Exercise program aims to reverse frailty in seniors with diabetes
NCT ID NCT07506278
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a 6-month exercise program called Vivifrail could improve physical function, thinking skills, and quality of life in 80 older adults (ages 60-80) with type 2 diabetes and frailty. Participants exercised three times a week, with increasing intensity over 24 weeks. Researchers measured handgrip strength, walking speed, balance, and daily living activities at the start, 3 months, and 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Vivifrail exercise program (multi-component physical training)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a structured exercise program helps older adults with type 2 diabetes and frailty move better, think clearer, and feel better day-to-day.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with 80 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Exercise benefits can vary, and the study does not test long-term effects or hard outcomes like hospital stays.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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80 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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60 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Type 2 diabetic patients diagnosed using American Diabetes Association 2022 criteria * HbA1c ≥ 6.5 and ≤ 9.0% * Frailty diagnosed using criteria from the The Fried frailty phenotype (FP) * Age ≥ 60 and ≤ 80 Exclusion Criteria: * Acute diabetic complications * Patients are in the acute phase of musculoskeletal disorders: acute gout, progressing low-grade arthritis, acute joint pain due to joint degeneration, sciatic pain, and infectious arthritis. * Patients suffer from conditions significantly affecting cognition and mobility: sequelae of stroke (with weakness, limb paralysis), muscular weakness, limb disabilities, severe heart failure, severe cognitive decline, and psychiatric disorders. * Patients have been bedridden due to illness for more than 1 month within the past 3 months up to the recruitment time.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Phu Tho Province General Hospital
Viet Tri, Phu Tho, 35100, Vietnam
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