High Intensity Interval Training (HIT) in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (HIT_T2DM)

University of Copenhagen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: High intensity interval training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01732705

HIT-T2DM

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of High Intensity Interval Training (HIT) on insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Full description

Physical exercise increases insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle in healthy as well as in individuals with type 2 diabetes, but implies a considerable time commitment. High intensity interval training (HIT) is time-efficient exercise consisting of repeated bouts of short duration high intensive workloads. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of HIT in patients with type 2 diabetes, and to clarify the mechanisms of a possible positive effect of HIT.

Exercise is performed as 2 weeks one-legged training on an ergometer bicycle. Thus one leg serves as a control leg. Insulin sensitivity in trained and non-trained muscle will be measured after completion of the overall training program by euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp method and a-v catheterization of both legs. Muscle biopsies will be obtained during training period for measuring of muscle glycogen content, and muscle biopsies for further analysis obtained during the experimental day.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 40 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 10 subjects with Type 2 diabetes. 10 healthy control subjects.
• BMI 28-35
• diet or tablet treatment for diabetes

Exclusion criteria

• regular physical activity
• diseases other than type 2 diabetes
• insulin treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 4 patient groups

HIT (trained leg) DM

Experimental group

Description:

High intensity interval training for one leg (trained leg) (randomized) in patient with type 2 diabetes

Treatment:

Behavioral: High intensity interval training

Control leg, DM

No Intervention group

Description:

Control leg (untrained leg)in patient with type 2 diabetes

HIT (trained leg), Control subject

Experimental group

Description:

High intensity interval training for one leg (trained leg) (randomized) in control subject

Treatment:

Behavioral: High intensity interval training

Control leg, Control subject

No Intervention group

Description:

Control leg (untrained leg)in control subject