Clinical trial NCT00910767: Closing the Loop in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
Official title: A Randomised, 2-period Cross-over Study to Assess the Feasibility of Overnight Computer-based Glucose Control Based on Continuous Subcutaneous Glucose Monitoring, and Compare it With Conventional Pump Therapy in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes
Lead sponsor: University of Cambridge
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
name: Diabetes UK
First posted: 2009-06-01
Enrollment: 12
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The main objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of closed loop insulin pump therapy to improve overnight glucose control in adults with type 1 diabetes.

Detailed description: People with type 1 diabetes(T1D) need regular insulin injections or continuous delivery of insulin using an insulin pump in order to keep the blood glucose levels normal. We know that keeping blood sugars in the normal range will help prevent long term diabetes related complications involving the eyes, kidneys and heart. However, achieving treatment goals can be very difficult as the tighter we try to control blood glucose levels, the greater the risk of the person developing episodes of low glucose levels (hypoglycaemia). This is a particular problem at night and one solution is to develop a system whereby the amount of insulin injected is very closely matched to the blood sugar levels on a continuous basis. This can be achieved by what is called a "closed loop system" where a small glucose sensor placed under the skin communicates with a computer containing an algorithm that drives an insulin pump. This system is being developed in Cambridge and we have trialed this on 16 children and adolescents with T1D in a clinical setting over the past year. We have found that this system is very effective at preventing hypoglycaemia in this group of patients.

We will recruit 12 adults with T1D on insulin pump therapy, and the studies will be done in a clinical research facility. The subjects will be studied on two nights. On one night they will have their normal insulin pump therapy and on the other night their insulin pump will be varied according to information about blood glucose values from the continuous glucose sensor. This information will be manually typed into the computer every 15 minutes from 8pm until 8am. The algorithm will advise of the insulin infusion rate and this will be manually changed by a trained nurse every 15 minutes throughout the night.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Type 1 diabetes, as defined by WHO for at least 6 months or confirmed C-peptide negative.
* On insulin pump therapy for at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-type 1 diabetes mellitus
* Any physical/psychological disease likely to interfere with the study
* Taking medication likely to interfere with interpretation of the results
* Known/suspected allergy against insulin
* Patients with clinically significant nephropathy, neuropathy or retinopathy as judged by the investigator
* Ongoing severe recurrent hypoglycaemia as judged by the investigator.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose values in target (3.9 - 8.0 mmol/L)
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Percentage of CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) values in target (3.9-8.0 mmol/L)
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values in target (3.9-8.0 mmol/L)
timeFrame: 0000 to 0800hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values in target (3.9-8.0 mmol/L)
timeFrame: 0800 to 1200hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values below 3.9 mmol/L
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values below 3.9 mmol/L
timeFrame: 0000 to 0800hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values below 3.9 mmol/L
timeFrame: 0800 to 1200hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values above 8.0 mmol/L
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values above 8.0 mmol/L
timeFrame: 0000 to 0800hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values above 8.0 mmol/L
timeFrame: 0800 to 1200hr
measure: Average plasma and CGM glucose
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
measure: Average plasma and CGM glucose
timeFrame: 0000 to 0800hr
measure: Average plasma and CGM glucose
timeFrame: 0800 to 1200hr
measure: Average plasma insulin concentration
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
measure: Average plasma insulin concentration
timeFrame: 0000 to 0800hr
measure: Average plasma insulin concentration
timeFrame: 0800 to 1200hr
measure: Total dose of insulin administered
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
measure: low blood glucose index (LBGI) score
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
measure: high blood glucose index (HBGI) score
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
measure: low blood glucose index (LBGI) score
timeFrame: 0000 to 0800hr
measure: low blood glucose index (LBGI) score
timeFrame: 0800 to 1200hr
measure: high blood glucose index (HBGI) score
timeFrame: 0000 to 0800hr
measure: high blood glucose index (HBGI) score
timeFrame: 0800 to 1200hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values below 3.0 mmol/L
timeFrame: 1900 to 0800hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values below 3.0 mmol/L
timeFrame: 0000 to 0800hr
measure: Percentage of plasma glucose and CGM values below 3.0 mmol/L
timeFrame: 0800 to 1200hr
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cambridge
country: United Kingdom
facility: Addenbrooke's Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Cambridge, UK
name: Mark L Evans, MD FRCP
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Cambridge, UK
name: Roman Hovorka, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Hovorka R, Kumareswaran K, Harris J, Allen JM, Elleri D, Xing D, Kollman C, Nodale M, Murphy HR, Dunger DB, Amiel SA, Heller SR, Wilinska ME, Evans ML. Overnight closed loop insulin delivery (artificial pancreas) in adults with type 1 diabetes: crossover randomised controlled studies. BMJ. 2011 Apr 13;342:d1855. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d1855.