Prevention of diabetes in South Asians with impaired glucose levels: a family based clinical trial using physical activity and dietary modificatio

Completed

• Conditions: utritional, Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases: type 2 Diabetes; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Diabetes

• Registration Number: ISRCTN25729565
• Lead Sponsor: The Queen?s Medical Research Institute (United Kingdom)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 170

Inclusion Criteria

1. Self-assigned ethnic group using Census 2001 categories as Indian or Pakistani
2. Normal place of residence is in Greater Glasgow & Clyde or Lothian Health board areas
3. Given informed consent
4. Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) on oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at least once
5. An age of 35 or more
6. A waist size of > 90 cm (men) or > 80 cm (women)
7. No confirmed medical history of diabetes (other than gestational diabetes)

Exclusion Criteria

1. The main cook for the potential participant with IGT is unwilling to give consent to cooperate
2. A diagnosis of diabetes made on the OGTT during the screening phase of the study
3. Other disease where adherence to the intervention is contraindicated or improbable e.g. terminal illness or psychological or physical illnesses; alcohol dependency; planned or actual pregnancy; use of prescribed drugs that affect the primary outcome
4. An expectation, reported by participants or the GP, that the person will be emigrating or dying before the conclusion of the trial
5. Failure to make a commitment to stay in the study until, at least, the three year follow-up examination

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified