Post Approval Study of the TS (Threshold Suspend) Feature With a Sensor-Augmented Pump System Supplemented With Commercial Patient Data
Phase: NA
Conditions: Diabetes
Sponsor: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.

 
Study Title 
Post Approval Study of the TS (Threshold Suspend) Feature with a Sensor-
Augmented Pump System Supplemented with Commercial Patient Data  
 
NCT Number 
NCT02003898  
Document Description 
Study Protocol Version E  (Equivalent to FDA Approved Version Q) 
 
Document Date 
10-OCT-2017 
 

 
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Title: 
 
Post Approval Study of the TS (Threshold Suspend) Feature with a 
Sensor-Augmented Pump System Supplemented with Commercial 
Patient Data 
 
Protocol Number: 
 
CEP266DOC, Version E (Equivalent to FDA Approved Version Q) 
Sponsor: 
 
Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. 
(“Medtronic”) 
18000 Devonshire St 
Northridge, CA 91325 
866.948.6633 
 
Date of Protocol: 
 
10-OCT-2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Confidential Information 
This document contains proprietary and confidential information and may not be used, divulged, published, or otherwise 
disclosed without the prior written consent of Medtronic, Inc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Synopsis 
 
Study Design: 
 
The evaluation of Threshold Suspend(TS) feature is conducted by two sub-studies: 1) Multi-
Center Trial; 2) Commercial Data Evaluation.  Multi-center trial is initiated to observe the 
Threshold Suspend (TS) feature with a sensor-augmented insulin pump (Medtronic MiniMed® 
530G insulin pump) in patients 16 and older with insulin requiring diabetes over a period of one 
year. 
 
In addition, additional data from commercial use will be analyzed/summarized to support the 
Multi-center trial as the enrolled population is lower (N=426) than the anticipated N=1000 
subjects 
 
Additional dataset: 
• 
CareLink® data from the commercial MiniMed 530G users 
• 
Summary of supplementary data on hospitalized patients using the 530G system; 
taken from Medical Device Reporting (MDR)   
• 
Review of published data on the TS feature 
• 
Review of unpublished data on the TS feature, as available 
Devices: 
Non-Investigational Devices  
• 
Medtronic MiniMed® 530G (MMT-551,MMT-751) Insulin Pump, referred to as 530G 
Insulin Pump in the protocol.   
• 
Medtronic MiniMed MiniLink® REAL-Time Transmitter (MMT-7703), referred to as 
MiniLink throughout this protocol 
• 
Paradigm Remote Control/Programmer (MMT-503) - Optional 
• 
Medtronic MiniMed charger (MMT-7705) 
• 
Medtronic MiniMed CareLink® USB (MMT-7305) 
• 
Watertight Tester (MMT-7726) 
• 
One-press Serter (MMT-7512), referred to as One-press Serter in the protocol 
• 
CONTOUR® NEXT LINK RF enabled Blood Glucose Meter (HMS-9740) 
• 
Medtronic MiniMed Enlite® Glucose Sensor (MMT-7008) 
• 
Enlite Serter (MMT-7510) 
• 
CONTOUR NEXT Test Strips (HMS-7309) 
• 
MICROLET® lancing device (HMS-6606) 
• 
MICROLET lancets (HMS-6586) 
• 
CONTOUR NEXT Control Solution (HMS-7314) 
• 
Medtronic CareLink® Therapy Management Software for Diabetes (MMT-7334) – 
referred to as CareLink Clinical in the protocol 
• 
Medtronic CareLink® Personal Therapy Management Software for Diabetes (MMT-
7333)- referred to as CareLink Personal in the protocol 

 
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Study Objective: 
  
The study objective is to demonstrate that home use of Threshold Suspend (TS) is not 
associated with glycemic deterioration.   This objective will be demonstrated in several ways 
using two sub-studies:  
 
1) Sub-study 1: Multi-Center Trial 
 
• 
Comparison of A1C measurement from baseline to end of study in the CEP266 study 
population 
 
