Proof of Concept - Identification of Patient-specific Parameters for Bolus Calculators for Type 1 Diabetes (POC-IDENTITY-1)

August 1, 2018 updated by: prof dr Pieter Gillard, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Proof of Concept Study for the Identification of Patient-specific Parameters for Bolus Calculators in Type 1 Diabetic Patients

The adoption of bolus calculators has been limited by the slow speed of the current trial and error approach. The goal of this project is to automate the determination of patient specific insulin pump parameters based on current automatic electronic logbooks of glucose measurements, carbohydrate intake, and insulin usage, by means of a mathematical model. More specifically, the investigators are interested in computing the carbohydrate to insulin ratio (CIR) and insulin sensitivity factor (ISF), which are the main parameters of bolus calculators.

The present study is a proof-of-concept, open label, single arm clinical trial to validate the new method and refine both the mathematical model and the numerical techniques in well-regulated and disciplined type 1 diabetic subject.

The study is a "trial" of the selected underlying mathematical model and the associated algorithms to simulate the glucose values of a patient with uncertain meal-data.

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

After signing informed consent and checking eligibility criteria participants will receive uniform education related to self-monitoring of blood glucose and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) using the CGM sensor as well as on the bolus calculator (BC). The study will take three weeks (or three sensors) per patient.

Patients should live a close to normal life and should participate in their normal daily activities. During the study, patients must consequently keep using the BC of their insulin pump, record in the insulin pump when they eat extra food outside their regular meals and when they inject extra insulin without the use of their insulin pump. Faulty 'meal markers' have to be noted in a booklet and patients will also have to take pictures of their plate for each meal or record their meals in detail in a booklet. Patients should also consequently shut off insulin delivery when they disconnect their insulin pump and write it down in a booklet. The patients will be asked to wear an activity tracker (i.e. Fitbit), this data will help in the refinement of the model and will be used for research later in the same project.

During the study, patients must skip a total of three meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner (not on the same day, but within the three weeks). This gives the investigators a period of measurements in which they know that there are no significant amounts of unpredictable carbohydrates in the blood. Patients can give correction insulin or take extra fast carbohydrates to correct the glycaemia when needed and record this in the insulin pump or in a booklet. The fast rescue carbohydrates should be in the form of Dextro energy tablets (provided by the study team).

After the three weeks, patients will come back to the hospital where the study team will download data from the insulin pump, CGM sensor, and activity tracker. The booklet and photographs of the meals will be handed over to the study team. This is the end of the study for the patient. The collected patient data will further be used to assess the model fit of the chosen mathematical model as in, i.e. the investigators evaluate how well the model is able to reproduce the collected data.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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21

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • Belgium
      • Leuven, Belgium, 3000
        • UZ Leuven

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Signed informed consent
  • Patient followed at the endocrinology department of UZ Leuven
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Treated with subcutaneous insulin pump (CSII) for more than 12 weeks
  • Using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) for more than 12 weeks
  • No known diabetic gastroparesis
  • C-peptide negative
  • HbA1c between 6-10%
  • Using, or willing to use, the bolus calculator

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Type 2 diabetes, patients with secondary diabetes
  • Patients treated with multiple daily insulin injections or begin of treatment with CSII less than 12 weeks before inclusion
  • Known diabetic gastroparesis
  • C-peptide positive
  • HbA1c < 6% or > 10%
  • Not using or not willing to use the bolus calculator

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Study Arm
We will gather data from this group of patients.
Other: Gathering data
Gathering data about sleep, heart rate, carbohydrate intake, insulin pump, continuous glucose sensor, meals.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Accepting mathematical model
Time Frame: three weeks
The primary outcome measure will be to accept or reject the mathematical model by calculating mean-squared error differences with the data.
three weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Collaborators

Collaborators

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KU Leuven

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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January 11, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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July 12, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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July 12, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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January 12, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 22, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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January 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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August 2, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 1, 2018

Last Verified

Last Verified

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August 1, 2018

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • BolusCalc

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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