Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention Study (BLIS) in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in UAE: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Real Life Setting

Rashid Centre for Diabetes and Research

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: Behvarioal lifestyle modification

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02386930

032013-07

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary purpose of this study is to develop a behavioral lifestyle intervention and evaluate its effectiveness in improving the glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes in real life setting. This is because ambiguity still exists on the effectiveness of behavioral lifestyle interventions in routine clinical practice despite of the efficacy of large randomized controlled trials, suggesting the need for more research in this area.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Females or males. Type 2 diabetes. BMI (kg/ m²) ≥ 25. Age 18-60 years old. HbA1c > 7%.

Exclusion criteria

major physical activity disability that restricts participation in moderate physical activity.

serious heart condition like heart failure, heart attack, stroke within the last 3 months.

participating in a weight management or lifestyle program. presence of proliferative retinopathy or kidney failure.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Behavrioal Lifestyle modification

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behvarioal lifestyle modification

Control

No Intervention group