Repeatability of Blood Glucose Responses to Resistance Exercise in Type 1 Diabetes

University of Alberta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: Fasted morning resistance exercise; Behavioral: Afternoon resistance exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT05168488

Pro00082031

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study proposes to examine the impact of time of day (morning versus afternoon) on the variability of blood glucose responses to high resistance exercise in a single group of patients with type 1 diabetes. Participants will be asked to wear a continuous glucose monitor during the 3 weeks of testing. During the six exercise sessions (three in the morning while fasted and three in the afternoon), participants will complete the same resistance exercise protocol.

Full description

Pre-test measures: Interested participants will be invited to the Physical Activity and Diabetes Laboratory on the main campus of the University of Alberta. They will be asked questions related to their physical activity levels and medication, and blood pressure will be measured to assess their eligibility. Where participants are eligible, anthropometric characteristics will be measured using standard protocols, as will blood pressure. A blood sample will be drawn for assessment of HbA1c. Participants will be introduced to the weight lifting equipment and the proper lifting techniques associated with each exercise prior to performing a standardized test to determine the maximum weight they can safely lift eight times while maintaining proper form (8 repetition maximum - 8RM).

Testing sessions: Participants will be asked to arrive at the lab either between 7 and 8 am in a fasting state, or between 4 pm and 5 pm. The three morning and three afternoon testing sessions will have identical exercise protocols. Participants will be asked to perform three sets of eight repetitions of seven different exercises (bench press leg press, shoulder press, leg curl, lat pulldown, abdominal crunches, seated row) at their pre-determined 8RM. Participants will be asked to match their food and insulin intake as closely as possible on testing days to avoid having these as confounders.

A continuous glucose monitor (CGM) sensor will be subcutaneously inserted by one of the investigators (trained by a group from the CGM manufacturer) into the anterior abdominal area of the participant in the morning of the day prior to the first testing session. CGM will store glucose data every 5 minutes for up to 7 days. During this time, participants will be asked to wear an accelerometer to allow for the objective assessment of background physical activity and sleep quality. Along with this device, they will fill out an activity and sleep log to improve the analysis of the data.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• type 1 diabetes diagnosed for at least 1 year
• aged 18 to 55 years

Exclusion criteria

• HbA1c > 9.9%
• frequent and unpredictable hypoglycemia
• change in insulin management strategy within two months of study
• using closed-loop insulin delivery
• injuries that would contraindicate resistance exercise
• blood pressure > 140/95
• severe peripheral neuropathy
• a history of cardiovascular disease
• severe proliferative retinopathy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 1 patient group

All participants

Experimental group

Description:

There is only one study arm consisting of all participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fasted morning resistance exercise

Behavioral: Afternoon resistance exercise