Can exercise boost fitness in type 1 diabetes? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT07573228
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how being overweight affects insulin sensitivity and heart-lung fitness in people with type 1 diabetes. Researchers will compare participants with and without diabetes, before and after a 15-week high-intensity interval training program. The goal is to understand the link between obesity, insulin resistance, and fitness levels.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) exercise program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could reveal how obesity worsens fitness in type 1 diabetes and whether exercise can improve it.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It does not test a new drug or treatment.
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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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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
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.
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21 to 50 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * • Male or female ≥21 and ≤50 years old * For persons with T1D: Disease duration ≥ 5 years and HbA1c ≤ 8.5% on multiple daily insulin injection or insulin pump * Body mass index: ≥19 and ≤27 kg/m2 for control and T1D, ≥30 and ≤40 kg/m2 (27.5 to 37.5 for Asian Americans) for obesity and T1D + obesity. BMI is limited to ≤40 kg/m2 (37.5 for Asian Americans) for easier vascular access and cardiac imaging. * Stable use of non-insulin medications for over 6 months other than estrogen/progesterone containing medications which must be discontinued at least 3 months prior to the study (intrauterine devices may be continued due to limited systemic absorption) Exclusion Criteria: * • Acute or chronic disease other than T1D or obesity * History of microvascular or macrovascular diabetes complications * History of diabetic ketoacidosis in the past 24 months * History of hypoglycemia unawareness * Recently active (\>20 min of moderate/high intensity exercise, 2 times/week) * Subjects who are smokers or who have quit smoking \<5 years * Subjects with hypertriglyceridemia (\>400 mg/dl) * Current use of vasoactive medications (i.e. calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme or renin inhibitors, angiotensin-receptor blockers, nitrates, alpha- or beta-blockers, or diuretics). * Females taking oral contraceptives in the past 3 months * Subjects with a history of significant metabolic, cardiac, cerebrovascular, hematological, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, liver, renal, or endocrine disease or malignancy * Pregnant (as evidenced by positive pregnancy test) or nursing women * Musculoskeletal condition preventing participation in exercise testing or exercise training * History of gastroparesis * Pulse oximetry \<90%
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Virginia
RECRUITINGCharlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States
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