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Type 1 DiabetesActivateNCT05319600

Technology-delivered Physical Activity Program for Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

A study testing Diabetes behavior change skills training and Physical activity promotion program in people with Type 1 Diabetes, run by University of Vermont at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This project is comprised of a two-arm randomized control trial (RCT) testing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a nationally scalable program, Activate, a 12-week, technology-delivered diabetes behavior-change skills training and physical activity promotion program for adolescents with type 1… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 13 to 17 years
Conditions the study is for
Type 1 Diabetes
What is being tested?
Diabetes behavior change skills training and Physical activity promotion program
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
31 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
18 Apr 2022to 21 Mar 2024
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 13 to 17 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Aged 13-17 years old
  • At least 18 months post-diagnosis for type 1 diabetes
  • Parent reported moderate to no physical activity for adolescent
  • Ability to complete measures and intervention program in English
  • Access to broadband or cellular internet
  • Resides in and receives healthcare in the United States

Who cannot join

  • Ward of state
  • Active psychosis
  • Severe medical or psychiatric illness that limit participation (including any contraindications for physical activity)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Vermont

    Burlington, Vermont, 05401

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About this study

Official title: Does a Behavior Change Skills and Physical Activity Program Improve Self-regulation and Health Outcomes in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes?

This project is comprised of a two-arm randomized control trial (RCT) testing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a nationally scalable program, Activate, a 12-week, technology-delivered diabetes behavior-change skills training and physical activity promotion program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. The researchers have a recruitment goal of 30 participants, but will enroll beyond 30 to address any withdrawal and ensure sample size is met. A primary goal of the study is assessing the feasibility and acceptability of the program, which combines two previously piloted components. Then, the investigators will compare the 12-week Activate program to a treatment as usual control group on proximal outcomes of behavior-change skills and daily active minutes. The investigators will also explore the impact of the Activate program on secondary mechanisms and outcomes linked with later type 1 diabetes health disparities: adolescent diabetes behavior regulation, psychological distress, inflammation, glycemic outcomes, and cardiovascular disease risk. It is hypothesized that a diabetes behavior-change skills training and physical activity intervention will be acceptable, and effective at improving behavior-change skills and daily active minutes, as well as other mechanisms and outcomes linked with later type 1 diabetes health disparities.

Read the detailed description

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes and socioeconomic disadvantage experience significant health disparities in glycemic outcomes in adolescence and cardiovascular disease and diabetes-related death later in adulthood. Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and 3x risk of repeat hospitalizations for diabetic ketoacidosis as well as 2-3x risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes-related death. Suboptimal glycemic outcomes are a powerful determinant of long-term health complications and costs, with a 1% reduction in HbA1c contributing to up to a 40% reduction in risk for later nephropathy, retinopathy, and macrovascular disease. Given the substantial health disparities for persons with type 1 diabetes and socioeconomic disadvantage and the many challenges that adolescents face with achieving optimal glycemic levels (<20% nationally meet American Diabetes Association HbA1c targets), this is a critical population to support in health behavior change via psychosocial intervention during adolescence. Unfortunately, existing evidence-based psychosocial type 1 diabetes interventions for adolescents, including robust multi-system approaches, have demonstrated limited efficacy for behavior change that results in improved glycemic outcomes and none have directly targeted cardiovascular health outside of glycemic outcomes. In this project, the researchers pursue a new avenue for intervention innovation by testing a nationally-scalable diabetes behavior-change skills training and physical activity intervention program to improve glycemic outcomes and decrease cardiovascular disease risks for adolescents with type 1 diabetes including those with socioeconomic disadvantage .

In this study the researchers will conduct a two-arm randomized trial with 30 adolescents with type 1 diabetes, comparing the 12-week Activate program to a treatment-as-usual control group. This study has 2 primary aims. First, the investigators will assess acceptability of the Activate program by examining participant engagement with the Activate program components. To assess the preliminary efficacy of the Activate program the investigators will examine changes in proximal outcomes of behavior-change skills (goal setting, problem-solving, and coping skills), and active minutes compared between treatment and control groups from baseline to a 12-week follow-up assessment. Second, the investigators will explore the impact of the Activate program on secondary mechanisms and outcomes linked with longer-term type 1 diabetes health disparities.

Conditions
Type 1 Diabetes
Being tested
Diabetes behavior change skills training, Physical activity promotion program
Keywords
adolescents, physical activity intervention, diabetes self-management, behavior-change skills training
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Diabetes behavior change skills trainingBehavioural

    Behavior-change skills training will be provided through eight web-delivered content and activity sessions across the 12-week program. Sessions 1 through 4 will occur weekly and sessions 5 through 8 biweekly. Each session takes approximately 15-20 minutes for the adolescent to complete both content learning and related activities. These learning sessions focus on skills like problem solving and goal setting.

  • Physical activity promotion programBehavioural

    The physical activity incentives program includes 12 weeks of personalized goals and incentives for increasing physically active minutes along with weekday text-based support. Active minutes, defined as minutes with moderate to vigorous physical activity, will be tracked via a Garmin fitness activity tracker.

