Can exercising at home with remote coaching help control prediabetes?
NCT ID NCT06895161
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested whether doing aerobic exercise at home with remote supervision (tele-exercise) works as well as exercising in a hospital for people with prediabetes. Forty-two adults with prediabetes walked for 30 minutes, five days a week, for three weeks. One group exercised at home with a heart rate monitor and phone calls, another group exercised at the hospital, and a control group exercised at home without monitoring. The researchers measured changes in blood sugar control, fitness, and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- aerobic exercise
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that remotely supervised exercise is as effective as in-person programs for managing prediabetes, offering a more convenient option.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 42 participants and a short 3-week duration. Results may not apply to everyone, and long-term benefits are unknown.
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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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42 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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 to 79 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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: * Accepting to participate in the study * ≥18 and \<80 years of age * With oral glucose tolerance test (after 75 g oral glucose) 2nd hour glucose value: 140-199 mg/dl or fasting blood glucose : 100-125 mg/dl and diagnosed as prediabetes by an endocrinologist Exclusion Criteria: * High physical activity: Performing ≥150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week * Using insulin or oral antidiabetics * Presence of cardiac and physical conditions that would prevent aerobic exercise * Presence of neurological disease with significant sensorimotor deficit * Presence of active malignancy * Neuropsychiatric disease or condition that may prevent cooperation
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gazi University Hospital,Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Ankara, Ankara, 06560, Turkey (Türkiye)
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