Hypoglycemia Prevention After Exercise in Adolescent T1DM Patients Using a Control to Range System (MDB005)
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 12 years of age and up to and including 18 years of age.
- Have type 1 diabetes mellitus as defined by American Diabetes Association criteria or judgment of physician for at least 1 year (including those who may also be treated with metformin).
- Use of an insulin pump
- If on antihypertensive, thyroid, anti-depressant or lipid lowering medication, have stability on the medication for at least 2 months prior to enrollment in the study
- Willingness to use lispro (Humalog) insulin for the duration of the inpatient study
- Demonstration of proper mental status and cognition for the study
- Willingness to stop using any dietary supplements for two weeks prior to admission and for the duration of their participation
- HemoglobinA1c < 10.0
- A score of 2 or greater on the hypoglycemia unawareness scale, see Attachment A
- Tanner Stage II or greater (not pre-pubertal) on screening physical exam
- Body weight of 30 kg or more at screening
- BMI must be under 95th percentile for age based on published BMI reference standards
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age <12 or >18
- Pregnancy
- Hematocrit <37% (females); <36% (males)
- HemoglobinA1c ≥ 10.0
- Any symptomatic coronary artery disease, or a history of congenital heart abnormalities.
- Score of less than 2 on the hypoglycemia unawareness scale
- Tanner Stage I on screening physical exam
- Use of a medication that significantly lowers heart rate (beta blockers, reserpine, guanethidine, methyldopa, clonidine, cimetidine, digitalis, calcium channel blockers, amiodarone, antiarrythmic drugs, or lithium)
- Congestive heart failure
- History of a cerebrovascular event
- Use of a medication that significantly impacts glucose metabolism (oral steroids)
- Atrial fibrillation
- Uncontrolled hypertension (resting blood pressure >140/90)
- History of a systemic or deep tissue infection with methicillin-resistant staph aureus or Candida albicans
- Use of a device that may pose electromagnetic compatibility issues and/or radiofrequency interference with the FreeStyle NavigatorTM CGM or DexCom Seven® (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, electronic pacemaker, neurostimulator, intrathecal pump, and cochlear implants)
- Active enrollment in another clinical trial
- Allergy or adverse reaction to lispro insulin
- Known adrenal gland problem, pancreatic tumor, or insulinoma
- Current alcohol abuse by patient history, substance abuse by patient history, or severe mental illness
- Retinopathy and renal failure
- Uncontrolled anxiety or panic disorder
- Known bleeding diathesis or dyscrasia
- Renal insufficiency (creatinine >1.5)
- Any comorbid condition affecting glucose metabolism
- Body weight of less than 30 kg at screening
- BMI equal to or greater than 95th percentile for age based on published BMI reference standards. See Appendix B.
- Asthma or exercise -induced asthma
- Any mobility-restrictive condition
- Children who are wards of state or at high risk for becoming wards of state
Sites / Locations
- University of Virginia Health System
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Closed Loop Control (CLC)
Open Loop
The CLC used a computer to make recommendations for their insulin treatment. This study arm was designed to demonstrate management of glucose using a modular insulin management system based on continuous glucose monitoring and targeted towards the avoidance of hypoglycemic and prolonged hyperglycemic episodes (i.e. control to range). This system was designed to both: monitor the meal boluses of the patient and correct it in case of observed/predicted under insulinization (avoidance of prolonged hyperglycemia), based on a coarse and subjective knowledge of the meal amount, a precise understanding of the subject's day to day insulin treatment, continuous glucose monitoring, and past insulin injections; predict and avoid hypoglycemic events, based on continuous glucose reading and past insulin injection.
The subject were in charge of their insulin treatment.