View clinical trials related to Type 1 Diabetes.
Filter by:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases requiring life-long insulin therapy. Children and adolescents with T1D need regular insulin injections or the continuous insulin delivery using an insulin pump in order to keep blood glucose levels normal. The investigators 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 the investigators try to control blood glucose levels, the greater the risk to develop symptoms and signs 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 controlled by a computer and is very closely matched to the blood sugar levels on a continuous basis. This can be achieved by what is known as 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. The investigators have been testing such a system in Cambridge over the last three years in children and have found that this system is effective at preventing nocturnal hypoglycaemia. The next stage of this research is to test the system for a longer period of time at home. In the present study the investigators are planning to study 16 adolescents aged 12-18 years on insulin pump therapy. During 21 nights glucose will be controlled by the computer and during the other 21 nights the subjects will make their own adjustments to the insulin therapy. The investigators will then analyze the data to determine the effect of the computer algorithm in keeping glucose levels between 3.9 and 8 mmol/L (normal levels) and reducing the time they spent with glucose below 3.9 mmol/L (hypoglycaemia). Subjects' response to the use of the system in terms of life-style change, daily diabetes management and fear of hypoglycaemia will be assessed. The investigators will also test for longer term glucose control by measuring glycated haemoglobin and other blood parameters.
This study is a randomized prospective trial with 6-month follow up. A non-inferiority hypothesis is tested. A new developed treatment and education programme for type 1 diabetic patients (PRIMAS) will be tested compared to an established treatment and education programme (German DTTP). Primary outcome variable is glycemic control at 6-month follow up. Secondary outcome variables are: diabetes knowledge, diabetes related distress, depressive symptoms, diabetes self-efficacy, self-care behavior, attitudes towards diabetes and insulin treatment, hypoglycemia awareness.
The investigators are hoping to figure out how youth with type 1 diabetes can best control their blood glucose levels after meals, by determining whether accurate carbohydrate dosing or the timing of the bolus is more important. There is evidence to suggest that each strategy is important for blood glucose control. Unfortunately, for some people, prebolusing is difficult, because they may not know how much they are going to eat. To give an exact dose of insulin 20 minutes before a meal can be difficult. In this study, the investigators would like to show that taking even just part of the insulin bolus 20 minutes before the meal is preferable to waiting until mealtime and taking the entire bolus. To do this, the investigators will have 24 patients in the study, who will each spend 4 mornings at The investigators clinic. The order of the visits will be selected randomly. The visits will include: taking full bolus at mealtime, taking full bolus 20 minute before mealtime, taking ½ bolus at mealtime, and taking ½ bolus 20 minutes before mealtime. At each visit, the person will eat the same meal, but the timing and amount of the bolus will be different. The investigators will measure the blood glucose levels with a blood glucose meter, and also with a laboratory test called YSI. The investigators will also be measuring the glucose levels under the person's skin with a continuous glucose monitor. The investigators will compare the area under the curve for the different visits, as well as the glucose levels at different points after the meal.
In type 1 diabetes (T1D) coronary artery disease (CAD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Although serum cholesterol concentrations are not always elevated in T1D, cholesterol metabolism is different from non-diabetics, so that cholesterol absorption is enhanced. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of plant stanol esters on serum lipid and lipoprotein lipid concentrations, plant sterol and cholestanol concentrations as well as cholesterol metabolism in T1 diabetics on statin use. The study will give new information about how addition of plant stanol esters on statin use improve hypolipidemic effects in type 1 diabetes.
This study is designed to compare the safety and tolerability of two different doses of intranasally administered regular human insulin with those of a single dose of the rapid-acting insulin analog lispro Humalog® after subcutaneous injection. In addition to safety and tolerability, various pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) parameters will be evaluated by means of the euglycemic glucose clamp technique.
Insulin treatment often causes the blood glucose levels to fall too low. The body usually responds to low blood glucose levels by releasing hormones which act against the insulin to help correct the low blood glucose levels. However, this hormone response can be altered in people with diabetes. Currently there are no therapeutic agents that can be used to improve the recovery from hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). The aim of this study is to determine whether a formoterol inhaler can be used to improve and accelerate the recovery from hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes.
The Diabetes Interactive Diary (DID) is both a CHO (carbohydrates )/insulin bolus calculator, an information technology and a telemedicine system based on the communication between health care professional and patient by SMS messages. Aim of the study is to compare an insulin regimen of insulin glargine + prandial insulin glulisine associated with a telemedicine system to teach CHO counting (DID) with the same insulin regimen administered according to usual practice.
The purpose of this study is to estimate the acute effect of hyperglycemia on Very-Low-Density-Lipoprotein-triglyceride(VLDL-TG) secretion.
Hypoglycaemia is the most common acute complication in insulin-treated diabetes. The fear of hypoglycaemia discourages diabetic subjects from the attempt to maintain tight glycemic control, which in turn leads to increased diabetes related morbidity and mortality. Neuroglycopenic hypoglycaemia in insulin-treated diabetic patients is associated with characteristic changes in EEG with a decrease in alpha activity and an increase in delta and theta activity. We have recently demonstrated that hypoglycaemia-associated EEG-changes can be recorded from subcutaneously placed electrodes using an automated mathematical algorithm based on non-linear spectral analysis. Experimental findings hold promises that an alarm, given at the time of EEG-changes, can help the patients to avoid severe hypoglycaemia by ingestion of carbohydrate. This is the first larger scale trial testing the clinical applicability of a hypoglycaemia-alarm based on real-time analysis of EEG-signals.
The aim of the study is to evaluate the prevalence of abnormal nocturnal blood pressure (BP) in patients with type 1 diabetes. The investigators wish to gain knowledge on the relation between central and peripheral 24 hour BP and a possible association to late complications in diabetes.