NCT01484353

Intensive Lifestyle Intervention for Type 2 Diabetics: The KP TLC Pilot

Intensive Lifestyle Intervention for Type 2 Diabetics: The Kaiser Permanente TLC Pilot

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a healthy lifestyle intervention can significantly improve blood sugar control in type 2 diabetics over a course of 3 months.

Detailed description

Peer reviewed research studies have proven the benefits of lifestyle interventions including the reversal of coronary artery disease and of diabetes. Experts agree that such a lifestyle must include a diet rich in whole, grown foods while low in saturated fat and cholesterol; regular physical activity; and healthy ways to cope with stress. There are several challenges with implementing such lifestyle interventions such as educating the general public and health care providers to the components of this lifestyle and in getting people to adopt these healthy lifestyle changes. While retreat-style, intensive lifestyle programs have shown that these obstacles can be overcome, they require monetary and time investments generally not feasible for the general public. A community-based, lifestyle program such as 'The Coronary Health Improvement Project' program offers similar potential benefits at a more reasonable cost. It does so through an intensive education (32 hours total) taught over 4 weeks, followed by an 8-week consolidation period which include live or DVD based group sessions, discussions led by a program facilitator, and medical monitoring. Kaiser Permanente, the leading Health maintenance organization in the nation, places special focus and significant resources into preventive medicine and health promotion, providing services to thousands of plan members but none with the level of intensity of 'The Coronary Health Improvement Project'. This study aims to determine if 'The Coronary Health Improvement Project' program can significantly improve blood sugar control in kaiser plan members with uncontrolled diabetes.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Coronary Health Improvement Project Program	The Coronary Health Improvement Project' (CHIP; an intensive, community-based, lifestyle change program including a low saturated fat diet rich in whole, grown foods) has been shown to improve the health of diabetics through an intensive education taught over a 12 week period, but has not been studied in terms of its effect on HBAIC. Kaiser Permanente places significant resources into preventive medicine but does not have programs with the level of intensity of CHIP. This study aims to determine if Kaiser members with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes can achieve a significant improvement in their HBAIC after 12 weeks of participation in the CHIP program.

Timeline

• First posted: 2011-12-02
• Last updated: 2015-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States