Clinical trial NCT00887874: A Survey to Evaluate Diabetes Management, Control, Chronic Complications, Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetic Subjects in Taiwan
Official title: DiabCare Asia 2008. A Cross-Sectional Survey to Evaluate Diabetes Management, Control, Complications, Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetic Patients in Asia & To Evaluate Perceptions and Practices of Physicians & Patients About Diabetes Management in Asia.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Lead sponsor: Novo Nordisk A/S
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2009-04-24
Enrollment: 2370
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients with diabetes mellitus (both type 1 and type 2) being treated at general hospitals, diabetes clinics and referral clinics will be selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Brief summary: This study is conducted in Asia. The aim of this observational study is to evaluate the current status of diabetes management, control, and complications in diabetic subjects in Asia.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diabetic patients registered in the particular centre for more than 12 months
* Patients should have visited the centre at least once in the last 3-6 months apart from the initial visit
* Patients willing to sign informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

* Repetition of any patient as patients should not be included twice for any reason
* Unwilling to participate or unable to comply with protocol requirements

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mean age of onset of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
measure: Mean duration of treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
measure: Percentage of patients on Insulin and Oral Anti-Diabtetics Drug (OADs) therapy, respectively
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
measure: Mean duration of diabetes in type 1 and type 2 patients respectively
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
measure: Mean FPG (fasting plasma glucose),PPG (post prandial glucose) and HbA1c of diabetic patients.
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
measure: Percentage of diabetic patients with HbA1c target below 7.0% and below 6.5%, respectively
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
measure: Percentage of diabetic patients having dyslipidemia and hypertension, cardiovascular complications, peripheral vascular disease, diabetic nephropathy and diabetic eye complications, respectively
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Patients' perception will be analysed through Patient questionnaire measuring: Psychological well-being, Quality of life and Patients' compliant to treatment
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
measure: Physician perception of diabetes and its management will be analysed through physician questionnaire measuring awareness about: HbA1c test and its goal, anti-diabetic treatment, barriers towards optimum diabetes control
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
measure: Duration of diabetes associated with highest number of diabetic complications
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
measure: Minimum duration of diabetes associated with 10% incidence of diabetic complications (CVD, Nephropathy and retinopathy)
timeFrame: at baseline visit/study start
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: Novo Nordisk Investigational Site
Study officials:
affiliation: Novo Nordisk A/S
name: Global Clinical Registry (GCR, 1452)
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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