2) Sub-study 2: Commercial Data Evaluation 
 
• 
CareLink® data from the commercial MiniMed 530G users 
• 
Summary of supplementary data on hospitalized patients using the 530G system; 
taken from Medical Device Reporting (MDR)   
• 
Review of published data on the TS feature 
• 
Review of unpublished data on the TS feature, as available 
Primary Study 
Endpoint and 
Hypothesis for 
CEP 266 Study 
population: 
The overall mean change in A1C from baseline will be estimated and compared by a non-
inferiority test with an A1C margin of 0.4% and a significance level of 0.025 (one-sided) with 
the CEP 266 study population. 
Secondary 
Endpoint for 
CEP 266 Study 
population 
The mean change in A1C from baseline to end of study for each individual A1C cohort 
 
• 
Baseline A1C 
o 
A1C less than 7.0% 
o 
A1C between 7.0% to 9.0% 
o 
A1C greater than 9.0% 
 
Safety 
Endpoints for 
CEP 266 study 
population: 
 
The following Safety information will be collected: 
• 
Serious Adverse Events (SAE) 
• 
Unanticipated Adverse Device Effects (UADE) 
• 
Incidence of Severe Hypoglycemia 
• 
Incidence of Severe Hyperglycemia 
• 
Incidence of Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) 
• 
Adverse Events will be stratified by age, ethnicity, baseline BMI, gender, diabetes 
classification, duration of diabetes, hypoglycemia awareness, frequency and average 
duration of hypoglycemic event (based on two weeks prior to the adverse event) 
The actual one-sided 95% upper confidence limit of severe adverse event incidence rate (DKA 
and severe hypoglycemia) will be calculated. Individual one-sided 95% confidence limit for 
DKA only and severe hypoglycemia only will also be provided. Please note: the planned 
analysis may not be adequate since we did not meet the defined minimum  sample size 
requirement.    
Descriptive 
Endpoints for 
CEP 266 study 
population: 
Descriptive summary statistics will be provided: 
 
A1C Change: 

 
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• 
The percentages of subjects with increased A1C and decreased A1C from baseline 
will be presented for each baseline A1C subgroup (less than 7%, 7% – 9% and greater 
than 9%) and overall.  
• 
The distribution of subjects’ changes in A1C will also be summarized by histogram for 
each baseline A1C subgroup and overall. 
 
Hypo/Hyperglycemia Events and TS Metrics: 
• 
Hypoglycemic Event Incidence, duration and percentage of time spent (SG less than 
or equal to 40, 50, 60, 65 and 70 mg/dL) with and without TS   ON  
• 
Hyperglycemic Event Incidence, duration and percentage of time spent (SG greater 
than or equal to 180, 250, 300, 350 and 400 mg/dL) with and without TS ON 
• 
Hypoglycemic duration (below TS threshold setting) within 4 – 6 hours of suspend. 
• 
The data will be summarized for each baseline A1C subgroup less than 7%, 7% – 
9% and greater than 9%) and overall 
• 
The data will be summarized by Day (8:00am – 10:00pm) /Night (10:00pm – 8:00am) 
and TS Threshold Settings. 
 
Device Utilization (Detail in Section 7.1.6): 
• 
TS Setting ON/OFF 
• 
TS Threshold Setting 
• 
Insulin Delivery Suspend (Manual vs. TS) 
• 
Subject response to TS insulin suspension 
o 
Confirmatory SMBG compliance during TS (within 2 hours of alarm)  
o 
Time it takes to respond to TS alert by day and night  
o 
Therapeutic change in basal insulin (within 2 hours of alarm) 
o 
Frequency of infusion set changes 
o 
Frequency of Infusion Set occlusion alarms 
o 
Early infusion set change (before 3 days) 
 
CGM Metric: 
• CGM Adherence – average sensor wear per week 
• Comparison between CGM data and Glucose Meter data 
 
Device Performance 
• All complaints that are reported to the 24-hour HelpLine will be summarized and 
reported. 
 
