Fit and Trim for Diabetes Prevention

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pre-diabetes, Overweight, Obese

In brief

Filipino Americans (FA) are the second largest (3.4 million) Asian group in the US. and have one of the highest prevalences of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus compared to non-Hispanic whites, African Americans and Hispanics. However, FA have been underrepresented in health related research, particularly in diabetes prevention. This proposed pilot study is the first clinical trial to assess preliminary estimates of the short-term effect of the novel social networking diabetes prevention program lifestyle intervention for this high-risk population.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT02278939
Run by
University of California, San Francisco
People needed
67
Starts
2014-11-01
Expected to finish
2017-02-28
Last updated by the study team
2018-09-28

Who can join

Age: 24 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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