, dataset 1 being invited to have an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) and fasting lipid profile.

Exclusion Criteria

Added as of 07/08/2007:
1. Outside age range
2. Major co-morbidity including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer
3. Contra-indications to metformin

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified