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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2016
Main ID:  ISRCTN04179596
Date of registration: 21/05/2010
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Public title: Developing a Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) structured education course for adults with Type 1 diabetes incorporating insulin infusion pump start
Scientific title: Developing a Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) structured education course for adults with Type 1 diabetes delivering the skills to undertake both DAFNE insulin adjustment and continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion: pilot study
Date of first enrolment: 16/09/2009
Target sample size: 64
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN04179596
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Multicentre randomised interventional process of care and treatment trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Celia    Emery
Address:  Royal Hallamshire Hospital Glossop Road S10 2JF Sheffield United Kingdom
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Email: dafne.project@sth.nhs.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. T1DM of at least 1 year's duration
2. Waiting to attend a standard DAFNE skills 5 day course
3. Aged 18 - 80 years, either sex
4. Not been treated by continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion pump for the last four years

Exclusion criteria: 1. Factors which will impair participation in group education, i.e., non-English speaking
2. Evidence of an eating disorder
3. Previous significant experience of pump therapy (greater than 6 months in the last 4 years)


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Topic: Diabetes Research Network; Subtopic: Type 1; Disease: Diabetic Control, Education
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Type 1 diabetes
Intervention(s)
Intervention: a DAFNE educational course, 5 day, outpatient, skills training course, incorporating the additional training necessary to teach participants to use an insulin infusion pump (CSII) as therapy for diabetes.

Comparator: standard DAFNE education course (DAFNE course plus multiple injections of insulin as therapy for diabetes).

The standard DAFNE educational course is held over 5 consecutive days (full day) with a 2 hour visit at 6 weeks for a recap of course core details.

Both arms:
Follow-up length: 6 months post-course
Study entry: single randomisation only
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in HbA1c %, measured at baseline and 6 months post-course
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Change in psychological outcome, specifically reduction in anxiety and depression scores on Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), measured at baseline and 6 months
2. Changes in weight, measured at baseline and 6 months
3. Diet related behaviours, measured at baseline and 6 months
4. Number and severity of hypoglycaemic episodes, measured at baseline, 6 weeks post-course and 6 months post-course
Secondary ID(s)
7480
Source(s) of Monetary Support
National Institute for Health Research
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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