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Look AHEAD: Action for Health in Diabetes
The Look AHEAD study is a multi-center, randomized clinical trial to examine the long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention designed to achieve and maintain weight loss. The study will investigate the effects of the intervention on heart attacks, stroke and cardiovascular-related death in individuals with type 2 diabetes who are also overweight or obese.
ID: NCT00017953
Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Location: Southwestern American Indian Center, Phoenix, AZ
Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes Study
The goal of the Vitamin D and type 2 diabetes (D2d) study is to determine if vitamin D supplementation works to delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in people at risk for the disease and to gain a better understand how vitamin D affects glucose (sugar) metabolism.
ID: NCT01942694
Sponsor: Tufts Medical Center
Locations: Southwest American Indian Center; Phoenix, AZ; Orlando VA Medical Center, FL; Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA; Omaha VA Medical Center, NE
Reducing Diabetes Risk Factors in American Indian Children: Tribal Turning Point (TTP)
This study will evaluate a behavioral intervention designed to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes in American Indian youth aged 7-10 years.
ID: NCT03573856
Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver
Contact: Katherine Sauder, PhD, katherine.sauder@ucdenver.edu; Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD, dana.dabelea@ucdenver.edu
Location: Childrens Hospital Colorado, Aurora
Strong Men, Strong Communities Diabetes Risk Reduction in American Indian Men (SMSC)
SMSC will inform the design and implementation of culturally informed, community-based lifestyle interventions for diabetes prevention in AI men in our partner communities and elsewhere, as well as in men of other minority groups who experience a heavy burden of diabetes.
ID: NCT02953977
Sponsor: Washington State University
Contact: Kaimi Sinclair, PhD, MPH, kaimi.sinclair@wsu.edu Location: IREACH, Seattle, WA