An Exercise Intervention Study in Insulin-Resistant Adolescents

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Insulin Resistance, Obesity

In brief

Hypothesis: Insulin-resistant African-American and Hispanic adolescents will show significant improvement of insulin sensitivity (SI) and positive changes associated with fibrinolytic markers and lipid profile after a two month supervised aerobic training.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00906724

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

40

Starts

2005-03-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-05-21

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must be between 14 to 18 years old
• Being African American or Hispanic
• Sedentary (exercising less than twice a week for less than 20 minutes)
• Non-smoker
• At high risk of developing insulin resistance
• BMI for age grater than or equal to the 95th percentile

You may not qualify if…

• History of chronic illnesses
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Taking medications know to affect metabolism
• Being pregnant or lactating

Where it is running

• Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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