Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring at the Parkland Diabetes Clinic

July 1, 2022 updated by: Felona Gunawan, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Piloting the Use of Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring at the Parkland Diabetes Clinic

The purpose of this study is to assess whether the short-term use of professional continuous glucose monitoring (Pro-CGM) at the Parkland Diabetes Clinic in selected patients with poorly-controlled diabetes due to hyper- and/or hypoglycemia leads to improvements in patients' glycemic control within 3-6 months, subjective understanding of how food, activity, and medications affect blood sugar levels, and diabetes self-care practices. The study will be a prospective cohort study that assesses patients glycemic control and diabetes self-care practices before and 3-6 months after utilization of a Pro-CGM for 10 days. Glycemic control and diabetes self-care practices will be assessed based on hemoglobin A1c measurements and glucose data download from glucometer and Pro-CGM. A short survey will be administered at the end of the 10 days Pro-CGM use to assess whether the Pro-CGM use had a positive impact on patients' understanding of how different activities affect their blood sugar and diabetes self-care practices.

Parkland Diabetes Clinic serves an ethnically diverse, low socioeconomic patient population, the majority of whom do not have access to diabetes technology like continuous glucose monitoring. CGM measures sugar levels every 5 to 15 minutes and have been shown in clinical studies to improve glycemic control. Establishing a professional CGM program at the clinic will provide short-term access to this technology. One of the main reason for conducting this study is to determine if Pro-CGM would be a useful intervention to integrate into the clinic's routine practice in the future.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients of the Parkland Diabetes Clinic who meets one or more of the following criteria:

  • Patients with inaccurate HgbA1c due to conditions that affect red blood cell turnover (examples include but not limited to: anemia, hemoglobinopathies, chronic kidney disease)
  • Patients with suspected recurrent hypoglycemia and/or hypoglycemia unawareness
  • Patients with persistently elevated HgbA1c >8% despite reported adherence to medications and lifestyle modifications and after assessment by a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)
  • Patients with inability to do frequent fingersticks for blood glucose checks due to physical limitations (examples include but not limited to: vision loss, dexterity problems)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who already have their own personal continuous glucose monitoring device

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Professional CGM Trial
Participants will be asked to wear Dexcom Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring (Pro-CGM) Device for 10 days. They will have 2 clinic visits with a certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES): initial visit for placement of the Pro-CGM and final visit to review the data with CDCES and their diabetes clinic provider. They will be asked to complete a short survey at the end of the 10 days about their experience using the Pro-CGM device and how it impacts their diabetes self-care practices.
Device: Dexcom Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Patient will be asked to wear the Dexcom Pro-CGM device (small device that can be applied to either the arm or abdomen) for 10 days. They will have 30 minutes initial visit with CDCES to apply the device and review its use and 60 minute final session to review the blood sugar data from the CGM with CDCES and diabetes clinic provider.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Average change in glycemic control 3 months after Pro-CGM use
Time Frame: 3 months
Glycemic control will be assessed at baseline and 3 months after intervention by measuring hemoglobin A1c and/or obtaining 14-day average glucose from glucometer or CGM blood sugar data download. These data are collected as part of routine diabetes care at the clinic and will be obtained by chart review.
3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Average change in hypoglycemia frequency 3 months after Pro-CGM use
Time Frame: 3 months
Hypoglycemia frequency will be assessed at baseline and 3 months after intervention by reviewing 14-day fingerstick glucose data from glucometer download and comparing the % of blood sugar reading <70 mg/dL at baseline and 3 months after intervention. These data are collected as part of routine diabetes care at the clinic and will be obtained by chart review.
3 months
Average change in hyperglycemia frequency 3 months after Pro-CGM use
Time Frame: 3 months
Hyperglycemia frequency will be assessed at baseline and 3 months after intervention by reviewing 14-day fingerstick glucose data from glucometer download and comparing the % of blood sugar reading >180 mg/dL at baseline and 3 months after intervention. These data are collected as part of routine diabetes care at the clinic and will be obtained by chart review.
3 months
Average change in frequency of fingerstick blood glucose checks 3 months after Pro-CGM use
Time Frame: 3 months
The frequency of fingerstick glucose checks per day will be obtained from glucometer data download, which provides the average # of blood sugar reading per day, at baseline and 3 months after intervention. These data are collected as part of routine diabetes care at the clinic and will be obtained by chart review.
3 months
Percentage of positive patient response to the Pro-CGM Questionnaire
Time Frame: The survey will be administered at the end of the 10 days Pro-CGM use. The percentage of positive responses will be calculated at the end of study.
The patients are given a questionnaire with 8 "Yes or No" questions about whether or not wearing the CGM has a positive impact on their diabetes self-care practices (diet, exercise, medication adherence, blood glucose monitoring). The percentage of "Yes" responses for the 8 questions will be calculated.
The survey will be administered at the end of the 10 days Pro-CGM use. The percentage of positive responses will be calculated at the end of study.

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Felona Gunawan, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

August 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

September 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 11, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 11, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

June 15, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 6, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 1, 2022

Last Verified

July 1, 2022

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • STU-2021-1012

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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