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Families Implementing Good Health Traditions for Life

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests a family-based version of the Diabetes Prevention Program shaped with help from the community. It is for Black families in a Southwest Georgia community and aims to reduce risks linked to illness and death from type 2 diabetes.

This study will provide evidence for the utility of using a community-engaged research approach to implement a tailored, family-oriented adaptation of the Diabetes Prevention Program that will have positive effects on risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality among Black families in a Southwest Georgia community.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • A Black parent or legal guardian age 18 or older must live with their child, who is age 8–15.
  • The parent or guardian must have prediabetes, with an HbA1c level of 5.7–6.4%. This blood test measures average blood sugar.
  • The parent or guardian must agree to join the 20-month study and have no plans to move away during that time.
  • Both the parent and child must be able to walk and take part in physical activity.

Who can't join

  • A serious mental health condition that may make it hard to take part in the study.
  • A physical limitation that may prevent moderately hard exercise.
  • A past diagnosis of diabetes.
  • A history of heart failure or kidney failure, or a heart or blood vessel problem such as a heart attack or stroke in the past 12 months.
  • Taking medicines that may affect how the study results are measured.
  • Other health conditions that make exercise or diet changes unsafe.
  • Being pregnant now or planning to become pregnant in the next year.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Family 1.a.) Black Parent/Guardian: age 18 years or older residing in the same household with child (i.e., biological or have legal guardianship for child) 1.b.) Child: age 8-15 years old 2. Parent/Guardian have HbA1c level 5.7-6.4% (prediabetes) 3. Parent/Guardian willing to commit to participation in a 20-month research study and have no plans to move from the area over the next 20-months 4. Parent/child are ambulatory and able to participate in physical activity Exclusion Criteria: 1. Individuals with severe psychological disorders that may prevent/interfere with study participation 2. Physical impairments that may prevent participation in moderate intensity physical activity; 3. Previous diagnosis of diabetes 4. History of congestive heart failure, renal failure, or recent (\<12 months) cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction or stroke; 5. Person taking medications that may affect endpoint analyses 6. Persons with co-morbid contraindications to physical activity or dietary changes. 7. Currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next year.

Study sites (1)

GA