Trial name or title | Insulin resistance and cognitive dysfunction in obese adolescents |
Methods | Study design: Randomised controlled trial Blinding:
Duration of intervention: 6 months Unit of analysis: Child Inclusion criteria: Male and female participants 14 to 19 years of age; BMI > 99th centile; clearance by paediatric cardiologist (including evaluation of VO2max) Exclusion criteria: Younger than 14 years of age and older than 19 years; youth with type 1 or type 2 diabetes; serious medical conditions; no clearance by cardiologist Sample size calculation: Not provided |
Participants | N estimated: 50 Age: 14 to 19 years BMI > 99th centile corrected for age Geographical region: New York, USA |
Interventions |
Comparison: Exercise versus wait‐list control Intervention: Exercise programme, no further details provided |
Outcomes | Cognitive function: Change in neurocognitive function, no further details provided |
Starting date | December 2012 |
Contact information | Siham Accacha, MD, Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism; Assistant Professor Stoney Brook School of Medicine; Principal Investigator, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, United States, 11501 |
Notes | Completion date: February 2016 We contacted the author to obtain data. Authors informed us that they are writing up the data for publication and no data were provided Funding source: Not reported Trial registration: NCT01737658 (clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01737658) |