A Rural OPTIFAST Intervention for Partial Remission of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults With Obesity

February 17, 2021 updated by: Dr. Megen Brunskill, Marathon Family Health Team

Rural-specific OPTIFAST Intervention - A Randomized Study for Partial Remission of Type 2 Diabetes in Patients With Obesity Between the Age of 18 and 65

As rural Canada is a resource poor health service environment, we propose to test whether an OPTIFAST dietary replacement intervention, without the service intensive behavioural component, can cause partial remission of DMII in patients with obesity and DMII.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to see if a rural-specific OPTIFAST intervention, of dietary replacement only, can cause a partial remission of DMII patients with obesity between the age of 18 and 65 diagnosed with DMII within the last 6 years. The goal is to inform the current diabetes routine care by standardizing a rural protocol on the effectiveness of rural-specific OPTIFAST intervention for people with DMII who want to attain partial remission of DMII.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

30

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 Contact

Study Contact Backup

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

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Study participants will be patients of the MFHT, aged 18 to 65, BMI between 27 and 45 kg/m 2 , and newly diagnosed with DMII within the past 6 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The exclusion criteria will be anti-hyperglycemic medications, slow onset of type 1 diabetes (DMI) or maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY), renal dysfunction (serum creatinine>150 μmol/l), history of myocardial infarction, untreated thyroid disease, consumption of 4 alcohol units/day by men and 3 units/day by women, chronic steroid consumption, unstable psychiatric conditions, and atypical antipsychotic medication.

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: OPTIFAST Arm
Participants in the intervention group will be given OPTIFAST® meal replacement shakes, 4 per day to achieve 900kcal/day, for the first 12 weeks of the study. The second phase will consist of partial meal replacement and food reintroduction over a 4 week period. When the intervention group begins to reintroduce foods, all study participants will be provided a workbook, created for the study, to explain optimal lifestyle changes for DMII management. The third phase will be a 8-month follow-up of participants on continued healthy lifestyle as described in the workbook.
Participants will use Optifast Nutrition Supplement as previously described
No Intervention: Control/Usual Care Arm
Usual Care : A gift card will be offered to participants in the control group to stabilize the incentive of the intervention. Participants in the control group will receive usual diabetes care based on the current Canadian Diabetes Association guidelines by their family physician. Participants in the control group will receive the same workbook as the intervention group at 16 weeks into the study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Partial Remission of Diabetes
Time Frame: 12 months
HbA1c<6.5% without antihyperglycemic medications
12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Improved Insulin Resistance
Time Frame: 12 months
Reduction of Fasting Insulin
12 months
Improved Blood Pressure
Time Frame: 12 months
Reduction in blood pressure measures
12 months
Weight loss
Time Frame: 12 months
Reduction in BMI
12 months
Reduction in Visceral Adiposity
Time Frame: 12 months
Reduction in waist circumference
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Megen T Brunskill, MD, Marathon Family Health Team

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

June 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 17, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 17, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

February 21, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 21, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 17, 2021

Last Verified

February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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