Effectiveness of educational materials: 
• Subject Questionnaire at Screening 
• Subject Questionnaire After Training Session and Device Placement 

 
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Descriptive subgroup analysis of A1C data will be performed on the following cohorts: 
 
• Age Groups: 
o Adults age 22-and older 
o Adolescents age 16-21 
 
• Diabetes cohort based on Ethnicity 
o Hispanic/Latino 
o Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino 
o Subject Refused 
 
• Diabetes cohort based on Race 
o American Indian/Alaska Native  
o Black/African-American  
o White - anticipated maximum less than 80%  
o Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific  Islander  
o Asian  
o Other 
o Subject Refused  
 
• Diabetes cohorts based on BMI according to WHO criteria [World Health 
Organization, 2011]: 
A description of the following 5 groups will be performed: 
o 
Underweight subjects (BMI less than 18.5 kg/m) 
o 
Normal weight subjects (BMI 18.5 to 24.99 kg/m²): 
o 
Overweight (BMI 25.00 to 29.99 kg/m) 
o 
and obese subjects (BMI 30.00 to 39.99 kg/m)  
o 
Morbidly obese subjects (BMI greater than or equal to 40 kg/m²)  
 
• Diabetes cohort based on gender 
o 
Male  
o 
Female 
 
• Diabetes Classification 
o 
Diabetes type 1    
o 
Diabetes type 2   
o 
Other diagnosis of Diabetes 
 

 
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• Duration of diabetes cohort 
o 
Duration of diabetes less than 20 years 
o 
Duration of diabetes greater than or equal to  20 years 
  
• Hypoglycemic awareness 
o 
Patients with intact hypoglycemic awareness 
o 
Patients who have impaired hypoglycemic awareness 
Number of 
Subjects and 
CEP 266 Study 
Population: 
  
A total of 426 subjects have been enrolled in the study     
 
40 Investigational centers were activated across the United States. Selection was based on 
Investigator’s experience and qualifications, availability of sufficient resources to carry out the 
required study procedures and the investigator’s ability to recruit subjects into the study.  
 
Subjects will be grouped by baseline demographics:  Baseline A1C, age, ethnicity, race, body 
mass index (BMI), gender, diabetes classification, duration of diabetes, hypoglycemic 
awareness and transition group. Sponsor will oversee distribution of subjects across study 
sites.   
 
Summary of data will include the following baseline demographic categories:   
 
• 
Baseline A1C 
o 
A1C less than 7.0%  
o 
A1C between 7.0% to 9.0%  
o 
A1C greater than 9.0%  
 
• 
Age Groups 
o 
Adults age 22-and older 
o 
Adolescents age 16-21 
 
• 
Ethnicity 
o 
Hispanic/Latino  
o 
Non-Hispanic/Non-Latino  
o 
Subject refused 
 
• 
Race  
o 
American Indian/Alaska Native Black/African-American  
o 
White - anticipated maximum less than 80%  
o 
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific  Islander  
o 
Asian Other 
o 
Subject refused 
 
 

 
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• 
BMI according to WHO criteria [World Health Organization, 2011]: 
o 
Underweight subjects (BMI less than 18.5 kg/m²)  
o 
Normal weight subjects (BMI 18.5 to 24.99 kg/m²)  
o 
Overweight subjects (BMI 25.00 to 29.99 kg/m²)  
o 
Obese subjects (BMI 30.00 to 39.99 kg/m²)   
o 
Morbidly obese subjects (BMI greater than or equal to 40 kg/m²) -  
 
• 
Gender 
o 
Male  
o 
Female  
 
• 
Diabetes Classification 
o 
Diabetes type 1    
o 
Diabetes type 2   
o 
Other diagnosis of Diabetes 
 
• 
Duration of diabetes   
o 
Duration of diabetes less than 20 years  
o 
Duration of diabetes greater than or equal to  20 years 
 
• 
Hypoglycemic awareness 
o 
Patients with intact hypoglycemic awareness 
o 
Patients who have impaired hypoglycemic awareness  
 
• 
Transition Groups 
The “transition” to the 530G system is based on the first time the TS (threshold 
suspend) feature is turned ON, outside/excluding pump training. 
 
o 
Naïve: Subjects who have been exposed to the 530G pump therapy with 
the TS feature ON for 7 days or less prior to screening. 
o 
Non-Naïve: Subjects who have been exposed to the 530G pump therapy 
with the TS feature ON for 8 to 365 days prior to screening. 
Inclusion 
Criteria for CEP 
266 Study 
population: 
 
1. Subject is age 16 or older at time of screening 
2. Subject has been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus for at least one year prior to screening.  
3. Subject is currently on pump therapy. 
4. Subject is transitioning to the 530G insulin pump system with the TS feature turned ON.   
5. Subject is willing to complete all study related activities  
6. Subject is willing to upload data every 21 days from the study pump 

