Tests high intensity interval training for insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndrome
Tests intense interval exercise for insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Cairo University
- Where
- Cairo, EgyptSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Effect of High Intensity Interval Training on Insulin Resistance in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 50 people, planned
- Started
- 20 Jul 2026
- Expected to end
- 25 Jan 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Intermittent fasting diet group
- High intensity interval training
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for obese women aged 20 to 35 with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) diagnosed by a gynecologist.
- Age
- 20 to 35 years
- Sex
- Women only
- Disease stage
- Obese women with PCOS diagnosed by a gynecologist, meeting at least two of the Rotterdam criteria, with a body mass index of 30-40 kg/m2 and a waist/hip ratio above 0.8.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Cushing syndrome
- Diabetes mellitus
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Hypothalamic amenorrhea or ovarian hyperplasia
- Respiratory, kidney or liver dysfunction
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Obese women with polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) as clinically diagnosed by the gynecologist
- Their ages will be ranged from 20 to 35 years old
- Their body mass index will be ranged from 30-40 kg/m2
- Their waist/hip ratio will be > 0.8
- All of them should have at least two criteria of the Rotterdam diagnostic criteria of PCOS
Who cannot take part
- Cushing syndrome, diabetes mellitus
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Hypothalamic amenorrhea, ovarian hyperplasia
- Respiratory, renal and liver dysfunction
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 20 and 35 years old?
Where in Egypt
- Hager Tharwat MohamedCairo, EgyptContact: Hagar MohamedNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of high- intensity interval training on insulin resistance in polycystic ovarian syndrome.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Intermittent fasting diet groupExisting treatment, for comparison
The participants will follow intermittent fasting diet only for 12 weeks
- High Intensity Interval Training and intermittent fasting diet groupTreatment being tested
The participants will receive High Intensity Interval Training program for 40 min, 3 sessions per week, in addition to intermittent fasting diet for 12 weeks,
Treatment: Intermittent fasting diet group and High intensity interval training
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effect of High Intensity Interval Training on Insulin Resistance in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Plain-language title
- Tests high intensity interval training for insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndromeGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07708766, who can take part
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026