ClinicalTrials.Veeva

Menu

Moderate or Extensive Carbohydrate Reduction in Risk Patients (LOWinCHIP)

U

University Hospital, Linkoeping

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Glucose Metabolism Disorders

Treatments

Behavioral: Diet regime
Behavioral: Type of psychological support

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03090074
LOWinCHIP

Details and patient eligibility

About

Risk-patients for diabetes or patients that are diagnosed with this condition but who are not treated with insulin are randomized two times, according to diet and according to the type of support:

Randomization with regard to carbohydrate restriction (25-30 E% or < 10E%). Randomization with regard to type of psychological support. Either according to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or to traditional cognitive behavioral therapy. Both kinds of psychological support is given as group therapy.

Two-hundred patients are recruited and each patient is followed for two years.

Full description

The organizers will recruit 200 patients in the study "To lower glucose levels and reduce weight by exclusion of carbohydrates and inclusion of psychological behavioral support" (LOWinCHIP) at the primary care health center "Cithyhälsan Centrum" in Norrköping. Each patient will be followed for 2 years. Patients are eligible if they have are above 18 years of age and have a BMI above 28 kg/m2 and also belong to one or more of the following groups: 1) type 2 diabetes that is not treated with insulin. 2) Patients that have had gestational diabetes or who have 3) first grade relative with type 2 diabetes. Finally 4) pre-diabetic individuals with impaired fasting glucose (6.1-6.9 mmol) or impaired glucose tolerance (capillary plasma glucose 8.9-12-1 after glucose challenge) are also potential participants. Patients must not have insulin therapy or severe kidney failure (GFR< 30). They can also not have severe physical restrictions for activity and they must not have difficulties with understanding written Swedish texts.

The participants are randomized two times (two by two factorial):

Randomization with regard to carbohydrate restriction (25-30 E% or < 10E%). Randomization with regard to type of psychological support. Either according to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) or to traditional cognitive behavioral therapy. Each group will have three group sessions with approximately 8 participants followed by a telephone call by the therapist. Each session will be held by the psychologists that are part of the Cityhälsan Centrum staff.

The study has > 95% power to demonstrate 5% HbA1c (mmol/mol) difference between groups with a drop out of 25%.

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Diabetes without insulin. Patients at high risk for developing diabetes.

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe kidney failure. Insulin therapy. Inability to understand instructions.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

200 participants in 4 patient groups

Moderate carbohydrate restriction and traditional support
Active Comparator group
Description:
Moderate carbohydrate restriction and traditional support with group meetings
Treatment:
Behavioral: Diet regime
Behavioral: Type of psychological support
Extreme low carbohydrate diet and traditional support
Active Comparator group
Description:
Extreme carbohydrate restriction and traditional support with group meetings
Treatment:
Behavioral: Diet regime
Behavioral: Type of psychological support
Moderate carbohydrate restriction and ACT support
Active Comparator group
Description:
Moderate carbohydrate restriction and psychological support based on acceptance and commitment therapy
Treatment:
Behavioral: Diet regime
Behavioral: Type of psychological support
Extreme carbohydrate restriction and ACT support
Active Comparator group
Description:
Extreme carbohydrate restriction and psychological support based on acceptance and commitment therapy
Treatment:
Behavioral: Diet regime
Behavioral: Type of psychological support

Trial contacts and locations

1

Loading...

Central trial contact

Fredrik H Nystrom, professor

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

Clinical trials

Find clinical trialsTrials by location
© Copyright 2026 Veeva Systems