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NCT Number: NCT01625507

The Alberta Diet: Effectiveness Study

The study hypothesis is that individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D), who adhere to the PANDA intervention, will have improved compliance with the nutritional therapy recommendations of the Canadian Diabetes Association. Specific objectives of this proposal: The objectives of the investigators PANDA (Physical Activity and Nutrition for Diabetes in Alberta) are to (a) to devise and evaluate the efficacy of a multi-level, practical, nutrition intervention program that promotes the individual factors required for effective self-management practices AND that explicitly incorporate strategies to improve food availability, accessibility and acceptability and (b) to use these interventions as a means to examine the relationships between food availability, accessibility, acceptability, adherence to Nutrition Therapy Guidelines, and metabolic indicators of diabetes control in people with type 2 diabetes.

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Key information

Age range

35 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Alberta Diabetes Institute

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R3, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Type 2 diabetes, and speak/write English.
  • Have attended a diabetes education session delivered by their healthcare provider.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants with type 1 diabetes, and those who are unable to speak English.
  • People with end-stage renal disease or gastrointestinal diseases that require specialized diets will also be excluded.

Treatment and study plan

PANDA intervention

Behavioral

Participants will follow a menu plan and receive training in how to manage their diet in type 2 diabetes, following the recommendations of the Canadian Diabetes Association, 2008

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Total Energy Intake

    Time frame: 4 months

    Measured using repeated 24 hour dietary recalls (pre and post-intervention)

  2. Change in Macronutrient Intake

    Time frame: 3 months

    Measured using repeated 24 hour dietary recalls (pre and post-intervention)

  3. Change in Nutrient Intake

    Time frame: 3 months

    Measured using repeated 24 hour dietary recalls (pre and post-intervention)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Hemoglobin A1c

    Time frame: 4 months

    a surrogate of blood glucose control

  2. Program Retention

    Time frame: 3 months

    attendance at meetings

  3. Change in Body Mass Index

    Time frame: 4 months

    Actual weight and height used to calculate BMI pre- and post-intervention

  4. Body Composition

    Time frame: 3 months

    body fat and fat-free mass

  5. Change in Blood Biomarkers

    Time frame: 4 months

    blood lipids: triglyceride, total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol

  6. Change in Perceived Dietary Adherence Questionnaire Score

    Time frame: 4 months

    Questionnaire assessing self-reported adherence to 9 criteria, whose individual scores (range 0-7) are summed to get the total score. Maximum total score is 63. Minimum total score is 0. A higher score means higher dietary adherence.

  7. Food Acceptability

    Time frame: 4 months

    questionnaire based on items related to personal and cultural acceptability of the recommended diet

  8. Food Accessibility

    Time frame: 4 months

    questionnaire of items related to financial and physical accessibility of foods in the diet recommended for diabetes

  9. Food Availability

    Time frame: 4 months

    questionnaire of items related to the availability in local stores of the food items recommended in the diet for diabetes.

  10. Change in Waist Circumference

    Time frame: 4 months

    Measured using repeated 24 hour dietary recalls (pre and post-intervention

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Alberta

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Alberta Diet: a Proposal for Its Implementation

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Jun 21, 2012
Registry last updated
Feb 6, 2017

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