Creatine Supplementation and Diabetes

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes; Renal Function

Treatments: Other: Exercise training; Dietary Supplement: creatine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00992043

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Creatine supplementation is capable of improving glucose tolerance in healthy subjects. The researchers aim to investigate whether this supplement can affect metabolic control in diabetic patients.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• males and females type 2 diabetic patients
• glycated hemoglobin between > 9%
• non insulin users
• physically inactive
• only metformin and/or sulfonylurea users
• BMI > 30 kg/m2
• age of years > 50 y

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

exercise and placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: creatine

Other: Exercise training

exercise and creatine

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: creatine

Other: Exercise training