Intervention to Reduce Fear of Hypoglycemia and Optimize Type 1 Diabetes Outcomes

September 8, 2021 updated by: University of Colorado, Denver
The overall objective and Primary Aim of this Limited Competition: Small Grant Program (R03) is to address the critical need of identifying and decreasing fear of hypoglycemia, which will be accomplished by conducting a pilot randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of Blood Glucose Awareness Training, which has been adapted for, but never evaluated in adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and their parents.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

43

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Colorado
      • Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
        • University of Colorado, Denver

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

10 years to 17 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adolescents aged 10-17 years and their parent(s) or legal guardian;
  • T1D duration >1 year;
  • insulin pump use >6 months;
  • agreement of both parent and adolescent to participate in intervention sessions;
  • elevated scores on the Parent Hypoglycemia Fear Survey - Behavior Subscale.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • developmental disability or reading disorder that prevents understanding of the intervention materials; and
  • non-English speaking adolescents and parents.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Fear of Hypoglycemia Intervention
Cognitive behavioral therapy based psychological intervention occurring every other week for 12 weeks.
Behavioral: Fear of Hypoglycemia
Participants will receive exposure and response prevention and/or hypoglycemia awareness training.
Other: Treatment As Usual
Control group completes questionnaires but does not receive any study intervention. Receives medical care as usual.
Other: Treatment As Usual
Treatment As Usual
Other Names:
  • Standard of Care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Decrease in scores on the Hypoglycemia Fear Survey
Time Frame: Baseline, 3 and 6 months
To address the critical need of identifying and decreasing fear of hypoglycemia, which will be accomplished by evaluating the efficacy of Blood Glucose Awareness Training as compared to treatment as usual.
Baseline, 3 and 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver

Collaborators

University of Virginia

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Kimberly Driscoll, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Denver

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 19, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 31, 2017

First Posted (Estimate)

February 1, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 16, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 8, 2021

Last Verified

September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 16-0645

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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