Insulin titration in General Practice: the TIME program TIME = treat initiate manage educate

observational study in general practice of type 2 diabetics using a Diabetes Educator program to initiate and titrate insulin to improve HbA1c

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610001042033

Acronym

TIME trial

Enrollment

Registered

2010-11-29

Start date

2010-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

6 month observational study in general practice using a diabetes educator program to initiate and titrate insulin

Interventions

diabetes education was provided on 3 occasions over 3 months and involved insulin initiation and review, titration and followup insulin initiation and titration was by a standard local protocol provided in consultation with each patient's GP based on BSL diary entries basal insulin was commenced at 10 units and titrated by 2 units every 3 days until the fasting BSL was <7 HbA1c was measured at baseline, 3 and 6 months

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

21 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

type 2 diabetes HbA1c >7% inadequate control on oral medication

Exclusion criteria

type 1 diabetes use of GLP analogues in previous 6 months

Outcome results