 
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7. Subject must have Internet access and access to a computer system that meets the 
requirements for uploading the pumps. This may include use of family or friend’s computer 
system with Internet access. 
8. Subject is able (by insurance or financial means) to cover the initial investment and 
ongoing cost of the 530G insulin pump and consumables, CGM, CONTOUR NEXT LINK 
RF enabled meter and supplies for the length of the study- 1 year.  
Exclusion 
Criteria for CEP 
266 study 
population: 
 
1. Subject is actively participating in an investigational study (drug or device) wherein he/she 
has received treatment from an investigational study drug or investigational study devices 
in the last 2 weeks.  
2. Subject is a woman of child-bearing potential who has a positive pregnancy test at 
screening or plans to become pregnant during the course of the study  
3. Subject is being treated for hyperthyroidism at time of screening 
4. Subject has an abnormality (>1.8mg/dL) in creatinine at time of screening visit 
5. Subject has an abnormality (out of reference range) in thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) 
at time of screening visit. If TSH is out of range, Free T3 and Free T4 will be tested. Subject 
may be included with TSH out of range as long as Free T3 and Free T4 are in normal 
reference range.   
6. Subject has taken any oral, injectable, or IV steroids within 8 weeks from time of screening 
visit, or plans to take any oral, injectable, or IV steroids during the course of the study 
7. Subject is currently abusing illicit drugs 
8. Subject is currently abusing prescription drugs  
  
9. Subject is currently abusing alcohol 
 
10. Subject has sickle cell disease or hemoglobinopathy  
11. Subject has received red blood cell transfusion or erythropoietin within 3 months prior to 
time of screening or plans to receive red blood cell transfusion or erythropoietin over the 
course of study participation 
12. Subject diagnosed with current eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia 
13. Subject has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease that results in chronic anemia  
14. Subject is on dialysis 
Visit Schedule 
for CEP 266 
study: 
The study will consist of 6 visits: Enrollment Visit 0 and Visit(s) 1-5. Enrollment Visit 0 will 
include obtaining the ICF and completion of the screening labs. Baseline Visit 1 (Screening) 
will be the visit in which subject eligibility will be assessed, and if subject meets eligibility 
criteria, the subject will also complete all other study related activities per Visit 1. Visits 2-5 are 
conducted in order to collect A1C labs and review ongoing subject safety and adherence to 
the protocol. At Visit 5, the subject will be exited from the study.  
Commercial Data Evaluation 
Commercial 
Data Evaluation: 
Primary Safety 
Endpoint 
The difference in self-reported first A1C and subsequent A1C collected from StartRight 
program.  The mean difference in A1C will be estimated and compared by a non-inferiority test 
with a significance level of 0.025 (one-sided). The null hypothesis will be rejected if the one-
sided 97.5% upper confidence limit of the mean difference in A1C is less than 0.4% 

 
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Commercial 
Data Evaluation: 
Primary Efficacy 
Endpoint 
Two primary efficacy endpoints are defined. The study will be considered successful if both 
endpoints are met. Therefore alpha is kept at a significance level of 0.025 (one sided). 
 
• The difference in percent time spent <70 mg/dL using sensor glucose values from TS 
feature ON and TS feature OFF. The mean change in percent time spent <70 mg/dL 
(TS feature ON and TS feature OFF) will be estimated and compared by a superiority 
test with a significance level of 0.025 (one-sided). The goal is to show superiority of 
the TS feature ON compared to the TS feature OFF. 
• The difference in percent time spent >180 mg/dL using sensor glucose values from TS 
feature ON and TS feature OFF. The mean change in percent time spent >180 mg/dL 
(TS feature ON and TS feature OFF) will be estimated and compared by a non-
inferiority test with a significance level of 0.025 (one-sided) and a margin of 5%. The 
goal is to show non-inferiority of the TS feature ON compared to the TS feature OFF 
Commercial 
Data Evaluation: 
Descriptive 
Endpoint 
• 
Adverse Events collected via Outreach program.  Adverse events (Hospitalized High 
BG and Hospitalized Low BG) collected during Outreach program will be summarized 
and presented. Adverse event rates in 100 patient years will also be reported. Adverse 
events will be further stratified by device component (pump, sensor, sensor serter, 
infusion set, infusion set serter, reservoir or accessories), age, gender duration of 
diabetes and years on insulin.  
 