Study groups in NCT05319600
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
InterventionExperimentalThis arm will complete an intervention delivered remotely via an online website and online communication from the research team across the 12-week intervention period. This intervention has two parts, taking place simultaneously over the 12 weeks. First, participants will complete 8 web-delivered online behavior-change skills learning sessions which include reading and activities. Second, participants will be given daily and weekly personalized physical activity goals to meet, which will be tracked via their Garmin activity tracker and weekday text and if indicated video support. They have the opportunity to win money each week for meeting activity goals.
Receives: Behavioral: Diabetes behavior change skills training; Behavioral: Physical activity promotion program
Treatment as usual - ControlNo interventionThis arm will not complete an intervention. Participants will be instructed to wear a Garmin activity tracker but will be given no other specific instructions, other than to continue to follow their normal daily diabetes care plan.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change From Baseline in Physical Activity

    The Garmin fitness activity tracker tracking will be used to determine the average number of daily minutes with moderate to vigorous physical activity, metabolic equivalents (METs) greater than or equal to 3 METs.

    Measured: daily for all days from week 1 through week 12

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted8 Apr 2022
  2. Study start18 Apr 2022
  3. Primary completion20 Jul 2023
  4. Study completion21 Mar 2024

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Adolescents (aged 13-17) diagnosed with type 1 diabetes will all complete a baseline assessment where they will be randomized to complete a 12-week physical activity and behavior-change skills training intervention, or to follow their usual diabetes care plan for 12 weeks. Both groups will receive a Garmin fitness activity tracker wrist watch to track their physical activity over the 12-week study period. Follow-up assessments for all participants will take place after 12 weeks.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
31 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05319600
Sponsor's protocol ID
STUDY00001482
Other IDs
P20GM103644
Acronym
Activate
Status last verified
Mar 2025
First submitted
25 Mar 2022
Last updated
26 Mar 2025
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: Overall analyses and de-identified data can be shared as described in participant consent, however, individual participant data will not be shared.

Publications

  • Wood JR, Miller KM, Maahs DM, Beck RW, DiMeglio LA, Libman IM, Quinn M, Tamborlane WV, Woerner SE; T1D Exchange Clinic Network. Most youth with type 1 diabetes in the T1D Exchange Clinic Registry do not meet American Diabetes Association or International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes clinical guidelines. Diabetes Care. 2013 Jul;36(7):2035-7. doi: 10.2337/dc12-1959. Epub 2013 Jan 22.

    PubMed 23340893
  • Clements MA, Foster NC, Maahs DM, Schatz DA, Olson BA, Tsalikian E, Lee JM, Burt-Solorzano CM, Tamborlane WV, Chen V, Miller KM, Beck RW; T1D Exchange Clinic Network. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) changes over time among adolescent and young adult participants in the T1D exchange clinic registry. Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 Aug;17(5):327-36. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12295. Epub 2015 Jul 8.

    PubMed 26153338
  • Menzin J, Korn JR, Cohen J, Lobo F, Zhang B, Friedman M, Neumann PJ. Relationship between glycemic control and diabetes-related hospital costs in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Manag Care Pharm. 2010 May;16(4):264-75. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2010.16.4.264.

    PubMed 20433217
  • Effect of intensive diabetes treatment on the development and progression of long-term complications in adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: Diabetes Control and Complications Trial. Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group. J Pediatr. 1994 Aug;125(2):177-88. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(94)70190-3.

    PubMed 8040759
  • Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group; Nathan DM, Genuth S, Lachin J, Cleary P, Crofford O, Davis M, Rand L, Siebert C. The effect of intensive treatment of diabetes on the development and progression of long-term complications in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med. 1993 Sep 30;329(14):977-86. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199309303291401.

    PubMed 8366922
  • Hood KK, Rohan JM, Peterson CM, Drotar D. Interventions with adherence-promoting components in pediatric type 1 diabetes: meta-analysis of their impact on glycemic control. Diabetes Care. 2010 Jul;33(7):1658-64. doi: 10.2337/dc09-2268.

    PubMed 20587726
  • Ellis DA, Templin T, Naar-King S, Frey MA, Cunningham PB, Podolski CL, Cakan N. Multisystemic therapy for adolescents with poorly controlled type I diabetes: Stability of treatment effects in a randomized controlled trial. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2007 Feb;75(1):168-74. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.75.1.168.

    PubMed 17295576
  • Stanger C, Lansing AH, Scherer E, Budney A, Christiano AS, Casella SJ. A Web-Delivered Multicomponent Intervention for Adolescents with Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Behav Med. 2018 Nov 12;52(12):1010-1022. doi: 10.1093/abm/kay005.

    PubMed 30418521
  • Cashmore BA, Cooper TE, Evangelidis NM, Green SC, Lopez-Vargas P, Tunnicliffe DJ. Education programmes for people with chronic kidney disease and diabetes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Aug 22;8(8):CD007374. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007374.pub3.

    PubMed 39171639

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Diabetes behavior change skills training and Physical activity promotion program in people with Type 1 Diabetes, run by University of Vermont at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Mar 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 24 Dec 2024). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change From Baseline in Physical Activity (time frame: daily for all days from week 1 through week 12). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05319600, which also lists 9 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Mar 2025.

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