Status:

COMPLETED

Effect of Exercise on Genes That Control Muscle Function

Lead Sponsor:

Baylor College of Medicine

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Conditions:

Healthy

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-40 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The proposed project will examine how exercise counteracts metabolic disorders and type 2 diabetes through regulating gene expression. The project is highly relevant to public health because of the gl...

Detailed Description

Exercise is a first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, and exerts its beneficial effects not only by burning off energy but also by causing prolonged metabolic changes through changing gene expressio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 20 - 40 years
  • BMI 18.5 - 29.9
  • Stable body weight (not more than 2 kg change) during the past 6 months
  • Moderate sedentary (regular exercise less than 1 hour per week for the last 6 months)
  • Willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion

  • Failure to provide informed consent
  • Any major chronic disease or any condition that would interfere with exercise, in which exercise is contraindicated, or that would interfere with interpretation of results
  • Severe orthopedic and or neuromuscular disease that would contraindicate participation in exercise
  • Other significant co-morbid disease that would impair ability to exercise
  • Uncontrolled hypertension (BP greater than 160/90)
  • History of malignancy during the past 5 years
  • Diabetes mellitus as determined by self-report with verification (medical records, current treatment, confirmation from health care provider), or HbA1c of exceeding 6.5%

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

16 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03414385

Start Date

February 1 2018

End Date

May 31 2022

Last Update

March 23 2023

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Baylor College of Medicine/Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030