Effects of Aerobic Exercise in Patients With Pre-diabetes

Baystate Medical Center

Status

Completed

Conditions

Prediabetes

Treatments

Behavioral: Without exercise

Behavioral: Exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01860599

IRB132171

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is well known that diabetes and excessive or high blood sugars causes blood vessel and blood cell damage. It is also possible, then, that people with pre-diabetes may also start to have blood vessel and blood cell damage as the blood sugars rise from the normal range into the diabetic range. In addition to looking at potential damage, the question is whether or not this damage improves with exercise. This study aims to look at blood vessel and blood cells in three different ways by 1) looking at how the blood vessel responds to "sheer force" (a blood pressure cuff pumped up and then released after a few minutes). This is done by ultrasound. 2) By looking at blood tests such as blood sugar, cholesterol, and inflammation and 3) By looking at certain blood cells in the lab, how long they live and the number of cells left after a certain number of days, and again, if this improves with exercise.

Full description

To refine a non-invasive test for endothelial dysfunction. The investigators will examine the flow response to sheer-stress induced by the relief of pressure exerted with a blood pressure cuff on the brachial artery, measuring flow responses with Doppler. This is a measure of local nitric oxide production from endothelial cells which is known to be impaired in diabetics, normal in non-diabetics, but unknown in prediabetics.
To measure in the same individuals indicators of glucose metabolism abnormalities including fasting blood glucose, HbA1C, insulin sensitivity by homeostasis model assessment-estimated insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and insulin levels.
To measure Endothelial Progenitor Cell (EPC) count, viability, gene expression of key genes such as endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), von-Willebrand's Factor (vWF) and adhesion molecules such platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1 or CD31), cadherin such as Vascular-Endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin)or CD (cell surface marker)-144, growth factors such as vascular-endothelial growth factor (VEGF)and Insulin like growth factor (IGF-1)in the EPCs from pre-diabetes subjects pre and post exercise.
Correlate the glucose metabolism abnormalities with potential causative factors of endothelial dysfunction by studying EPC functions such as migration and tube formation and susceptibility to apoptosis in moderate hyperglycemia. Apoptosis assay will be done by Flow Cytometry analysis using Annexin V- Propidium-iodide dye.
Subjects will be randomized to the intervention (structured exercise) or continuation of their usual life style (non-exercise, sedentary)group.

In both arms of the study, subjects will be encouraged to adhere to the standard dietary advice that all pre-diabetic patients receive as part of their standards of care, irrespective of design arm they will be in.

The investigators expect exercise to improve flow-mediated vasodilatation, EPC colony count and function, along with better key gene expressions noted by Real Time-qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

Assess the effects of the intervention comparing them to the findings in each individual, in a paired manner.
After a washout period, individuals will be crossed over to see whether the effects of the intervention are reversed and to demonstrate that the difference between controls and intervention subjects was due to the aerobic exercise intervention, and not due to random differences

Enrollment

30 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Prediabetic
- Impaired fasting glucose (100-125mg/dl)
- Impaired glucose tolerance (2' post between 140-199mg/dl)
- HbA1C 5.7-6.4 mg/d (inclusive)
Exercise Naive
BMI between 20-39.9
Nutritional Counseling prior to participation with CDE/RD
Willing to wear activity monitor
Willing to keep a dietary log

Exclusion criteria

Pace maker or other implanted device that might have interference with Tanita scale
Any contraindication to moderate exercise
Previous coronary disease or cerebrovascular event active or clinically significant coronary vascular disease, or peripheral vascular disease
Diabetes
Uncontrolled hypertension (SBP > 140 or DBP > 90 on 3 separate occasions) ACE's or ARB's
Premature familial CAD (Father < 55years____ Mother <65years)
HDL < 40mg/dl
Triglycerides >400mg/dl
Any new lipid lowering medication started in the past 6 months
Framingham Risk Score two or more
1. Smoking
2. Hypertension (B/P > 140/90 or on antihypertensives)
3. HDL < 40mg/dl
4. Age men >45years or women >55years
Low hematocrit ( or hemoglobinopathies that may impair exercise tolerance) or abnormal CBC
Uncontrolled hypo/hyperthyroidism
Active smoking
Liver disease ( alt or AST> 2.5's UNL)
Moderate or Severe Kidney disease, current or history
Pancreatitis, current or history
Any medication started in the last 3 months
Active non healing wounds
Recent Surgery in the last 3 months
Anti-inflammatory disease, current or history
Regular use of anti-inflammatory drugs
CA
Alcoholism
Women who are pregnant or intending to become pregnant
Oral or Injectable antidiabetic medication
Post menopausal women on hormone replacement
Any steroid medication (oral, inhaled, injected or nasal)