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Can diabetes alert dogs detect hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes?

Reliability of trained dogs to detect hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN90927134
Enrollment
8
Registered
2016-04-26
Start date
2015-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2016-10-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Type 1 diabetes Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Interventions

Use of trained dog to detect and alert to hypoglycemia events. We assess and compare accuracy to measurement tools with known accuracy - capillary glucose and continuous glucose monitoring. Continuous

Sponsors

Jaeb Center for Health Research (USA)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 2-80 years with diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and current user of dog formally trained to detect hypoglycemia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnancy 2. Unwilling to use blinded CGM device 3. Inability to speak, read, write and understand English language

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Rate of correct identification and alert to hypoglycemia event by trained dog: 1.1. Rate of correct alert (CBG or CGM <70 mg/dL and dog alert prior to other measures) 1.2. Rate of delayed alert (CBG or CGM <70 mg/dL and dog alert after other measures) 1.3. Rate of missed alert (CBG or CGM <70 mg/dL and no dog alert) 1.4. Rate of incorrect alert (alert without the presence of hypoglycemia)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Mean and median time to alert after CGM <70 2. Rate of change of CGM value at time of dog alert 3. Total duration of time with CGM value <70 mg/dL per 24 hours) 4. Subjective confidence of dog’s master in the trained dog’s ability to detect hypoglycemia 5. Rate of hypoglycemia events for which dog is not present/not available 6. Rate of correct identification and alert to hyperglycemia event by trained dog at threshold designated by dog’s master

Countries

United States of America

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026