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NCT04222231Completed

RESIST! Blood-flow Restriction Resistance Training for Improving Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes

Metabolic Effects of a New Resistance Training in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Nov 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The study aims to investigate the metabolic and cardiovascular effects of classical resistance training with high loads and blood-flow restricted training (BFRT) with low loads in individuals with type 2 diabetes over 12 weeks.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20 (actual)
First submitted
10 Dec 2019
Start date
28 Oct 2019
Primary completion date
1 May 2024
Lead sponsor
German Diabetes Center
NCT number
NCT04222231

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 20
  • From 28 Oct 2019 to the primary completion date, 1 May 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Therapy with Glitazone, Beta blocker, Insulin
  • Thyroid disease (untreated hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, treatment with thiamazol)
  • Application of drugs which can manipulate the thermoregulation (Antipsychotic)
  • Cigarettes (or non-smokers <1 year) alcohol consumption (men> 30 g / d, women> 20 g / d), drug abuse

Other illness

  • Acute infections in the last 2 weeks
  • Malignant cancer
  • Heart diseases (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, acute myocarditis or pericarditis, cardiac wall aneurysms/ stenose, untreated hypotension or hypertension, aortic stenosis, stroke, cardiac insufficiency, NYHA-class ≥II, heart arrhythmia, disturbances of blood circulation in extremities, venous insufficiency, varicose veins)
  • Respiratory disease (COPD, Gold grade ≥II)
  • Disease of the immune system (leucocytes <5000/μl)
  • Epilepsy
  • Severe psychiatric illness or addiction
  • Risk for/ or HIV or Hepatitis B or C
  • Muscle diseases, orthopedic restrictions
  • Hypersensitivity to local anaesthetic
  • Metallic and magnetic implants (for example, mechanical heart valves, joint prostheses, clip after vascular surgery, middle and inner ear implants or fresh dental implants)

Lab values

  • Serious heart, kidney or liver disease: - New York Heart Association-Classification (NYHA) stage ≥ II - creatinine ≥ 1.6 mg / dl - Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) or Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) ≥ two-fold upper reference value
  • Blood clotting disorders (abnormally levels of thrombocytes [<150.000, >450.000 ± 50 ], Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) [26-36 s ± 5 s], Quick [70-120% ± 10%]) or wound healing

Other

  • Weight fluctuations (> 10% in the last 6 month)
  • Diabetic neuropathy
  • Anemia (Hb <12g / l), blood donation in the last 3 month
  • Application of immunomodulatory agents (Glucocorticoids, Antihistamine, Acetylsalicylic acid)
  • Application of antithrombotic agents (Anticoagulant)
  • Rosacea
  • Vitamine supplement (with the las 4 weeks)
  • Shift work or anormal circadian rhythm
  • Pregnancy, lactation
  • Claustrophobia
  • Hypohidrosis
  • Participation in another intervention study within the last 3 month

Who the study is looking for

  • Male and female, age between ≥ 30 and ≤ 69 years
  • Individuals with type 2 diabetes
  • BMI: 19-40 kg/m²

Age in the registry: 30 years to 69 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
German Diabetes Center
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DüsseldorfGermanyUnknown status

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