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NCT Number: NCT01666028

Short Term Closed-loop Glucose Control in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes

The main objective of this study is to determine the feasibility, efficacy and safety of automated closed-loop glucose control in the home setting over a short term period. The data and experienced gained from this study will be utilised in planning future home studies.

This is an open-label, three centre, randomised, crossover design, involving two, 8 day (first day in the clinical research facility and seven days at home) study periods during which glucose levels will be controlled either by an automated closed-loop system or by subjects usual insulin pump therapy in random order. A total of up to 24 adults (aiming for 18 completed subjects) aged 18 years and older with T1D on insulin pump therapy will be recruited through diabetes clinics and other established methods in participating centres.

Subjects will receive appropriate training in the safe use of closed-loop insulin delivery system. During the 24 hour in-patient stay subjects will be encouraged to mimic their usual day and will be allowed to walk inside hospital premises. Subjects will be advised to discontinue automated closed-loop insulin delivery and follow their usual insulin pump therapy for periods of strenuous exercise during the 7 day home study phase.

The primary outcome is time spent in target range between 3.9 and 10.0 mmol/L as recorded by CGM (adjusted for potential over-estimation) during home stay. Secondary outcomes are the time spent with glucose levels above and below target, as recorded by CGM, and other CGM-based metrics, and for the stay at the clinical research facility, time spent in the target range, above and below the target range as measured by plasma glucose.

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Key information

Conditions

Type 1 Diabetes Autoimmune Diseases Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Immune System Diseases Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • The subject has type 1 diabetes as defined by WHO
  • The subject is 18 years of age or older
  • The subject will have been on an insulin pump for at least 3 months currently using insulin Aspart, with good knowledge of insulin self-adjustment including carbohydrate counting
  • HbA1c ≤ 10 % based on analysis from local laboratory
  • The subject is willing to perform regular finger-prick blood glucose monitoring, with at least 6 measurements per day during the 7 day home phase of the study
  • The subject is willing to wear closed-loop system at home and at work place
  • The subject is willing to follow study specific instructions
  • The subject is literate in English
  • Female subjects of child bearing age should be on effective contraception and must have a negative urine-HCG pregnancy test at screening. In addition in Germany, women of childbearing potential must use a highly effective method of birth control, which is defined as those which result in a low failure rate (i.e. less than 1% per year) and must use two independent methods of contraception, e.g. diaphragm and spermicide-coated condom.

Exclusion criteria

  • Non-type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Any other physical or psychological disease or condition likely to interfere with the normal conduct of the study and interpretation of the study results
  • Current treatment with drugs known to have significant interference with glucose metabolism, such as systemic corticosteroids, as judged by the investigator
  • Known or suspected allergy against insulin
  • Subjects with clinically significant nephropathy, neuropathy or proliferative retinopathy as judged by the investigator
  • Significantly reduced hypoglycaemia awareness as judged by the investigator
  • Total daily insulin dose more than 2 IU/kg/day
  • Subject is pregnant or breast feeding or planning pregnancy in near future (within next 3 months)
  • Severe visual impairment
  • Severe hearing impairment
  • Subjects using implanted internal pacemaker
  • Lack of reliable telephone facility for contact

Additional exclusion criteria specific for Austria and Germany

  • Positive results on urine drug screen (amphetamines/metamphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cannabinoids, cocaine, opiates).
  • Positive alcohol breath test.

Additional exclusion criteria specific for Germany only

Positive reaction to any of the following tests: hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen, anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) antibodies, anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1 antibodies, anti-HIV2 antibodies

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Treatment and study plan

FlorenceD or similar closed loop glucose control system

Device

Subject's glucose level will be controlled by the FlorenceD or similar automated closed loop glucose control system. The system comprises of FreeStyle Navigator® Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System (Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, CA, USA), Dana R Diabecare subcutaneous insulin infusion pump (Sooil Corp. Seoul, South Korea)or similar insulin pump, and MPC-based glucose control algorithm running on a portable computer.

CSII with real-time CGM

Device

Subject glucose level controlled by usual insulin pump therapy in conjunction with real time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)

Primary outcomes

  1. Time spent in the target glucose range from 3.9 to 10.0 mmol/l based on subcutaneous glucose monitoring (CGM) adjusted for sensor error.

    Time frame: 7 day home study period

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time spent above and below the target glucose (3.9 to 10.0 mmol/l) based on continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring (CGM)

    Time frame: 7 day home study period

  2. Average and standard deviation glucose levels based on continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring

    Time frame: 7 day home study period

  3. The time with glucose levels < 3.5 mmol/l and <2.8 mmol/l based on continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring

    Time frame: 7 Day home study period

  4. The time with glucose levels in the significant hyperglycaemia, as based on continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring (glucose levels > 16.7 mmol/l)

    Time frame: 7 day home study period

  5. Low Blood Glucose Index (LBGI) based on continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring

    Time frame: 7 day Home study period

  6. During 24 hour in-patient stay - Same glucose metrics as during 7 day home stay but calculated based on continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring (CGM) and plasma glucose measurements.

    Time frame: 24 hours

  7. Number of episodes of hypoglycaemia, severe hypoglycaemia as well as nature and severity of any other adverse events.

    Time frame: 8 days

Other outcomes

  1. Duration of use of the closed-loop system at home.

    Time frame: 7 days

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Cambridge

Other

Collaborators

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Medical University of Graz
  • Profil Institut für Stoffwechselforschung GmbH

Registry information

Official study title

An Open-label, Three-centre, Randomised, Two-period Crossover Study to Assess the Safety, Efficacy and Utility of Automated Closed-loop Glucose Control in Comparison With Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Combined With Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes - A Combined Clinical Research Facility and Home Study

Acronym: AP@home02

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Aug 16, 2012
Registry last updated
Dec 2, 2014

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