View clinical trials related to Type1 Diabetes Mellitus.
Filter by:Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is a condition where the body cannot produce a hormone called insulin. Although it is commonly seen in children and young people, it can occur at any age. The effects of T1DM on hand functions in children, particularly, have not been thoroughly researched yet. However, studies indicate that children diagnosed with diabetes may experience weakness in wrist muscles, reduced sensitivity in fingers, and impaired hand coordination. This study aimed to compare the motor and sensory functions of hands in children with T1DM against healthy children. This study will compare children with T1DM to healthy children. Children will be divided into two groups: one group comprising children with T1DM, and the other including healthy children with no medical conditions. Children between the ages of 7-18 diagnosed with T1DM will participate in the study. The healthy control group will consist of children without any health issues within the same age range who visit the hospital for routine check-ups. In total, 140 children will be included in the study, with 70 children having diabetes and 70 healthy children. Tests used in the study: - The Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test (JTEFT) is a standard test used to assess hand functions, consisting of 7 different sub-tests. - The Functional Skill Test (FBT) is utilized to evaluate children's fine motor skills. - Handgrip strength will be measured using the jamar hydraulic Hand Dynamometer. - Fine grip strength is assessed using a device called Baseline®, measuring finger grip strength with different grips. - Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments (SWM) are used to test light touch/pressure sensation. *Monofilaments are applied to specific points, determining the lightest pressure level the patient feels. - A discriminator is used for static two-point discrimination measurement, testing whether the patient can feel two separate points. - Vibration sensation is measured by touching at a specific frequency. - For Hot-Cold Assessment, tubes with different temperature water are used, and the person is asked to identify which tube feels hot or cold.
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is characterized by absolute insulin deficiency. Despite multiple daily insulin injections, glycemic targets are usually not achieved in T1DM patients.Use of continuos glucose monitoring system (CGMS) is associated with improvement in glycemic control and reduction in glycemic variability in T1DM subjects. real-time CGMS (rt-CGMS) and intermittently scanned CGMS (is-CGMS) are the newer CGMS technologies. Previous studies have shown that in T1DM patients rt-CGMS is better than is-CGMS for glycemic control and reducing hypoglycemic episodes in patients with impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, but in patients with normal hypoglycemic awareness this is not well established. This study is a randomized control clinical cross over study of 6 months duration in patients of T1DM having normal hypoglycemic awareness, with age 15-40 years with a HbA1c range of 8-12%. Following a training period of 2 weeks, 80 participants will be randomized into 3 arms in a ratio of 1:1:2 in rt-CGMS, is-CGMS and SMBG (self monitoring of blood glucose) arms, respectively. For the first two groups Medtronic Guardian Connect Sensor 3 and Abott Freestyle Libre Sensor 2will be applied for 2 weeks, respectively; followed by a crossover at 3 months withapplication of is-CGMS and rt-CGMS, respectively in these groups for a further 2 weeks period. For rest of the study duration these patients in the rt-CGMS and is-CGMS group will be monitored through SMBG. The 3rd SMBG group will act as control. Short term blood glucose control will be assessed by Fructosamine assay in the 2 CGMS groups and long term control by HbA1C.
The goal of this longitudinal clinical trial is to measure variability of interstitial glucose levels with a user-friendly real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology at regular intervals in normo- and dysglycemic multiple autoantibody-positive first-degree relatives (age 5-39 years) of type 1 diabetes patients, in comparison with single autoantibody-positive relatives in the same age range. Participants will asked to undergo repeated oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) (age 5-39 years) and hyperglycemic clamp tests (age 12-39 years) in parallel for a period of at least 2-3 years. In case of confirmed dysglycemia, we propose to perform CGM and OGTT every 3 months. The main questions the study aims to answer are: 1. Do the amplitude and time trends of CGM-derived glycemic variability indices and OGTT- and clamp-derived variables differ between the intermediate, high and very high risk groups? 2. Can (changes in) CGM-derived glycemic variability indices predict/detect dysglycemia in initially normoglycemic (single or multiple autoantibody-positive) relatives with the same diagnostic efficiency as OGTT- or clamp-derived variables? 3. Can (changes in) CGM-derived glycemic variability indices predict clinical onset in (stage 1 or 2) multiple autoantibody-positive relatives with the same diagnostic efficiency as OGTT- or clamp-derived variables? 4. Can correlating (changes in) CGM-derived indices with (changes in) OGTT- and clamp-derived variables help to better understand the sequence of events leading to dysglycemia and clinical onset, as well as the relative contribution of beta cell function and insulin action to glycemic variability according to disease stage and biological and phenotypical characteristics of the relatives?