• 
The difference in estimated A1C ((average sensor glucose + 36.9) / 28.0) from TS 
feature ON and TS feature OFF [Nathan D, etc. 2008].  Subgroup analysis of A1c data 
will be performed on demographic cohorts (age, gender, duration of diabetes and 
years on insulin), and first A1c (less than 7.0%, 7.0-9.0%, greater than 9.0%) 
• 
TS Feature Utilization: TS feature utilization will be calculated using the available 
Senosr Glucose (SG) with TS feature ‘turned on’, divided by the period of MiniMed 
530G device use (i.e. 288 * Number of days with TDD > 0 units) * 100. 
• 
Hypoglycemic Event Incidence, duration and percentage of time spent  (SG less than 
or equal to 50 and 70 mg/dL): with and without TS feature ON, with or without 
fingerstick glucose. 
• 
Hyperglycemic Event Incidence, duration and percentage of time spent (SG greater 
than or equal to 180, 250, 300, and 400 mg/dL) with and without TS feature ON; with 
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A1C Change: 
• 
The percentages of subjects with increased A1C and decreased A1C from baseline will be presented 
for each baseline A1C subgroup (less than 7%, 7% – 9% and greater than 9%) and overall.  
• 
The distribution of subjects’ changes in A1C will also be summarized by histogram for each baseline 
A1C subgroup and overall. 
 
TS Metrics – Hypoglycemia Endpoints: 
Hypoglycemic Event Incidence, where an event is identified by the following criteria within 4 hours that TS 
is activated:  
• 
CGM value less than or equal to 70 mg/dL continuously for greater than 20 minutes 
• 
The rate of change (defined by the change between two consecutive sensor glucose measurements) 
will be examined during the 10 minute time interval before reaching a sensor glucose value of less than 
or equal to 70 mg/dL. If any rate of change in sensor glucose is >5 mg/dl/minute, the event  will not be 
counted 
• 
When the time between two successive events is less than 30 minutes, they will be combined as one 
event 
The above information will be repeated for hypoglycemia threshold at 40, 50, 60, 65 and 70 mg/dL with and 
without TS activation and will be summarized by Day (8:00am – 10:00pm) /Night (10:00pm – 8:00am) and 
TS Threshold Settings.  
 
The hypoglycemic event incidence, duration and the percentage of time spent (below TS threshold setting) 
within 4-6 hours of suspend will also be summarized.  The hypoglycemic event is identified as:  
• 
CGM value below the TS threshold continuously for at least 20 minutes 
• 
No evidence of patient intervention which includes meter BG, meal marker and insulin delivery change 
during the first 20 minutes when CGM value is below the TS threshold.  
• 
When the time between two successive events is less than 30 minutes, they will be combined as one 
event 
Data will be summarized for each baseline A1C subgroup (less than 7%, 7%-9% and greater than 9%) and 
overall. 
 
TS Metrics – Hyperglycemia Endpoints: 
Hyperglycemic Event Incidence, where an event is identified by the following criteria within 4 hours that TS 
is activated:  
• 
CGM value greater than or equal to 180 mg/dL continuously for greater than 20 minutes. 
• 
The rate of change (defined by the change between two consecutive sensor glucose measurements) 
will be examined during the 10 minute time interval before reaching a sensor glucose value of greater 
than or equal to 180 mg/dL. If any rate of change in sensor glucose is >5 mg/dl/minute, the event  will 
not be counted 
• 
When the time between two successive events is less than 30 minutes, they will be combined as one 
event 
The above information will be repeated for hyperglycemia threshold at 180, 250, 300, 350 and 400 mg/dL 
with and without TS activation and will be summarized by Day (8:00am – 10:00pm) /Night (10:00pm – 
8:00am) and TS Threshold Settings. The hypoglycemic event incidence, duration and the percentage of 

 
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time spent (below TS threshold setting) within 4-6 hours of suspend will also be summarized.  The data will 
be summarized for each baseline A1C subgroup (less than 7%, 7%-9% and greater than 9%) and overall.   
 
