Recruiting

Fitness Support Group

Sponsor:

University of Virginia

Code:

NCT02117063

Conditions

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Abnormal Weight Gain

Excess Weight

Insulin Resistance

Premature Adrenarche

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 10 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Go Girls! Fitness Support Group

Study Details

Brief summary:

The main purpose of this study is to determine if the Go Girls! program to take place at the Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center Therapeutic Recreation Gymnasium, intended to introduce girls to a fun, non-threatening environment of exercise with peer support, improves scores on a physical activity enjoyment scale (PACES). Information regarding enjoyment of physical activity before and after the program will allow objective evaluation of whether the program is achieving its mission. Qualitative responses to the questionnaires will give program leaders a better sense of potential attitudes and barriers to regular exercise for teen girls. These responses will be used to shape activities during this or future programs for teens. Anthropometric (e.g. body weight, blood pressure, waist circumference) and biochemical (bloodwork) data will allow us to determine whether any change in metabolic risk factors can be seen from this 6-month once weekly intervention.

Conditions

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Abnormal Weight Gain

Excess Weight

Insulin Resistance

Premature Adrenarche

Study ID

NCT02117063

Start date

Apr, 2012

Status verified date

Oct, 2023

Completion date

Dec, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 10 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female
  • Ages 10-18 yr
  • Participating in the Go Girls! program
  • With diagnoses of abnormal weight gain, excess weight, insulin resistance, PCOS, premature adrenarche, or type 2 diabetes mellitus

Exclusion Criteria:

- Known pregnancy

Study Design

Enrollment

35 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Go Girls! Fitness Support Group

Interventions

Go Girls! Fitness Support Group

Go Girls! is a dance-based patient fitness support group offered by the University of Virginia Pediatric Endocrinology division in conjunction with the Center for Research in Reproduction and the Children's Fitness Clinic at the University of Virginia for girls. The goals of the program are to introduce girls to exercise in a fun, non-threatening environment, meet other girls, enable girls to discover and develop a personal enjoyment of exercise, and enable low-pressure interactions with medical care providers.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in mean score for the PACES scale after 6-months of intervention [ Time Frame: Baseline and 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Melissa Gilrain

434-243-6911pcos@virginia.edu

Christine Burt Solorzano, MD

434-924-9084cmb6w@virginia.edu

Locations

Center for Research in Reproduction, University of Virginia

Recruiting

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908

Contacts

Melissa Gilrain

434-243-6911pcos@virginia.edu

Christine M Burt Solorzano, MD

434-924-9084pcos@virginia.edu

Principal Investigator:

Christine M Burt Solorzano, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Virginia

Last update posted

Oct 27, 2023

Last verified

Oct, 2023

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Virginia on 2023-10-27.