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Warming up to Sensors: Does Site Warming Improve Continuous Glucose Monitor Performance?

Warming up to Sensors: Does Site Warming Improve Continuous Glucose Monitor Performance?

Status
Terminated
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01954459
Enrollment
11
Registered
2013-10-01
Start date
2013-09-30
Completion date
2016-06-30
Last updated
2020-03-09

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

Conditions

Type 1 Diabetes

Keywords

Type 1 diabetes, Continuous glucose sensor, Insupatch

Brief summary

This study will investigate the effect of wearing a small warming patch, the InsuPatch, at the site of the continuous glucose monitor (CGM), also called a sensor. Specifically, we will be looking to see if using the InsuPatch (IP) improves the accuracy of the continuous glucose monitor.

Detailed description

Hypotheses: 1. Warming of the skin and subcutaneous tissue with the InsuPatch device will improve the accuracy of a CGM as compared to a CGM used alone when both are calibrated with a standard laboratory quality glucose measuring reference standard. 2. Warming of the skin and subcutaneous tissue with the InsuPatch device will reduce the lag time of the CGM, as compared to a CGM used alone when both are calibrated with a standard laboratory quality glucose measuring reference standard. 3. The combination of the InsuPatch device and a CGM will be well-tolerated and not cause skin irritation.

Interventions

DEVICEInsupatch

Device which applies local heating at 40 degrees Celsius to the vicinity of the subcutaneous site of glucose sensor.

Glucose sensor inserted without warming patch

Sponsors

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
CollaboratorNIH
Yale University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 44 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and using daily insulin therapy for at least 12 months. 2. Age 8 years to less than 45 years old. 3. Subject understands the study protocol and agree to comply with it. 4. Subject is on insulin pump or injection-based basal-bolus therapy 5. Subject comprehends written English. 6. For females, subject not intending to become pregnant during the study. 7. Informed Consent Form signed by the subject 8. No history of altered skin integrity, poor wound healing, adhesive allergy, or previous infection from sensor wear. 9. Hemoglobin A1C ≤10%

Exclusion criteria

1. The presence of a significant medical disorder that in the judgment of the investigator will affect the wearing of the sensors or the completion of any aspect of the protocol 2. The presence of any of the following diseases: a. Current use of systemic corticosteroids (within the last week) b. Other major illness that in the judgment of the investigator might interfere with the completion of the protocol i. Adequately treated thyroid disease and celiac disease do not exclude subjects from enrollment 3. Inpatient psychiatric treatment in the past 6 months for either the subject or the subject's primary care giver (i.e., parent or guardian) 4. Current or past use of a continuous glucose sensor is not an exclusion criterion. 5. Active skin condition that would affect sensor placement 6. Use of acetaminophen or Vitamin C supplement within the last 7 days 7. Subject is deemed by the Investigator to be unwilling or unable to follow the protocol; 8. Pregnancy A negative urine pregnancy test will be required for all premenopausal women who are not surgically sterile. Subjects who become pregnant will be discontinued from the study. \-

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Point accuracy of the continuous glucose monitor plus Insupatch (CGM+IP) by mean absolute relative difference (MARD) calculation of sensors with and without IP use.4 hours after lunch, 8 hours after breakfastPoint accuracy of the continuous glucose monitor plus Insupatch (CGM+IP) by mean absolute relative difference (MARD) calculation of sensors with and without IP use, comparing sensor glucose readings and signal data to serum Yellow Springs Instrument (YSI) glucose measurements, with each subject acting as his or her own control.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026