Device Utilization: 
• 
We will provide descriptive summary statistics of suspend event including frequency, mean change of 
SG values before and after the suspense.  
• 
TS Setting ON/OFF 
• 
TS Threshold Setting 
• 
Number of occurrences and time of Insulin Delivery Suspension by TS suspension/manual suspension 
(unrelated to the threshold suspend feature) 
o 
Manual suspension 
o 
Temporary basal set to zero 
o 
Threshold Suspend without user acknowledgement 
o 
Threshold Suspend acknowledged by user and cancelled 
o 
Threshold Suspend acknowledged by user and confirmed 
o 
Threshold Suspend first acknowledged by subject and confirmed, the followed by a second 
Threshold suspend not acknowledged by the subject after the hypoglycemia repeat time has 
elapsed. 
• 
Subject response to insulin suspension 
o 
Confirmatory SMBG compliance during TS (within 2 hours of alarm) by length of time after the 
alarm (every 30 min up to 4 hours from TS activation) 
o 
Length of time to acknowledge TS alert by day and night  
o 
Comparison of time of alarm, time to SMBG and effects on glycemia 
• 
Therapeutic change in basal insulin (within 2 hours of alarm)  
o 
Frequency of basal increase/decrease/no change;  
o 
Summary statistics of amount of basal increase/decrease 
• 
Frequency of Sensor Dislodgement / Suspected Occlusion 
• 
Early infusion set change (before 3 days) 
• 
Frequency of infusion set changes 
• 
Frequency of Infusion Set occlusion alarms 
• 
Total suspend time including manual suspends, times when the subject sets a temporary basal rate of 
zero, and threshold suspends separately and together during the nighttime, daytime, and 24 hour 
periods. 
• 
Frequency of repeated threshold suspends with 1) ≤15 minutes and 2) ≤60 minutes of basal insulin 
delivery between suspends. 
• 
Repeated threshold suspends with total suspend durations of ≤1 hour, 1-≤2 hours, 2-≤4 hours, 4-≤6 
hours, etc. Please calculate “total suspend durations” as the sum of the durations of repeated 
suspensions with 1) ≤15 and 2) ≤ 60 minutes between suspends (intervening basal delivery time should 
not be included). 
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Study Activities 
Enrollment 
Visit 0 
 
Baseline 
Visit 1- 
Screening 
(Day 0) 
Up to 90 
days from 
Enrollment 
Visit 0 
Visit 2 
 (Day 90 
±30 days) 
Visit 3  
(Day 180 
±30 days) 
Visit 4 
 (Day 270 
±30 days) 
Visit 5 
(Day 365 
+30 days) 
Distribute Telephone Service Instructions 
 
X 
 
 
 
 
Distribute CareLink Clinical Subject Instructions 
 
X 
 
 
 
 
A1C Labs 
 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Upload Insulin Pump into CareLink Clinical 
 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Distribute 1 Sensor 
 
X 
X 
X 
X 
 
Distibute urine ketone strips 
 
X 
 
 
 
 
CareLink Clinical Registration and Training 
 
X 
 
 
 
 
HelpLine Training/Discussion 
X3 
X 
X 
X 
X 
 
Review HelpLine Report 
X3 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Adverse Event Review/Inquiry 
 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Record Adverse Events 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
 
Sensor Dislodgement Review 
 
X3 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Case Report Form Completion 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Schedule Next Visit 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
 
Notify Sponsor of Subject Device Assistance4 
 
X5 
X5 
X5 
X5 
 
Discharge Subject 
 
 
 
 
 
X 
1 Screening labs include: Creatinine, TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Pregnancy test (urine/serum) 
2 Assessment of the labs will be reviewed prior to Baseline Visit 1 (Screening). If subject does not meet lab screening assessments, they do not need to 
meet inclusion/exclusion criteria and should be exited from the trial. 
3 These activities will only be performed at this visit if the subject is a Non-Naïve subject (already using the 530G pump with TS feature turned on). 
4 If, after the Baseline Visit 1 (Screening) , a subject is no longer able to afford the study related supplies, the site staff will communicate this to the sponsor. 
At this point, the sponsor will be able to supply the necessary study related supplies to the subject for the length of the need but no longer than the subjects 
study participation. 
5 The site is only required to notify the sponsor once per subject but this can be completed at any point in which the need becomes necessary.  
  
