Telemetric Glucose Data Acquisition During Initiation of Insulin Pump Therapy
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Dependent
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 focused on measuring Hyperglycemia, Insulin Infusion Systems, Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients must reside in the Philadelphia area and participate in regular in person visits to the Jefferson Diabetes Research Center. Patients must be at the stage of their treatment where they are going to initiate insulin infusion pump therapy. Patients must be at least 18 years of age before starting the protocol and must have never used an insulin pump before. Ideally, at least a few of the study participants will use English as a second language. Since the technology is capable of delivering messages to the wireless email device in several languages including Spanish and French, there is no English only requirement. Likewise, patients not capable of operating the wireless email device will be included since the GlucoMON device is specially designed to enable patient use without technology aptitude typical for personal computers and interactive wireless devices. Exclusion Criteria: Patients living outside the Philadelphia area and those that are not immediately going to initiate insulin pump therapy wil be excluded. Patients unwilling to perform at least 4 blood glucose self-tests will be ineligible for participation in this study. Conventional guidelines for minimum self-care will apply including criteria for discontinuance of insulin pump therapy.