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NCT Number: NCT02011529

TEAMcare for Diabetes in Mental Health Centers

This proposal aims to demonstrate the feasibility and acceptability of adapting TEAMcare for patients with schizophrenia. The aim of this innovative mental health center-based team intervention is to improve diabetes, cardiovascular and psychiatric outcomes among patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. The study will be conducted in two phases over the 2-year grant period.

Phase 1. Development of the adapted TEAMcare intervention and training of team members.

Phase 2. During year 2, we will implement the intervention on the caseload of 40 outpatients at Harborview Mental Health Services with schizophrenia and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. The intervention involves the management of subjects' diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia by a CMHC diabetes team for 6 months (advanced nurse specialist on-site at supervised in weekly meetings by a psychiatrist and a UW Diabetes Center endocrinologist).

The primary aim of this pilot research grant is to evaluate the feasibility of implementing this complex intervention, in order to guide the design of a larger scale efficacy study (R01). Both process and outcome measures will be evaluated at baseline, and at 3- and 6-month follow-up visits for the 40 subjects enrolled in this feasibility trial.

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Key information

Conditions

Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • adult (18-70 years);
  • enrolled to receive mental health treatment at Harborview Mental Health Services or Downtown Emergency Services Mental Health center
  • a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus or cardiovascular disease
  • Hemoglobin A1c >8 or BP > 140/90

Exclusion criteria

  • cognitive, hearing, or language impairment that would preclude a subject from providing informed consent;
  • current suicidality, homicidality, or grave disability that requires psychiatric hospitalization;
  • current substance abuse or dependence, as defined by SCID.

Treatment and study plan

TEAMcare treatment of diabetes

Other

TEAMcare is an evidence-based collaborative care approach to the treatment of diabetes and psychiatric illness. It involves structured visits with a study nurse to monitor psychiatric symptoms, control of medical disease, and self-care activities. The nurses use motivational coaching to help patients solve problems and set goals for improved self-care and medication adherence. Medications for diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia are monitored and therapy intensified based on treat-to-target guidelines. All of these process and outcome measures are tracked in a registry designed for the study, and the nurses receive weekly supervision with a psychiatrist, an endocrinologist and a psychologist in order to review new cases and to track progress. Once a patient achieves targeted levels for relevant measures, the patient and the nurse develop a maintenance plan.

Primary outcomes

  1. Hemoglobin A1c

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Blood Pressure

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. LDL cholesterol

    Time frame: 6 months

Other outcomes

  1. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)

    Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Washington

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Registry information

Official study title

A Team Approach to Improve the Quality of Diabetes Care for Patients With Schizophrenia

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Dec 13, 2013
Registry last updated
Oct 5, 2015

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