Status:

COMPLETED

Walnuts to Achieve Lasting NUTrition to Prevent Diabetes

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Francisco

Conditions:

PreDiabetes

Overweight and Obesity

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Prediabetes is a precursor of type 2 diabetes and an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and currently affects one-quarter of the population of the United States. Individuals of overwe...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female between 18-65 years of age at baseline living in the San Francisco Bay area.
  • BMI\>25 m/kg2 (or \>23 m/kg2 for individuals of Asian or South Asian ethnicity)
  • Documentation of prediabetes diagnosis as evidenced by the following criteria:
  • A fasting glucose 100-125 mg/dL, or a HbA1c measurement of 5.7-6.4%, OR a diagnosis of "prediabetes" or "impaired fasting glucose" in the past 6 months, identified through an electronic medical record query from patients at UCSF and through outside recruitment in the surrounding community
  • We will confirm eligibility of potential participants by repeating fasting capillary blood glucose measurements at the baseline visit to ensure that they have prediabetes
  • Written informed consent and ability for subject to comply with the requirements of the study.

Exclusion

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women at enrollment.
  • Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the Investigator would compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the data, such as diverticulosis or diverticulitis.
  • Tree or peanut allergies
  • Unwilling to consume a daily walnut supplement.
  • Diagnosis of diabetes
  • On glucose lowering medications
  • Dietician-managed dietary intake, or personal or medical dietary restrictions that do not allow consumption of walnuts
  • Malabsorptive conditions including intestinal bypass surgery, pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 21 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 5 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

18 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03334175

Start Date

May 21 2018

End Date

August 5 2019

Last Update

September 2 2020

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University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States, 94143