Walking Away: Structured Education Versus Written Information for Individuals With High Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00941954 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : July 20, 2009
Last Update Posted : September 9, 2015
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Diabetes is a debilitating chronic disease reaching epidemic proportions. Lack of physical activity is a key factor driving this epidemic and it is therefore vital that workable methods of encouraging people to exercise and reducing inactivity are developed and tested if we are to stem the rising tide of diabetes.
This cluster randomised controlled trial will investigate whether a person-centred group educational programme can increase walking activity and reduce the risk of developing diabetes in high-risk individuals identified in primary care settings. In total 804 patients will be recruited to the study. Physical activity levels, glucose control, incidence of type 2 diabetes and anthropometric measurements (e.g. weight) will be tested on an annual basis over three years.
This trial will be the first to test the feasibility, efficacy and value for money of a physical activity intervention aimed at reducing the risk of diabetes in a community setting in a multi-ethnic population in the UK.
Primary research hypothesis: A pragmatic structured education programme aimed at promoting walking activity initiates long-term increases in physical activity in individuals identified through a risk score as having an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Diabetes | Behavioral: Structured Education Behavioral: Written Information | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 833 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Walking Away From Type 2 Diabetes: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Investigate the Effect of Structured Education on Walking Activity in Those With a High Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes |
Study Start Date : | September 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Lifestyle counseling
A group-based structured educational programme.
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Behavioral: Structured Education
The intervention group will be offered a group-based structured educational programme aimed at promoting increased ambulatory activity by targeting perceptions and knowledge of diabetes risk, physical activity self-efficacy, barriers to physical activity and self-regulatory skills based on pedometer use. The programme will employ a person-centred approach to patient education that is based on self-management programmes for individuals with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes that have been developed and tested by our research group. The programme will be designed to be delivered to 5-10 participants by two trained educators and is 3.5 hours long. Brief follow-up counselling will be offered once every 6 months. |
Active Comparator: Control
Written Information (booklet).
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Behavioral: Written Information
Control subjects will receive a booklet detailing information on risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and how physical activity can be used to prevent T2DM and CVD. |
- Change in ambulatory activity (walking) [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Light-, moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Time spent in sedentary activities [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Fasting and 2-hour post-challenge plasma glucose [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Advanced glycation end products [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Fasting and 2-hour post-challange plasma insulin [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Adipokines (leptin, interleukin 6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha) [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- C-reactive protein [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Standard anthropometric variables [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Visceral adiposity (sub-set of participants) [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Muscle mass (sub-set of participants) [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Illness perceptions and efficacy beliefs [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Health related quality of life [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Depression [ Time Frame: 12 months; 24 months; 36 months ]
- Change in ambulatory activity (walking) [ Time Frame: 24 months; 36 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18+
- High risk of developing type 2 diabetes as identified through a risk score
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosed diabetes
- Taking steroid medication
- Serious chronic illness preventing participation in trial
- Unable to speak English

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00941954
United Kingdom | |
University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) | |
Leicester, United Kingdom, LE5 4PW |
Principal Investigator: | Melanie J Davies, MD | University of Leicester; University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust |
Responsible Party: | University Hospitals, Leicester |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00941954 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
LNR CLRN 10343 |
First Posted: | July 20, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 9, 2015 |
Last Verified: | September 2015 |
Physical activity Diabetes Prevention Pedometer Walking |
Structured education Randomized Risk score Impaired glucose regulation |
Diabetes Mellitus Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases |