Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Null hypothesis: yoga therapy plus exercise advice is no more effective than exercise advice alone in improving control in diabetes
Ethics approval
Approved by Haringey LREC 27th July 2004 (ref: 04/Q0509/32)
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Diabetes
Intervention
Exercise advice and twice weekly yoga for three months OR exercise advice alone.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
HbA1c
Secondary outcome measures
1. United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) risk score
2. Self efficacy
3. Patient enablement instrument
4. Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile (MYMOP)
Overall trial start date
01/08/2006
Overall trial end date
31/07/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
People over 18 with non-insulin treated diabetes
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
60
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Inability to give informed consent
2. Physical or psychological contraindication to exercise
3. Inability to speak English sufficiently to understand the yoga teacher
4. Unwillingness to join a yoga group
Recruitment start date
01/08/2006
Recruitment end date
31/07/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University College London
London
N19 5LW
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Novo Nordisk Research Foundation (UK)
Sponsor details
Broadfield Park
Brighton Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH11 9RT
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
http://www.novonordiskfoundation.co.uk/documents/home_page/document/index.asp
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Novo Nordisk Research Foundation (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19228402
Publication citations
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Results
Skoro-Kondza L, Tai SS, Gadelrab R, Drincevic D, Greenhalgh T, Community based yoga classes for type 2 diabetes: an exploratory randomised controlled trial., BMC Health Serv Res, 2009, 9, 33, doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-33.