Exercise Interventions During Voluntary Weight Loss in Obese Older Adults

Biomedical Research Institute of New Mexico2 sites in 1 country160 target enrollmentFebruary 2010

ConditionsObesity

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Obesity
Sponsor: Biomedical Research Institute of New Mexico
Enrollment: 160
Locations: 2
Primary Endpoint: Change in Physical Function
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 6 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Obesity causes frailty in obese older adults by exacerbating the age-related decline in physical function. However, appropriate management of obesity in older adults is controversial. Weight loss without exercise could worsen frailty by accelerating the usual age-related decline in muscle and bone mass that leads to sarcopenia and osteopenia, respectively. Because of the important problem of frailty in obese older adults, it is important to determine the most efficacious approach in reducing, or even reversing frailty in this population. The primary objective of this proposal is to evaluate which distinct type of physical exercise (resistance, aerobic, or combined resistance + aerobic) is most efficacious in preventing the weight-loss-induced reduction in muscle and bone mass and reversing frailty in obese older adults.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

February 2010

End Date

December 31, 2018

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Biomedical Research Institute of New Mexico

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Dennis Villareal

Professor of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•65-85 years old
•Obese men and women (BMI \> or equal to 30 kg/m2)
•Stable weight (±2 kg) during the last 6 mos.
•Must be sedentary (regular exercise \<1 h/wk or \<2 x/wk for the last 6 mos.)
•Be judged, during the initial screening, to be well motivated and reliable

Exclusion Criteria

•Any major chronic diseases
•Any condition or unstable diseases that would interfere with exercise or dietary restriction, in which exercise or dietary restriction are contraindicated, or that would interfere with interpretation of results that include but are not limited to:
•Cardiopulmonary disease (e.g., recent MI, unstable angina, stroke etc.)
•Severe orthopedic/musculoskeletal or neuromuscular impairments that would contraindicate participation in exercise
•Visual or hearing impairments that interfere with following directions
•Diagnosis of dementia
•History of malignancy during the past 5 yr
•Recent use of bone acting drugs (e.g. use of estrogen, or androgen containing compound, raloxifene, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone during the past year or biphosphonates during the last two years)
•Individuals on insulin or with a fasting blood glucose of \> 140mg/dl, and/or a 2 hour post-glucose of \>250 mg/dl
•BMD t-scores of \<-2.3 of the lumbar spine and proximal femur

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in Physical Function

Time Frame: 6 Months

The Physical Performance Test includes seven standardized tasks (walking 15.2 m \[50 ft\], putting on and removing a coat, picking up a penny, standing up from a chair, lifting a book, climbing one flight of stairs, and performing a progressive Romberg test) plus two additional tasks (going up and down four flights of stairs and making a 360-degree turn). The score for each task ranges from 0 to 4, with higher scores indicating better physical performance; a perfect score would be 36.