NCT06690788Recruiting
PreventT2 Together: Examining the Efficacy of Couple-based Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Nearly half of adults in the United States have or are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The overall goal of this community-engaged research is to examine the efficacy of an innovative couple-based lifestyle intervention to prevent type 2 diabetes that is applicable to a broad range of partnered adults in the United States. By simultaneously targeting lifestyle and perceived support from romantic partners, there is a high likelihood of creating lasting changes in both
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 324 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 12 Aug 2024
- Start date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Primary completion date
- Nov 2028
- Lead sponsor
- University of Utah
- Diseases
- Obesity, Type 2 diabetes
- NCT number
- NCT06690788
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 324
- From 6 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, Nov 2028
- 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
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Prior treatment
- Either partner:
- Has a diagnosis of another chronic disease (unless no major events/changes for 3+ months), or
- Is currently on medication or engaged in lifestyle intervention for prediabetes or obesity, or
- Has previously participated in the National DPP, or
- Reports discomfort participating in a lifestyle program with their partner, or
- Reports a low level of relationship commitment (i.e., "4" or lower on a scale from 1 (do not agree at all) to 7 (agree completely) on the item "I want this relationship to stay strong no matter what rough times we encounter."; Owen et al., 2011).
Other illness
- "Supporting partner" has a diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes.
Who the study is looking for
- "Target partner" is eligible for the National DPP per CDC eligibility requirements:
- BMI ≥ 25 kg/m² (≥ 23 kg/m² if Asian American), and
- Do not have a diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and
- Not currently pregnant, and
- High risk for type 2 diabetes based on: (i) CDC Prediabetes Risk Test score ≥ 5, (ii) clinically diagnosed Gestational Diabetes during a previous pregnancy (for women), or (iii) a blood test result indicative of prediabetes in the past year (i.e., fasting blood glucose 100-125 mg/dl; plasma glucose 140-199 mg/dl measured 2 hours after a 75 g glucose load; or HbA1c 5.7%-6.4%).
- The couple has lived together for 1+ years.
- Both partners are willing to participate in the research.
- Both partners are at least 18 years old.
- Both partners are fluent in English.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salt Lake City | United States | Recruiting |
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