 

 
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Table 2: Milestone Table 
Major Milestone 
Estimated time required to achieve milestone  
(from study protocol approval and device launch) 
Protocol Approval 
September 26, 2013 
First site activated 
30 days 
First subject completed 
13 months 
Last site activated 
24 months 
Last subject enrolled 
48 months 
Last subject completed 
60 months 
Last site closed 
62 months 
Final report submitted 
3 months after Last Subject Completion Date 
 
The above table lists the major milestones that are expected to be met for this study. Actual start and completion dates for the study are based 
on study approval date as well as commercial availability of the study device. 
 
 

 
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Chart  1: Actual Site Activation 
 
 
 
Table 3: Actual Site Activation at 2 month intervals 
Month 1/2 
Month 3/4 
Month 5/6 
Month 7/8 
Month 9/10 
Month 11/12 
Month 13/14 
Month 15/16 
Month 17/18 
Month 19/20 
Month 21/22 
Month 23/24 
Month 25/26 
Month 27/28 
Month 29/30 
Month 31/32 
Month 33/34 
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Chart 2: Actual Subject Enrollment  
 
 
Table 4: Actual Subject Enrollment at 2 month intervals  
 
Month 1/2 
Month 3/4 
Month 5/6 
Month 7/8 
Month 9/10 
Month 11/12 
Month 13/14 
Month 15/16 
Month 17/18 
Month 19/20 
Month 21/22 
Month 23/24 
Month 25/26 
Month 27/28 
Month 29/30 
Month 31/32 
Month 33/34 
Month 33/34 
Month 35 
Subject 
Enrollment 
1 
9 
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13 
22 
19 
16 
3 
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47 
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41 
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1 
 
 
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• 
Collect blood sample for A1C.  
Note: All collected blood specimens will be sent to and tested by a NGSP certified 
Central Laboratory. A1C testing must follow National Glycohemoglobin Standardization 
Program (NGSP) standards. This blood sample will be sent to Central lab (Quest 
Diagnostics) and used for data analysis. 
• 
Collect demographic information including age, gender, race, ethnicity and medical diagnosis, 
duration of diabetes  
• 
Collect all the medications (e.g. prescriptions, over the counter, vitamins, topical and 
supplements) that are being used by the subject at the time of screening.  
• 
Register subjects in CareLink Clinical (see Coordinator binder for details) and upload insulin 
pump.  
• 
Distribute questionnaires to the subject for completion 
o 
Subject Questionnaire at Screening:  
 
This should be completed no more than 2 hours before placement of 530G 
pump in order to assess effectiveness of training materials. Subjects who have 
already transitioned to the 530G system should be asked to complete this 
questionnaire on the basis of their memory regarding the experience they had 
with previous insulin pump and CGM use, and training for the previous system 
prior to switching to the 530G system. 
o 
Subject Questionnaire after Training Session and Device Placement: 
 
This should be completed no more than 2 hours after placement of 530G pump 
in order to assess effectiveness of training materials. Subjects who have already 
transitioned to the 530G system should be asked to complete this questionnaire 
on the basis of their memory regarding the 530G system training experience. 
o 
Hypoglycemia Unawareness Questionnaire 
o 
EQ-5D: Adult or Youth 
o 
Low Blood Sugar Survey  (Adult or Parent and Child/Teen) 
• 
Record device information on the Site Device Accountability worksheet (to be entered into the 
Site Device Accountability eCRF) 
o 
Should the subject get a new pump at any point during their study participation, the 
pump will need to be added to the Site Device Accountability and uploaded into 
CareLink Clinical under the same account they were originally registered under. 
• 
Provide subjects with the opportunity to bring up study-related questions and concerns. 
• 
Disburse 1 Glucose sensor to each study subject  
o 
Site staff is to notify Medtronic if subjects become unable to adhere to CGM or 
CONTOUR Next Link RF enabled meter and supply study requirements due to change 
in insurance coverage or financial status, wherein they are unable to obtain sensors or 
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sensors or meter and supplies via insurance coverage or loses such benefit, additional 
sensors or meter and supplies will be provided to cover the time period between study 
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