| Source of record | UK Clinical Trials Gateway |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN63637211 |
| Date ISRCTN assigned | 28/11/2006 |
| Local reference number(s) | N/A |
| Public title | A randomised trial of yoga in type two diabetes |
| Scientific title |
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| Acronym | N/A |
| Disease/condition/study domain | Diabetes |
| Study hypothesis | Null hypothesis: yoga therapy plus exercise advice is no more effective than exercise advice alone in improving control in diabetes |
| Design/methodology | Randomised controlled trial |
| Research ethics review | Approved by Haringey LREC 27th July 2004 (ref: 04/Q0509/32) |
| Countries of trial | United Kingdom |
| Participants - inclusion criteria | People over 18 with non-insulin treated diabetes |
| Participants - exclusion criteria | 1. Inability to give informed consent
2. Physical or psychological contraindication to exercise
3. Inability to speak English sufficiently to understand the yoga teacher
4. Unwillingness to join a yoga group |
| Patient information material |
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| Anticipated start date | 01/08/2006 |
| Anticipated end date | 31/07/2007 |
| Status of trial | Completed |
| Target number of participants | 60 |
| Interventions | Exercise advice and twice weekly yoga for three months OR exercise advice alone. |
| Primary outcome measure(s) | HbA1c |
| Secondary outcome measure(s) | 1. United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) risk score
2. Self efficacy
3. Patient enablement instrument
4. Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile (MYMOP) |
| Sources of funding | Novo Nordisk Research Foundation (UK) |
| Sponsor name | Novo Nordisk Research Foundation (UK) |
| Sponsor details | Broadfield Park
Brighton Road
Crawley, West Sussex
United Kingdom
RH11 9RT |
| Sponsor website | http://www.novonordiskfoundation.co.uk/documents/home_page/document/index.asp |
| Contact name | Prof Trisha Greenhalgh |
| Contact details | University College London
403 Holborn Union Building
Highgate Hill
London
United Kingdom
N19 5LW |
| More information | For more up-to-date information please go to the ISRCTN link below. |
| Link to record in ISRCTN Register | ISRCTN63637211 |
| Date last extracted from ISRCTN register | 17/04/2008 |
