Genetic Counseling and Lifestyle Change for Diabetes Prevention

Status unconfirmed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Pre-diabetes, Overweight, Metabolic Syndrome

In brief

This study will examine the impact diabetes genetic counseling on patient motivation and disease prevention behaviors among subjects with pre-diabetes. Intervention subjects will be provided with their individual diabetes genotype risk score derived from aggregating the combined results of 37 diabetes risk-associated genetic loci. Controls will not be tested. All subjects will be enrolled in a 12-week diabetes prevention program.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01034319

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

90

Starts

2009-12-01

Expected to finish

2012-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-07-20

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Overweight (Body mass index ≥ 29.1 kg/m2 in men, ≥ 27.2 kg/m2 in women) with at least 2 other formal criteria for Metabolic Syndrome (see Table -NCEP ATP-III Criteria)
• Adult (> 21 years of age)
• No diagnosis or treatment for diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2) or cardiovascular disease (e.g. myocardial infraction, coronary bypass surgery, congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease)
• Physically able and willing to participate in a 12-week group session curriculum for weight loss and dietary change
• Able to understand and communicate effectively in English

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital Practice Based Research Network — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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