ISRCTN ISRCTN28124664
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN28124664
Secondary identifying numbers N/A
Submission date
16/10/2003
Registration date
23/10/2003
Last edited
20/02/2008
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof Pierpaolo De Feo
Scientific

DIMI
Via E dal Pozzo
Perugia
06126
Italy

Phone +39 0755783673
Email defeo@dimisem.med.unipg.it

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Not specified
Study typeTreatment
Scientific title
Study acronymISEPS
Study objectivesRandomized controlled trial designed to test the hypothesis that an intensive life style intervention is able to prevent the metabolic
syndrome in 20-50 years old subjects affected by visceral obesity.
Follow-up 5 years.
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedVisceral obesity, metabolic syndrome
InterventionIntervention: Individual intensive counseling to induce life-style change as described in detail in the article: "Validation of a counseling strategy to promote the adoption and the maintenance of physical activity by type 2 diabetic subject” by Di Loreto et al (PubMid reference PMID: 12547870)
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measurePrevention of metabolic syndrome
Secondary outcome measuresReduction of body weight
Reduction of CHD risk
Overall study start date01/06/2004
Completion date30/06/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participants500
Key inclusion criteriaMen and women with visceral obesity
20-50 years old
Waist >88cm (women)
Waist >102cm (men)
Without metabolic syndrome (according to the Adult Treatment Panel III [ATPIII] classification)
Key exclusion criteriaNot provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment01/06/2004
Date of final enrolment30/06/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Italy

Study participating centre

DIMI
Perugia
06126
Italy

Sponsor information

Italian Society of Endocrinology
Research organisation

c/o Fasi Congress
Viale Gorizia, 24
Roma
00198
Italy

Phone +39 068540296
Email defeo@dimisem.med.unipg.it

Funders

Funder type

Research organisation

Foundation of Italian Society of Endocrinology

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan