Can exercise and a B3 supplement help cancer survivors fight prediabetes?
NCT ID NCT05023993
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study looks at whether a home exercise program plus a dietary supplement called nicotinamide riboside (similar to vitamin B3) can improve muscle health and insulin resistance in adult survivors of childhood cancer who have prediabetes. The study will enroll 20 people and mainly checks if the program is practical and doable. If successful, it may lead to larger studies on managing metabolic health in this group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nicotinamide riboside (a dietary supplement similar to vitamin B3) and a home exercise program
- What this could lead to
- If this small pilot works, it could point toward a way to help childhood cancer survivors manage prediabetes and improve muscle health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small study (20 people) testing feasibility, not effectiveness. The supplement and exercise may not improve health outcomes, and results may not apply to all survivors.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2022
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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18 years and older
- 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: * History of childhood cancer * History of prediabetes (HbA1c 5.7-6.4%) * In remission at time of enrollment * Time between completion of cancer-directed therapy and study entry: \>= 6 months * At least 18 years of age at time of enrollment * Able to access online exercise program at home * Ability to tolerate the prescribed resistance exercise program * English-speaking * Able to understand and sign the study specific informed consent form (ICF) Exclusion Criteria: * Taking a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+ precursor in the two weeks prior to enrollment * Currently taking medication for hyperglycemia or diabetes * Females who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant * Currently recovering from an injury * Contraindication to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) * Pacemaker
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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