(Cost-)Effectiveness of SLIMMER Diabetes Prevention Intervention (SLIMMER)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02094911 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified March 2014 by Wageningen University.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
First Posted : March 24, 2014
Last Update Posted : March 24, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 | Behavioral: Combined lifestyle intervention Other: Usual care group | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 316 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Implementation and (Cost-)Effectiveness of Diabetes Prevention in Dutch Primary Health Care: From SLIM to SLIMMER |
Study Start Date : | October 2011 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | May 2014 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Combined lifestyle intervention
Lifestyle counselling (nutrition and physical activity) by dietician and physiotherapist during 10-month intervention period
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Behavioral: Combined lifestyle intervention
10-month intervention period with:
Other Name: SLIMMER intervention |
Usual care group
Subjects receive brochures on healthy lifestyle at baseline, and during the 10-month intervention period only usual care as provided by their own general practitioner.
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Other: Usual care group
Written information on healthy lifestyle was provided at baseline, no individual advice or programme was provided. No additional appointments were scheduled, apart from the visits for follow-up measurements |
- Change in fasting insulin [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]
- Glucose tolerance [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]fasting glucose, 2h glucose, 2h insulin, HbA1c
- Serum lipids [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides
- Body fatness [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]body weight, BMI, waist and hip circumference, body fat
- Physical fitness [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]measured with six-minute walk test
- Blood pressure [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]
- Medication use [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]
- Quality of Life [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]
- Eating behaviour [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]Measured as nutrient intake and food intake, with a Food Frequency Questionnaire
- Physical activity behaviour [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]Measured with questionnaire
- Behavioural determinants [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]Determinants of nutrition and physical activity behaviour, measured with questionnaire
- Process indicators [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of intervention (12 months), after follow-up (18 months) ]Indicators to investigate how the intervention was delivered and received, measured with quantitative and qualitative methods

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 40 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 40-70 years
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Impaired fasting glucose (IFG; i.e. venous plasma glucose concentration ≥6.1 and
≤6.9 mmol/l) during the past 5 years, according to the GP registration database OR diabetes risk score ≥7 as calculated from the Diabetes Risk Test
- Willing and able to participate in the intervention for at least 1.5 years
- Dutch speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
- Known diabetes mellitus
- Any chronic illness that makes 1.5-years survival improbable, interferes with glucose tolerance, or makes participation in a lifestyle intervention impossible
- Patients with any severe cardiovascular disease (this also includes history of cardiac dysrhythmia), unless GP gives agreement
- Medication known to interfere with glucose tolerance
- Any mental or physical disability that will hinder participation in the lifestyle intervention
- Severe psychiatric disease
- Patients who showed bad compliance in the past
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Participation in another regular vigorous exercise and/or diet programme, i.e.:
- Intensive exercise programme: any exercise programme offered by a physiotherapist and/or patients sporting at least 3 times a week at their own initiative.
- Intensive diet programme: patients who visited a dietician at least 3 times during the last year.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02094911
Netherlands | |
Wageningen University | |
Wageningen, Netherlands |
Principal Investigator: | Edith Feskens, PhD | Wageningen University |
Responsible Party: | Wageningen University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02094911 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
NL37994.081.11 |
First Posted: | March 24, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 24, 2014 |
Last Verified: | March 2014 |
Prevention Combined lifestyle intervention Primary health care |
Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases |