View clinical trials related to Type 1 Diabetes.
Filter by:This study investigated wearability and usability of the I-PORT™ Injection Port (I-PORT™), a new disposable injection port through which prescribed medication is injected subcutaneously from a standard syringe or pen. Additional investigation compared subject opinion towards using the I-PORT™ device compared to standard injection therapy.
This RCT intervention provides parental social support (informational, affirmational, and emotional) using parent mentors (experienced in the management of the chronic illness) for mothers and fathers of young children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The parent mentors provide both home visits and phone call support over the course of the first year after diagnosis. The hypothesis is that newly diagnosed parents who receive the intervention will perceive less parental concern and worry, less negative impact on the family, more perceived confidence and social support compared to those mothers and fathers not receiving the intervention.
The objective of this cross over study is to access if continuous glucose monitoring (CGMS) with a real time feed back and hypoglycemic as well as hyperglycemic glucose alerts vs. only retrospective analysis of glucose values is able to improve course of glucose with special regard to time spent in hypoglycemic glucose ranges in type 1 diabetic patients with impaired hypoglycemia awareness or a history of severe hypoglycemia. The second objective is to access satisfaction with CGMS during both conditions
The primary objective is to establish the mean percentage of change in the insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio due to pramlintide treatment once a maximum tolerated dose or 6 mcg before each meal is reached. The secondary objective is to establish which insulin bolus wave form is associated with the lowest post-bolus without hypoglycemia in subjects treated with maximum pramlintide dosage.
The purpose of this study is to see if giving exenatide and insulin before a meal would lower blood sugars after the meal. This study may help in developing new treatments to help control high blood sugars after meals. This may help improve overall blood sugar control and prevent the long-term effects of diabetes.
The primary objective of this study is to compare patient preference of the h-Patch as delivery device for insulin lispro compared with either an insulin pen or needle and syringe in patients with diabetes, either Type 1 or Type 2, on stable multiple daily injection regimens. This will be assessed using an accepted preference scale.
The restoration of endogenous insulin secretion carries significant hopes for shifting the paradigm of life long exogenous insulin therapy in selected groups of patients with type 1 diabetes(T1D). After decades of frustrating clinical attempts, the Edmonton group set up in 2000 new standards for islet transplantation in patients with brittle T1D by achieving insulin independence in 80 percent of patients. These seminal results have however proved much more difficult to duplicate than initially expected. This single center phase 2 clinical trial, duplicating the Edmonton protocol, is designed for confirming the consistent short term efficacy and safety of sequential islet allotransplantation with steroid free immunosuppression in patients with severe T1D.
The proposed studies describe a randomized trial to evaluate the safety of a new diabetes-suppressive cell vaccine, consisting of autologous monocyte-derived dendritic cells treated ex vivo with antisense phosphorothioate-modified oligonucleotides targeting the primary transcripts of the CD40, CD80 and CD86 co-stimulatory molecules (immunoregulatory DC; iDC). The hypothesis to be tested in this study is that iDC are safe and without toxicity in established type 1 diabetic patients. Fifteen (15) individuals exhibiting fully-established, insulin-dependent type 1 diabetics, without any diabetes-related complications, infectious disease, or other medical anomaly, will be enrolled to establish safety of the approach. 7/15 volunteers will be administered autologous control dendritic cells and 8/15 will be administered iDC. The study is anticipated to be complete by twelve (12) months. Currently, other than a humanized anti-CD3 antibody with considerable side effects, there is no other means to reverse new-onset type 1 diabetes. These studies will be the first ever to employ autologous dendritic cell transfer to suppress an autoimmune disease and to perhaps reverse it early on in the clinical process.
Worldwide, health systems and practitioners are facing obesity epidemics. High blood pressure, dyslipidemia and diabetes prevalence will explode during the 21st century. The two main objectives of this 2-year controlled prospective study are: 1. to demonstrate that, for patients with high blood pressure, diabetes and dyslipidemia, dietician conducted survey and management in combination with annual endocrinologist follow-up enable both attainment and maintenance of recommended blood pressure, glycemic and lipid goals, as well as smoking cessation; 2. to demonstrate that dietician management is more cost effective than conventional care provided by general practitioners and endocrinologists. Results are expected to show significantly different cardiovascular risk profiles (BMI and waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, LDL-C, triglycerides and Total cholesterol/HDL ratio, HbA1c, smoking) between baseline and after 2 years follow-up. Sample size was determined in order to show statistically significant differences between the two groups. Results will document for the benefit of care givers, health economists and policy makers alike an innovative and integrated model of care which is expected to be effective at the patient level as well as cost effective with respect to the increasing financial burden of diabetes on the health system.
Type I diabetes (T1DM) is associated with an increased risk of vascular complications. While the precise mechanism(s) by which diabetes accelerates atherosclerosis has not been elucidated, several lines of evidence point to the role of increased inflammation in the pathogenesis of these vasculopathies. The monocyte-macrophage is a pivotal cell in atherogenesis and is readily accessible for study. However, there is scanty data on monocyte function and inflammation in T1DM. Simvastatin, a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, has recently been shown to reduce cardiovascular events in diabetic patients (T1DM and T2DM in the Heart Protection Study). Recent studies demonstrate that simvastatin decreased C-reactive protein and decreased pro-atherogenic activity of monocytes in non-diabetic subjects. However, there is a paucity of data on the effect of simvastatin on inflammation and monocyte function in Type 1 diabetes. Thus, the purpose of this study is Aim 1) to assess biomarkers of inflammation in T1DM compared to matched controls (n=50/group). Aim 2) Also, we will assess the effect of simvastatin (20mg/day) therapy on inflammation and monocyte function in T1DM in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind trial.