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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00760526
Date of registration: 25/09/2008
Primary sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Public title: Randomized Trial to Assess Efficacy and Safety of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Children 4-<10 Years With T1DM
Scientific title: A Randomized Clinical Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring in the Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Young Children (4 to <10 Year Olds)
Date of first enrolment: September 2010
Target sample size: 140
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00760526
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Roy W Beck, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Jaeb Center for Health Research
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and using daily insulin therapy for at least
twelve months

2. Age >4.0 to <10.0 years

3. HbA1c > 7.5%

4. Current insulin regimen involves either use of an insulin pump or multiple daily
injections of insulin (at least 3 shots per day) for the last three months, with no
plans to switch the modality of insulin administration during the next 6 months
(e.g., injection user switching to a pump, pump user switching to injections, or the
addition of Lantus (Glargine) insulin)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Diabetes diagnosed <6 months of age

2. Use of a medication such as oral/inhaled glucocorticoids that in the judgment of the
investigator will affect the wearing of the sensors or the completion of any aspect
of the protocol.

3. The presence of any of the following diseases or another disease that the
investigator believes to be a contraindication to participation in the protocol:

- Asthma if treated with systemic or daily inhaled corticosteroids in the last 6
months (Intermittent treatment with inhaled corticosteroids does not exclude
subjects from enrollment)

- Cystic fibrosis (Celiac disease and adequately treated thyroid disease do not
exclude subjects from enrollment)

4. Home use of CGM in past 6 months.

5. Participation in an intervention study (including psychological studies) in past 6
weeks.

6. Another member of the same household is participating in this study.



Age minimum: 4 Years
Age maximum: 9 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Intervention(s)
Device: Continuous glucose monitor
Device: Home blood glucose monitor
Primary Outcome(s)
HbA1c [Time Frame: 26 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Biochemical hypoglycemia (percentage of sensor values [Time Frame: 26 weeks]
Measures of variability: mean amplitude of glycemic excursions (MAGE), SD, mean absolute rate of changes [Time Frame: 26 weeks]
Parental quality of life measures [Time Frame: 26 weeks]
Percentage of sensors values in range (71 mg/dL to 180 mg/dL) [Time Frame: 26 weeks]
Severe hypoglycemia [Time Frame: 26 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
DirecNet 011
HD041890,
HD041906-01,
HD041908-01,
HD041915-01,
HD041918-01,
HD041919-01,
M01 RR00069,
RR 06022,
RR00059,
RR00070-41
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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