Comparison Between Low Carbohydrate Diet and Traditionally Recommended Diabetic Diet in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2. (VÄSTKOST)

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Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Diabetes

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Low carbohydrate - high fat diet; Dietary Supplement: High carbohydrate - low fat diet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01005498

M216-08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the clinical trial is to investigate whether low carbohydrate diet is better than the traditional diabetic diet in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2, for blood sugar and body weight.

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diabetes mellitus type 2

Exclusion criteria

• Severe psychiatric disease or difficulties in understanding Swedish language.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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61 participants in 2 patient groups

Low carbohydrate diet (F)

Experimental group

Description:

The group attended to low carbohydrate diet

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Low carbohydrate - high fat diet

Traditional diet (K)

Active Comparator group

Description:

The group attended to traditional diet

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: High carbohydrate - low fat diet