Bicycle Exercise and Lifestyle Intervention in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes

ConditionLife Style
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

About this trial

The aim of the study is to test the efficacy, feasibility, and safety of a bicycle exercise followed by an intensive lifestyle intervention for 3 months in patients with recent onset and medically untreated type 2 diabetes.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Informed consent as documented by signature

Type 2 diabetes diagnosed within the last two years according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria

Age ≥ 18 years

HbA1c ≥ 7.5 %

Disqualifiers

Clinically instable patient as defined by the physicians on duty including signs of new cardiac ischemia in the ECG, systolic blood pressure ≥ 200 mmHg, fever ≥ 38.5 °C, symptoms of SIRS or reduced vigilance.

Anti-diabetic medication for ≥ 24 hours

Inability to perform a bicycle exercise during 30 minutes

Previous lifestyle-intervention by an endocrinologist

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Lifestyle Intervention

Treatment groups

62 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators