Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in LOOK AHEAD - Ancillary to LOOK AHEAD

March 12, 2014 updated by: Arizona State University
To determine how weight loss achieved by intensive lifestyle intervention including diet and exercise alters lipoprotein oxidation/oxidative stress and antioxidant status in overweight diabetic individuals.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

BACKGROUND:

Overweight and diabetes increase risk of cardiovascular disease but the mechanism(s) that account for this effect remain to be clarified. Oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is thought to contribute to atherosclerosis. Diabetes may increase oxidative stress, and this may contribute to increased risk of cardiovascular disease in diabetics. Caloric restriction and the initiation of exercise may increase oxidative stress in the short term and may thus adversely affect cardiovascular disease. Over the long term, metabolic adaptation may reduce oxidative stress. Such adaptation, together with beneficial changes in lipoprotein concentration, composition, and character, may allow expression of beneficial effects of weight loss on cardiovascular endpoints. However, the influence of weight loss on measures of lipoprotein oxidation/oxidative stress and antioxidant status in overweight diabetics has never been investigated.

The study is ancillary to the Look AHEAD clinical trial which is sponsored primarily by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and secondarily by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Nursing Research, the Office of Research on Women's Health, the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Look AHEAD study is a multicenter, randomized clinical trial to examine the long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention designed to achieve and maintain weight loss in overweight diabetics. The study is in response to an initiative on Ancillary Studies in Heart, Lung, and Blood Disease Trials released in June, 2000.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

The primary aim of this project is to determine the influence of intensive lifestyle intervention on lipoprotein oxidation as assessed by autoantibodies to oxidized low-density lipoprotein. Other complementary indices of oxidative stress, and antioxidant status as assessed by circulating concentrations of lipophilic antioxidants, will be compared between lifestyle intervention and community care (control) arms of the Look AHEAD study. Such comparisons will be performed both early after intervention and later when metabolic adaptation is expected. By contrasting subgroups defined by differential compliance to diet or exercise, by gender, menopausal status, ethnicity, and age, secondary aims will consider whether changes in lipoprotein oxidation/oxidative stress and antioxidant status differ between such subgroups. Other aims will consider whether differences in lipoprotein oxidation/oxidative stress among the above subgroups can be accounted for by differences in lipoprotein concentration, composition, or character, carbohydrate metabolism, or antioxidant status. The results of this study will provide a potential mechanistic explanation for differences in cardiovascular endpoints between intervention and community care groups.

Study Type

Observational

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

45 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

An estimated 308 obese, diabetic subjects. There will be 184 women (60%) and 55% minorities.

Study Plan

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Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Arizona State University

Collaborators

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Investigators

  • Dawn Schwenke, Arizona State University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 27, 2002

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 27, 2002

First Posted (Estimate)

February 28, 2002

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 13, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 12, 2014

Last Verified

March 1, 2014

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 993
  • R01HL070300 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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