An interventional study of Cardiovascular exercise training in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Healthy and Overweight, sponsored by University of Colorado, Denver. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-07-12.
Sponsored by University of Colorado, Denver · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study will define the relationship of cardiac, vascular function and skeletal muscle blood flow (individually and together) to cardiovascular exercise capacity in in men and women with and without type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Identification of differences in the effects of exercise training on the integrated cardiovascular system and metabolism in men and women with and without T2DM will reveal specific adaptive responses to exercise.This study will evaluate \& compare exercise function in a total of 60 subjects from the Denver area (30 people with T2DM and 30 overweight control subjects).
Specific Aim 1: To test the hypothesis that the integration of cardiac function, macrovascular function, and microvascular function is impaired in T2D and correlates with cardiovascular exercise capacity (CVEC) impairment.
Specific Aim 2: To test the hypothesis that exercise training will elicit adaptive responses in cardiac and vascular function, muscle perfusion and metabolism with differences by T2D status.
Differences between the exercise responses in people with T2DM and healthy people will help further identify the disease process of T2DM and direct future research of treatments and interventions.
It is well established that functional exercise capacity and peak oxygen uptake (VO2) are reduced in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) compared with healthy counterparts. The mechanisms underlying the exercise deficit in T2DM remain largely unknown, but previous work has suggested that reduced exercise blood flow and impaired submaximal VO2 may be contributing factors. Both of these findings are consistent with a peripheral impairment of skeletal muscle oxygen delivery, oxygen utilization, or both. Indeed, dysfunction of skeletal muscle metabolism plays a key role in the pathophysiology of T2DM, and considerable work has described abnormalities of oxidative function in the skeletal muscle of people with T2DM. Given this, it is likely that the causes of exercise intolerance in T2DM may relate to specific defects at the level of the skeletal muscle, particularly given that skeletal muscle blood flow and oxidative capacity are impaired in diabetes. However, to the knowledge of the investigators, no one has related these peripheral muscle abnormalities to the diminished exercise function in this patient group.
The overarching hypothesis for the proposed research is that impaired CVEC in T2DM is the result of preclinical cardiac, vascular dysfunction and skeletal muscle perfusion abnormalities. Exercise training will improve CVEC and will reveal specific reversible therapeutic aspects of this pathology. The investigators will first determine the impairments and then evaluate responses to an established cardiac rehabilitation exercise training program, established to improve fitness in people with and without diabetes. Given the greater CVEC abnormalities observed in women, sex differences will be evaluated for each aim.
Exclusion Criteria:
Men and women between the ages of 30-55 with well controlled type 2 diabetes (A1C \<9%).
Other: Cardiovascular exercise training
Men and women between the ages of 30-55 with BMI 25-40 and limited immediate family history of type 2 diabetes.
Other: Cardiovascular exercise training
Following the completion of baseline testing, both subject groups will undergo supervised cardiovascular exercise training 3 times per week for 3 months (plus a 3 week ramp-up). Exercise training will take place on a treadmill, stationary bicycle, elliptical, rowing machine, or combination of machines. Each session will last 1 hour, which includes a 5 minute warm-up, 50 minutes of exercise, and a 5 minute cool down.
Also known as: Exercise Training
Change in peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak)
Subjects' peak oxygen consumption will be tested on a stationary bike before and after 3 months of exercise
Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 months
Change in insulin sensitivity
The investigators will evaluate the changes in insulin sensitivity utilizing a euglycemic insulin clamp
Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 months
Change in muscular mitochondrial function
The investigators will examine mitochondrial function using magnetic resistance (MR) spectroscopy during single leg calf exercise
Time frame: Through study completion, approximately 4 months
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