Status:

UNKNOWN

Towards Understanding the Relationship Between Meals and Blood Biomarkers

Lead Sponsor:

Texas A&M University

Collaborating Sponsors:

U.S. National Science Foundation

Conditions:

Type 2 Diabetes

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to establish the reasonableness of using food-based photo diaries and continuous glucose monitors (CGM) to engage in counterfactual thinking strategies. These strategies m...

Detailed Description

The long-term objective of this project is to create a counterfactual-based lifestyle intervention that curtails the progression of prediabetes to T2DM through management and knowledge of food choices...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ability to walk, sit down and stand up independently
  • Family history of type 2 diabetes
  • Overweight/obese status (BMI\>= 25)
  • Subject is judged to be in satisfactory health based on medical history, physical examination
  • Willingness and ability to comply with the protocol
  • HbA1C levels are within the pre-diabetic range (5.7-6.4%) or fasting plasma glucose 100-125 mg/dL
  • Access to a smartphone device and willing to use WhatsApp to communicate with research personnel

Exclusion

  • Subject has planned elective surgery requiring 2 or more days of hospitalization during the entire study
  • Planned medical procedures that are documented to interfere with CGM readings, such as:
  • Xylose absorption testing (oral sugar testing)
  • CT
  • MRI
  • X-ray
  • Diathermy treatment (high-frequency electric current to stimulate heat generation within body tissues)
  • Established diagnosis of malignancy
  • Presence of acute illness or metabolically unstable chronic illness
  • Any other condition according to the PI, nurse, or study coordinator that was found during the screening visit, that would interfere with the study or safety of the patient
  • Failure to give informed consent or Investigator's uncertainty about the willingness or ability of the subject to comply with the protocol requirements

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05295706

Start Date

June 1 2022

End Date

December 1 2022

Last Update

May 20 2022

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Center for Translational Research in Age and Longevity

College Station, Texas, United States, 77845