Comparison of intermittent use of a very low calorie diet (VLC) versus Orlistat for weight maintenance in the management of obese patients with type 2 diabetes

Completed

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

• Registration Number: ISRCTN74116743
• Lead Sponsor: Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-09-12
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with type 2 diabetes attending the Jenny O'Neill Diabetes Centre and patients attending Primary Care diabetes clinics
2. Who are overweight (Body Mass Index [BMI] >28)
3. Who are either on maximal or near maximal doses of oral hypoglycaemics or are insulin treated but have poor control (HbA1c >7.59) and are motivated to lose weight

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided at time of registration

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Weight loss, improvement of cardiovascular risk<br>2. Improvement of blood pressure (BP)<br>3. Improvement of psychological outcome

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration