Effects of Telemonitoring and Telemedicine Service for Type 2 Diabetes Care (Smart-DM)
Type 2 Diabetes

About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Type 2 Diabetes focused on measuring telemonitoring, usual care, telemedicine, telehealth, home care, Health Care Quality, Access, Evaluation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- More than 20 years of age and under 60 years of age
- Patients who are able to receive outpatient treatment with type II diabetes mellitus.
- If the patients require using insulin, patients who are using basal insulin or premixed insulin less than 2 times a day are eligible.
- Patients with HbA1c above 7% and less than 11% (7%≤HbA1c≤11%).
- Patients who are able to understand the purpose of this trial and to read and write.
- Patients who are able to use the Smart Care PC for this study.
- Patients who have wired/wireless internet access at home.
- Patients who participate voluntarily and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with type I diabetes mellitus
- Patients who are using Bolus insulin (short-acting insulin) or insulin pump.
- Patients who take medicines which can significantly affect glycemic control.
- Patients with acute illness, untreated other disease or diabetic complications required additional treatment.
- Patients currently being hospitalized or planning to hospitalize during the study period.
- Patients who have severe renal disease (above 1.5 times the upper limit of normal serum creatinine levels).
- Pregnant or lactating women.
- Patients with any severe liver disease including cirrhosis (AST or ALT: above 3 times the upper limit of normal).
- Patients with uncontrolled chronic lung disease.
- Patients with known history of alcoholism, mental illness, or drug dependency.
- Patients who have cognitive disorder or psychiatric problems
- Patients who have participated in other clinical trial within 12 weeks prior to screening visit.
- Any clinically significant medical condition including neurologic disease, gastrointestinal disease or malignant tumor, etc., which may affect the test results, or any other medical condition which in the opinion of the investigator makes the patients unsuitable for participation in the trial.
Sites / Locations
- Kyungpook National University Hospital
- Yeungnam University Medical Center
- Gangnam Severance Hospital
- Yonsei University Health System
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Other
Telemonitoring group
Telemonitoring & Telemedicine group
Control group
A Smart Care PC, blood glucose meter and body composition analyzer will be provided transmitting the results to the Smart Care Server via Smart Care PC At Smart care Center,care manager will provide remote blood glucose monitoring and individual diabetes case management
A Smart Care PC, blood glucose meter and body composition analyzer will be provided transmitting the results to the Smart Care Server via Smart Care PC At Smart care Center,care manager will provide remote blood glucose monitoring and individual diabetes case management taking telemedicine through video telephone instead of visiting hospital
Blood glucose meter and body composition analyzer will be provided Self-monitoring Blood Glucose (SMBG)