Moving into the era of electronic communication, it changes the way we shall engage our children and adolescents. According to data of the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong releases in 2019, more than 80% and up to 99.4% of those aged 10-14 years, and aged 15-24 years respectively had a mobile phone device. A recent survey carried by Kebede et al. (2019) had shown that using diabetes apps was positively associated with self-care behavior in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). A systematic review carried in Spain by Quevedo Rodríguez et al. (2018) had found most of the available smartphone apps lacked quality certification and very few provide scientific references on their content. In Hong Kong, there is currently no Chinese smartphone application targeting for the pediatric type 1 population, therefore, most of the education is based on face-to-face or telephone communication with the diabetic nurse and endocrinologists in limited encounters. For families or patients with limited command of English language, apart from one adult oriented DM information smartphone application, the chance of having on-hand mobile device support is truly limited. In light of this context, we shall first design an evidence-based locally tailored Chinese smartphone application for pediatric type 1 DM and then evaluate its effectiveness in improving management of type 1 DM in a robust manner. The main research question for this project is whether a self-help smartphone application in local Chinese language, tailored to include local clinical practice, culture and food spectrum, can improve diabetes control and psychological wellbeing in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus aged 6-18 years. Eligible participants will be randomized to either using the smartphone application (on top of standard diabetic care) or continue standard diabetic care. The study aims to compare the difference between the two groups for their diabetic control and the psychological wellbeing.
This pilot study is a 50-hour randomized, open-label, crossover study in an inpatient setting assessing the safety, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and closed-loop efficacy of i) BC LisPram delivery and ii) rapid insulin delivery.
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in 96 children and adolescents age 6-15 newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes to describe the influence of antiviral treatment (Pleconaril and Ribavirin) on progression of disease and residual insulin secretion.
The objective of this research is to determine the most informative variables for detecting exercise, acute stress and sleep, identify select sensors that report these variables, and develop the algorithms to detect the occurrence of exercise, stress and sleep, to discriminate them and to determine their characteristics. Research is needed to identify which wearable devices report the most informative and predictive variables of exercise, acute stress and sleep with desired precision and accuracy, determine the best location to wear them for collecting reliable and informative data, and to distill accurate knowledge from data reported by wearable sensors. Data and their interpretation should be informative for various types of physical activities, stages of sleep, and types and intensities of acute stress, and concurrent occurrence of these factors. The investigators will use several devices (chest band, wristband and skin patches) to collect data and evaluate their information content and contribution to improvement of glucose concentration prediction, best locations for collecting accurate and reliable information by conducting clinical and free-living experiments at-home to assess the contributions of the wearable device in improving the accuracy of glucose concentration prediction and the performance of the multivariable artificial pancreas.
Although the clinical onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is acute, the progression of T1D occurs over many years often in a patchy manner with inflammation in certain lobes of the pancreas, leaving other lobes unaffected and long-lasting beta cells remain functional decades after diagnosis. Psoriasis share several aspects with T1D, e.g. the patchy inflammatory infiltrate consisting of tissue-resident memory (TRM) T cells, leaky blood vessels that facilitate leukocyte migration and the increased risk for systemic conditions. Moreover, interleukin (IL)-17 has shown to be increased in both persons with psoriasis and T1D. Activation of IL-17/IL-22 pathway is viewed to be both a hallmark of psoriasis and human T1D. Ixekizumab, an anti-IL17 biological agent, has shown marked therapeutic value in the treatment of subjects with psoriasis in several randomized trials and is currently an approved clinical therapy. Due to the many similarities in the current view of pathogenesis and manifestation of T1D and psoriasis it is possible that Ixekizumab can also influence the disease process of T1D.
The purpose of this investigator-initiated trial is to compare the effect of a daily injection of insulin degludec vs. basal insulin delivery via Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII), both in combination with bolus insulin delivery via the patient's usual insulin pump with insulin aspart, on glycemic variability, overall blood glucose control and incidence of hypoglycemia, all assessed by continuous glucose monitor (CGM), as well as patient satisfaction, in patients with type 1 diabetes currently using CSII.
The hypotheses to be tested in this application is: GLP-1 will acutely protect arterial endothelial function and reduce pro-atherothrombotic and pro-coagulant effects of repeated hypoglycemia in T1DM.