Baby steps against diabetes: early lifestyle intervention may shield High-Risk infants
NCT ID NCT06670625
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether intensive diet and physical activity counseling from 3 months to 2 years of age can protect the pancreas in infants with a genetic risk for Type 1 diabetes. About 1,244 babies will be randomly assigned to receive the counseling or standard care, and researchers will track growth, autoantibodies, and diabetes development up to age 6. The goal is to see if a healthy early lifestyle can reduce the chance of developing the disease.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 1,244 people
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- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2031
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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- Ages
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3 to 4 months
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * The age of the infant at time of enrolment should be 3.0 months (13 - 17 weeks). * An increased genetic risk (7-10%) to develop beta-cell autoantibodies by the age of 6 years. Genetic inclusion criteria: Children without a T1D-FDR having HLA DR3/DR4-DQ8, DR4-DQ8/DR4-DQ8 or DR4-DQ8/DR4-DQ7 rs6901541 C/T genotype and: * for males having a genetic risk score greater than or equal to 18.2 but excluding those who are eligible for AVANT1A. * for females having a genetic risk score greater than or equal to 14.5 but excluding those who are eligible for AVANT1A. Children with a T1D-FDR, all DR3/3, DR4-DQ8/DR4-DQ7 and DR4-DQ8/x where x is none of the following protective alleles: DRB1\*1501, DQB1\*0503, DRB1\*1303 will be included regardless of genetic risk score. \- Written informed consent signed by the custodial parent(s). Exclusion Criteria: * Any medical condition, concomitant disease or treatment that may interfere with the assessments or may jeopardize the participant's safe participation in the study, as judged by the investigators. * Preterm delivery \< 36 weeks of gestation. * Any condition that could be associated with poor compliance. * Diagnosis of diabetes prior to recruitment or randomization. * Current use of any investigational drug.
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Locations
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Clinical Research Center (CRC), Bldng 60:11
RECRUITINGMalmö, 20502, Sweden
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