Timing your workout could tame blood sugar spikes in type 1 diabetes
NCT ID NCT05843175
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether exercising before or after lunch is better for controlling blood sugar in women with type 1 diabetes, including those who are pregnant. Twenty women participated, and researchers measured how much time their blood sugar stayed in a healthy range over 24 hours. The goal is to find the best exercise timing to help manage glucose levels and reduce complications.
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Study facts
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- 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 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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20 to 40 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Pregnant women and non-pregnant women with T1DM aged 20-40 years * Having a BMI of 18-29.9 kg/m2 at pre-pregnancy (pregnant women) or recruitment (non-pregnant) * Clinical diagnosis of T1DM, or/and multiple daily insulin injections for \>1 year, and/or using insulin pump therapy (open-loop). * Willingness to provide informed consent to participate in the MERIT1D study. * Being able to read and speak German, English or Spanish well enough to completely understand the instructions, provide informed consent and conduct the experimental procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Having poor glycaemic control HbA1c\>10% (86 mmol/mol). * Recurrent severe hypoglycaemia; hospitalisation for diabetic ketoacidosis during the last year. * Women who smoke or drink alcohol frequently, or require complex diets. * Having polycystic ovarian syndrome, poorly controlled asthma/allergy, uncontrolled thyroid diseases or hypertension, diabetic ketoacidosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV. * Having severe autoimmune/immunodeficiency, macrovascular, renal, or neuromuscular disease, or severe retinopathy or neuropathy. * Having any other cardiovascular, pulmonary, orthopaedic, neurologic, psychiatric, or terminal disease, or any other acute/chronic disorder that, in the opinion of the local clinician/researcher, would preclude participation and successful completion of the protocol, or that would directly influence the study results. * Use of any medication (e.g., steroids), that, in the opinion of local clinician/researcher, would negatively impact or mitigate full participation and completion, or could influence the study results. * Any condition that would interfere with compliance or the results, as judged by the Investigator * Pregnant women: having multiple pregnancy * Pregnant women: evidence of incompetent cervix, ruptured membranes, placenta previa, foetal malformation, or foetal death.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Graz
Graz, Styria, 8010, Austria
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