Lifestyle Therapy for Youth With Type 2 Diabetes (BDT)

July 28, 2014 updated by: Jon McGavock, University of Manitoba

Beating Diabetes Together: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Intensive Lifestyle Therapy for Youth With Type 2 Diabetes

Background: Little is known about the efficacy of intensive lifestyle therapy (i.e. increased physical activity and dietary changes) for the management of glycemia and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Our hypothesis is that education regarding healthy lifestyle changes will significantly reduce blood sugars in youth with T2DM that do not require insulin therapy. Our secondary hypothesis is that the intensive lifestyle therapy will cause quick and sustained reductions in health risk measured by body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, waist circumference, LDL cholesterol, serum triglycerides and apolipoprotein B.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Youth between the ages of 10-20 years living with type 2 diabetes and not currently on insulin therapy will be randomly assigned to either a lifestyle intervention group or a control group. The lifestyle intervention group will meet 2-3 times per week for 16 weeks to take part in healthy living education sessions involving physical activity, healthy cooking, healthy gardening and how to start and sustain a healthy lifestyle change. At the beginning and end of the 16 weeks the investigators will measure the participants' blood sugars, height, weight, cholesterol, triglycerides and liver enzymes. The investigators will also take a picture of their kidney, heart and blood vessels using ultrasound. Those youth assigned to the control group will receive the 16 week intervention following their 16 week control period.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

15

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Manitoba
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3E 0P4
        • Manitoba Institute of Child Health

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

10 years to 20 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • youth with a BMI considered overweight according to the International Obesity Task Force
  • diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, confirmed with a 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test within two years of enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • youth with type 1 diabetes
  • use of insulin or other anti-diabetic drugs
  • youth with medication-induced diabetes
  • youth who have recently been admitted to hospital with ketoacidosis
  • youth have experienced weight loss or enrolled in a weightloss program in the last 6 months
  • youth with an orthapaedic injury preventing them from exercising
  • youth who have a history of alcohol or drug abuse

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Lifestyle counselling
Exercise, nutrition and self-efficacy based lifestyle training in a peer mentoring setting
Behavioral: Lifestyle Counselling
Participants will take part in 2-3 group based peer-led sessions per week in which they will learn about healthy lifestyle choices
No Intervention: Control
Youth randomized to the control group will receive standard care for the first 16 weeks followed by 16 weeks of intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Glycemic control determined by a standard fasting measure of glycosylated hemoglobin using internationally recognized DCCT assay
Time Frame: 16 weeks
16 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Cardiometabolic risk Z score
Time Frame: 16 weeks
This is a composite score based on BMI z-score, waist circumference, c-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides (TG) and apolipoprotein B (apoB), and a marker of fatty liver disease, alanine transaminase (ALT)
16 weeks
Presence of microalbuminuria
Time Frame: 16 weeks
defined as a first morning albumin:creatinine ratio (ACR) 2.5-25 mg/mmol in a first morning urine collection
16 weeks
Hypertension
Time Frame: 16 weeks
defined as a systolic blood pressure load >25% or a mean 24 hour systolic blood pressure >95th %ile for sex and height on 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
16 weeks
Anthropometrics
Time Frame: 16 weeks
Waist circumference in centimeters, body mass index (BMI) z-score and percent body fat will be assessed to determine if changes in body composition are associated with improvements in cardiometabolic risk
16 weeks
Cardiovascular structure and function
Time Frame: 16 weeks
Vascular health will be assessed with non-invasive assessments of arterial stiffness, endothelium-dependant relaxation and carotid intima media thickness which will be treated as continuous variables. Left ventricular structure and function will be assessed using standard M-mode and doppler ultrasound techniques
16 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Manitoba

Collaborators

Manitoba Institute of Child Health

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jonathon McGavock, PhD, University of Manitoba

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 9, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 10, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

May 11, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 29, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 28, 2014

Last Verified

July 1, 2014

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • B2012:023

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