Type 2 Diabetes Research Study
Researchers at the University of Virginia are partnering with individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes to learn more about how exercise training affects blood vessels and cardiac muscles in this population. Join our compensated study today!
Fast Facts
Don't use tobacco and haven't within the past year
Not taking insulin for your type 2 diabetes
not exercising regularly
30-55 years old
Compensation Provided
Conducted in charlottesville, VA
Study Background
UVA Division of Endocrinology is conducting a research study about exercise. The purpose of the study is to learn more about how exercise training affects heart and blood vessels of adults with type 2 diabetes.
Participation involves 15 weeks of exercise training with a personal trainer 3 days a week. All exercise training is scheduled at UVA.
Help advance research today and join our compensated study!
Study Background
UVA Division of Endocrinology is conducting a research study about exercise. The purpose of the study is to learn more about how exercise training affects heart and blood vessels of adults with type 2 diabetes.
Participation involves 15 weeks of exercise training with a personal trainer 3 days a week. All exercise training is scheduled at UVA.
Help advance research today and join our compensated study!
Additional Information
You may qualify for this study if you meet the following criteria.
Key Criteria:
- Adults 30-55 years old
- Diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
- Don’t exercise regularly
- T2D controlled by diet and without insulin
- Have been weight-stable for three months prior to the start of the study
- Not enrolled in another study
- Don’t use tobacco and haven’t within the past year
- No documented cardiovascular disease
Participants will engage in a 15-week exercise program with a personal trainer 3 days/week. There are also 7 total study visits apart from the exercise:
- Screening visit~ 1 hour
- Exercise lab visit (including max ex test and DEXA scan) ~2.5 hours
- Cardiac echo ~1.5 hours
- Outpatient admit (~7 hours, this includes IVs, blood draws, etc.)
- Subjects will start 15 weeks of supervised exercise 3 times per week)
- Repeat Exercise lab visit ~2.5 hours
- Repeat outpatient admit ~7 hours
- Repeat cardiac echo ~1.5 hours
