Peripheral Vascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes
Conditions
Keywords
Type 2 diabetes, Post-op dysglycemia, Peripheral vascular disease, Infrainguinal bypass surgery
Brief summary
Diabetes is a very common illness. Approximately 4% of British Columbians have diabetes. However, at least 20% of people admitted to acute care hospitals have diabetes. People with diabetes are at a higher risk for developing complications after surgery including infection and prolonged hospital stay, especially if blood sugars are high. The researchers are testing a Diabetes Action Team to see if their involvement in patient care after surgery improves blood glucose control, duration of stay in hospital, and infection rates.
Detailed description
This trial will randomize subjects with diabetes who plan to undergo elective infrainguinal bypass surgery to receive either standard diabetes care by their admitting physician, or diabetes care under the direction of the Diabetes Action Team post operatively until hospital discharge and post discharge in the community. Subjects without diabetes will have their blood glucose levels monitored while in the hospital. The Diabetes Action team will consist of a nurse coordinator who is a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) and a team of physicians specialized in the management of diabetes. The study will not increase the length of the hospital stay.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSubjects with diabetes who plan to undergo elective infrainguinal bypass surgery will receive standard diabetes care by their admitting physician
See Detailed Description.
BEHAVIORALSubjects with diabetes who plan to undergo elective infrainguinal bypass surgery will receive diabetes care under the direction of the Diabetes Action Team
See detailed description.
BEHAVIORALSubjects without diabetes will have their blood glucose levels monitored while in the hospital
See detailed description.
Sponsors
Novo Nordisk A/S
University of British Columbia
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Non-Diabetes: * Fasting blood glucose \< 7.0 mmol/L or a random blood glucose of \< 11.1 mmol/L Diabetes: * Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (fasting plasma glucose greater than or equal to 7.0 or random plasma glucose greater than or equal to 10.0 mmol/L) * Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (fasting plasma glucose greater than or equal to 7.0 mmol/L or random plasma glucose greater than or equal to 11.1 mmol/L) * Age \> 30 * English-speaking * Agrees to participate in the study and lives in the Lower Mainland
Exclusion criteria
* Scheduled to undergo surgery other than infrainguinal bypass surgery * Under 30 years of age * Living outside of Lower Mainland * Cannot speak and understand English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Glycemic control | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Length of stay | — |
| Infection | — |
| Readmission | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed