Parents and Children Together Preventing Diabetes (PACT PD) (PACT PD)

Parents and Children Together Preventing Diabetes

In response to the growing threat of obesity on the health of American children, specifically African American children, the investigators propose to develop a program to educate and motivate African American families to improve health behavior for obesity reduction and diabetes prevention. This project will be unique in its partnership with local YMCAs and its use of Family Health Coaches from the YMCAs who will work one-on-one with participating families. The investigators feel this program will benefit all members of the families who are enrolled and will encourage all members to participate though the study will target one parent and one child who is 8 to 10 years old.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Diabetes Prevention
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Standard Family-Based intervention; Behavioral: Lifestyle Intervention

Detailed Description

The investigators' long-term research goal is to translate the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) in community-based settings for overweight/obese African American (AA) families at risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Intensive lifestyle approaches addressing physical activity, healthy eating patterns, and stress management are established methods for reducing obesity and risk of T2DM for adults (Knowler, 2002; Tuomilehto et al, 2001; Pan et al, 1997). But, minimal evidence exists that this knowledge has been translated in sustainable settings or in a manner that acknowledges the influences of daily life on motivation and family self-efficacy for changes in nutrition and physical activity. The study proposes to adapt these components for AA families through the use of "family coaches", one-on-one intervention sessions through supervised individualized physical activity, and tailoring intervention strategies for individual families. Utilizing a family systems approach, each component will be delivered using brief motivational strategies that will target self-efficacy and motivational readiness. This four month, two-arm randomized clinical trial, Parents and Children Together Preventing Diabetes (PACT PD) will test the central hypothesis that, relative to a control condition, a "family health coaching" intervention focused on nutrition and physical activity using brief motivational strategies will improve targeted dietary and physical activity behaviors in overweight/obese AA parents and their overweight/obese 8-10 year old children, (N=50 families) all of whom are at risk for T2DM diabetes. This study will test the feasibility and acceptability of training YMCA fitness staff to utilize brief motivational interviewing and serve as "family health coaches". This study will evaluate the early efficacy of the newly translated, family-based diabetes prevention intervention in improving anthropometric measures of BMI (primary outcome) and waist circumference, physical activity and dietary intake, and family functioning (secondary outcomes) and intervention fidelity, feasibility and acceptability of participants. Further, the study will assess the acceptability and feasibility of booster interventions for motivation maintenance and potential for long-term retention and intervention success in the subsequent R18 application. This study will provide critical information regarding the early effectiveness of an innovative, family-based, behavioral intervention for the prevention of T2DM specifically translated for AA families. This study is funded by the National Institutes for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 33
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Carolina
    • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157
      • Wake Forest Baptist Health

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 8 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body Mass index (One overweight/obese parent (25 kg/m2 <BMI<40 kg/m2 and one overweight/obese child (at or above the 85th% of age-and gender- specific BMI)
• Parental HbA1c levels (pre-diabetes = 5.7 - 6.4%)
• Parent and their child age 8-10

Exclusion Criteria:

• Clinical history of T2DM
• On glucose-lowering drugs
• Currently participating in a supervised weight loss program
• Pregnant or Breastfeeding
• Has conditions limiting participation in the interventions
• Has undergone weight loss surgery
• Unwilling to accept randomization
• Plans to live outside the general area in the next 6 months

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Standard Family-Based intervention; Families randomized to the Standard Family-based Intervention will receive three-month family YMCA memberships, one orientation training session, access to available equipment and programming at the YMCA, and receive diabetes educational materials from the "Power to Prevent" curriculum via email. Based on our previous experience with AA adults, the investigators anticipate that all families will have access to email either at home or at work. Educational materials will be mailed to families without access to email. The study will also maintain contact with participants by sending holiday and birthday cards, as well as postcard reminders of scheduled data collection visits.	Behavioral: Standard Family-Based intervention; Comparison intervention
Experimental: Lifestyle Intervention; The lifestyle intervention for adults will involve a dietary weight loss program and an increase in caloric expenditure through moderate PA. Parents will be encouraged to decrease caloric intake in a sound manner to produce a total weight loss of 5%. The PA component will be to promote an increase in family home-based activity. Children. The study will promote healthy eating behaviors, rather than restrictive eating plans with caloric restrictions.	Behavioral: Lifestyle Intervention; Family-based group lifestyle intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Body Mass Index	The study will assess change in body mass index in both parents and children at 2 post-randomization time points. We will compare these with baseline BMI.	12 weeks and 16 weeks.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Waist Circumference		12 weeks and 16 weeks.
Physical activity	The study will measure physical activity in parents and children by accelerometry.	12 weeks and 16 weeks
Dietary Intake	The study will use BLOCK measures for both children and parents to assess dietary intake.	12 weeks and 16 weeks
Blood Pressure		12 weeks and 16 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Collaborators: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Bettina Beech, DrPH, Wake Forest University; Principal Investigator: Edward Ip, PhD, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: March 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 16, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): April 16, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 22, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): March 27, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 15, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 13, 2018
• Last Verified: August 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Lifestyle Intervention; Diabetes Prevention; African American Families
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus
• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB00021267; R34DK094108-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No