- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03781973
Bridging the Gap to Adult Diabetes Care
Bridging the Gap to Optimize Care and Outcomes for Youth With Diabetes Between Pediatric and Adult Diabetes Care
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes face particular challenges related to having a chronic illness that requires daily intensive self-management and medical follow-up during a period when their social, developmental, educational, and family situations are in flux. When transitioning from pediatric to adult care, over a third of youth have a care gap of >6 months. During this vulnerable period youth are at risk for acute life-threatening complications such as diabetic ketoacidosis, and for poor glycemic control, which confers an increased risk of chronic diabetes complications. Gaps in care may be a result of deficiencies in transition processes causing some young people to be poorly prepared for adult care and dissatisfied with the transition process. Ineffective transition can lead to decreased frequency of diabetes visits and an increased risk of adverse events in young adulthood. Further, risk factors such as psychiatric comorbidity and behavioural problems in adolescents with type 1 diabetes are associated with poor outcomes in early adulthood. Quality improvement initiatives can be designed to optimize care processes such as referral systems to adult diabetes providers.
Our overall objective is to optimize care and outcomes for youth with diabetes as they transition to adult care.
Specific Aim 1: To improve glycemic control in youth around the time of transition from pediatric to adult diabetes care Specific Aim 2: To evaluate the fidelity and quality of a quality improvement intervention designed to improve transition care processes and to identify contextual factors associated with variation in outcomes.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Ontario
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- McMaster Children's Hospital
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London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5W9
- Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
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Markham, Ontario, Canada, L3P 7P7
- Markham Stouffville Hospital, Clinic 4
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Trillium Health Partners
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G1X8
- The Hospital for Sick Children
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- All youth with a clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes followed at participating centres at the time of their final pediatric clinic visit between Jan 1, 2018 and Dec 31, 2020.
- Participants will be transitioning to Adult Care (ages ~16-19 yrs).
- Capacity to read and understand English (we estimate that >95% of participants will fulfill this requirement).
- Capacity to consent for themselves.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Individuals with non-type 1 diabetes.
- Individuals with type 1 diabetes who move out of Ontario within 12 months after their final pediatric visit.
- Individuals with type 1 diabetes who do not have the capacity to consent for themselves.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Non-Randomized
- Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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No Intervention: Pre-intervention
Those whose last pediatric visit was in the year before the intervention (2018). Medical record data abstracted from patient charts at the time of the final pediatric visit. |
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Other: Early Intervention
Those whose last pediatric visit was in the year immediately after the start of the intervention (2019). The intervention will begin on Jan 1, 2019 and includes the following :
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Teams from each of the participating sites will attend the webinars.
Each site will share an example of a QI initiative that they are executing and describe the success and challenges.
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Other: Post-Intervention
Those whose last pediatric visit was in the second year after the intervention (2020). The intervention includes the following :
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Teams from each of the participating sites will attend the webinars.
Each site will share an example of a QI initiative that they are executing and describe the success and challenges.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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HbA1c
Time Frame: HbA1c value up to 12 months after the final pediatric visit.
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Hemoglobin A1c
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HbA1c value up to 12 months after the final pediatric visit.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Number of Diabetes-related admissions, ED visits, death
Time Frame: number of occurrences up to12 months after the final pediatric visit.
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The occurrence of at least one diabetes-related admissions or emergency department visit or death
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number of occurrences up to12 months after the final pediatric visit.
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Time from the final pediatric visit to the first adult diabetes visit
Time Frame: Time in months up to 12 months after the final pediatric visit
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identified using physician service claims and defined as the first diabetes office visit by an adult endocrinologist, internist, or family physician
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Time in months up to 12 months after the final pediatric visit
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Rayzel Shulman, Md, PhD, The Hospital for Sick Children
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- CTO project ID: 1581
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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