Enhancing Fitness in Older Pre-diabetic Veterans

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Obesity, Diabetes

In brief

This study targets older adults (ages 60 and over) who are overweight (body mass index 25-40) with impaired fasting glucose (100 - 125). We propose a three-year, randomized controlled clinical trial (n=300) to determine the effect of a one-year physical activity counseling intervention on glucose metabolism and secondary outcomes compared to usual care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00594399

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

302

Starts

2008-10-01

Expected to finish

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-27

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• VA patients followed by the Durham VA Primary Care, Women's Health, and Geriatric clinics
• Must have had more than one visit to the VA in preceding 12 months
• Age 60 and over
• Impaired glucose intolerance documented by recent fasting blood glucose between 100 and 125 mg/dL
• Body mass index between 25-40 kg/m2
• Able to walk 10 meters without human assistance (assistive device acceptable)
• All participants must be assigned a primary care provider and have had more than one visit to the VA in the preceding 12 months

You may not qualify if…

• Free of frank diabetes
• Fasting blood sugar above 125 mg/dL
• HbA1c > 7%
• Unstable angina
• Recent history of ventricular tachycardia
• Unstable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (two hospitalizations within the previous 12 months and/or on oxygen)
• Uncontrolled hypertension (diastolic blood pressure >110 mm/Hg or systolic > 200mm/Hg)
• Stroke with moderate to severe aphasia
• Diagnosis of chronic pain which may interfere with their ability to be physically active
• Diagnosis of unstable mental or behavioral disorder
• Diagnosis of memory loss or dementia
• Visual or hearing loss severe enough to interfere with ability to receive telephone counseling and review written materials
• Active substance abuse
• A terminal diagnosis
• Followed by VA for medications only
• Regularly, vigorously physically active for six months or longer.

Where it is running

• Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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