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Effects and Safety of Diabetic GUideline Algorithm Implementation Performed by Primary Care Physicians in the Community

Effects and Safety of GUideline Algorithm Based Intervention on CaRdiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Elderly Diabetic Patients With High Cardiovascular Risk in the Community- A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (GUARD-Community Study)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05349955
Acronym
GUARD
Enrollment
5600
Registered
2022-04-27
Start date
2022-11-21
Completion date
2026-11-30
Last updated
2025-05-14

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

Conditions

Cardiovascular Complication, Diabetic Kidney Disease, Type 2 Diabetes

Keywords

Diabetes implementation study, Diabetes guideline algorithm, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic kidney disease

Brief summary

The Effects and Safety of Diabetic GUideline Algorithm Implementation in the Community (GUARD-Community) study is a 2-arm, cluster-randomized control trial to evaluate the effect and safety of guideline algorithm intervention performed by primary care physicians on cardiovascular and renal outcomes in elderly patients with high risk in community.

Detailed description

Diabetes is an important public health concern. Elderly diabetic patients are characterized by a long duration and complications, including chronic kidney disease and/or cardiovascular disease. In the past 30 years, the guidelines of CDS, EASD or ADA have been frequently updated. The latest guideline on pharmacological algorithm recommend that patients with cardiovascular, renal disease or very high/high CV risk patients should be treated with anti-diabetic drugs presenting target organ protection, including SGLT2i and GLP1RA. And the guideline recommend comprehensive control of the cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. This GUARD-Community study is a community based cluster-randomized controlled trial and will enroll 5600 or more participants in more than 120 clusters aged ≥ 65 years with T2DM and complicated with high/very high cardiovascular risk factors . The trial will evaluate the the effects and safety of intensive Guideline algorithm implementation on CVD and renal outcomes. The primary hypothesis is that guideline algorithm intervention implemented by primary care physicians will significantly reduce the risk of 4-point MACE (comprised of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke or hospitalization of heart failure) rates. In Phase 1 study, the control of blood sugar, blood pressure and lipids will be evaluated at 18 months after intervention. In Phase 2 study, the CVD and renal outcomes will be evaluated at 3 years. The study will last for 4 years.

Interventions

OTHERIntensive guideline algorithm implementation

Diabetes guideline pharmacological algorithm will be implemented by primary care physicians in community. In brief, SGLT2i or GLP-1RA will be recommended to control blood glucose in priority when subjects at very high/high CV risk and meet the target HbA1C\<7%, control blood pressure \<130/80mmHg, LDL-c\<1.8mmol/L at very high CV risk patients or \<2.6mmol/L at high CV risk patients, and antiplatelet as secondary prevention of ASCVD.

OTHERConventional guideline algorithm implementation

The guideline intervention is based the guidance which the local physicians followed through self learning and education. The management of diabetes paitients will be decided by local physicians.

Sponsors

Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Outcome Assessment Committee members will be blinded to outcome assignment.

Intervention model description

Guideline based comprehensive management on the diabetic patients. In brief, SGLT2i or GLP-1RA will be used in priority in elderly diabetic patients with very high/high CV risk, and blood pressure controlled under 130/80mmHg, LDL-c\<1.8mmol/L in the very high-risk patients or \<2.6mmol/L in the high risk patients according to ESC/EASD guidelines.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* ①Males or females aged 65 and above (≥65) receive treatment from the local community health service center; * ②Diagnosed type 2 diabetes (ADA criteria): * A. Typical symptoms of diabetes + random blood sugar ≥ 11.1mmol/L; * B. Fasting blood glucose (FPG) ≥ 7.0mmol/L (fasting blood glucose is defined as no caloric intake within 8 hours); * C. Oral glucose tolerance test 2h blood glucose (OGTT) ≥ 11.1mmol/L (2h after meal); * D. have been treated with antidiabetic drugs; * Each blood sugar test must be repeated to confirm the diagnosis; * ③Complicated with chronic kidney disease and/or very high/high risk of cardiovascular disease, meet any one of the following: * A. ASCVD, including coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction, peripheral vascular disease; * B. Or target organ damage (albuminuria, renal impairment with eGFR ≥ 30 ml/min/1.73m2, left ventricular hypertrophy or retinopathy); * C. ≥ 3 major risk factors (age ≥ 65 years old, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, obesity ); * D. Diabetes duration ≥ 10 years, with any one traditional cardiovascular risk factor such as advanced age, obesity, smoking, sedentary, family history of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, abnormal lipid metabolism.

Exclusion criteria

* ①Pregnant women or women planning to become pregnant; * ②eGFR\<30 mL/min/1.73m2 (CKD-EPI formula); * ③Patient cannot be followed up for 36 months (due to health condition or migration); * ④Unwilling or unable to sign the informed consent; * ⑤Type 1 diabetes;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Primary Outcome of Phase 1: Comprehensive management effect of various cardiovascular risk factors in T2D,meeting control targets for a combination of A1c, BP, LDL-C.18 months since randomizationThe proportion of participants with HbA1C\<7.0%, blood pressure\< 130/80 mm Hg,LDL-c\<1.8mmol/L at very high CV risk or \<2.6mmol/L at high CV risk.
Primary Outcome of Phase 2: Composite of 3P MACE and hospitalization for heart failure.3 years since randomizationTime to occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal Stroke, hospitalization for heart failure.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: All-cause death3 years since randomizationTime to the death due to any cause
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Slope of eGFR decline3 years since randomizationDecrease of the eGFR over time
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Retinopathy changes3 years since randomizationOccurrence or regression of retinopathy(ETDRS-DRSS)
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Body weight change3 years since randomizationAbsolute weight change and the percentage change of body weight
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Changes in cognitive function3 years since randomizationImprovement or progression of cognitive function: The Mini-CogTM scale
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: The FRAIL scale3 years since randomizationChanges of the simple frailty questionnaire score
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Changes of fatty liver prevalence3 years since randomizationRate change of fatty liver.
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Changes in beta-cell function3 years since randomizationAbsolute change assessed by HOMA2-%β method
Secondary Outcome of Phase 1: Glycemic control rate18 months since randomizationThe proportion of participants with tight glucose control, targeting HbA1c \<7.0%
Secondary Outcome of Phase 1: Mean HbA1C changes18 months since randomizationMean HbA1C changes of participants
Secondary Outcome of Phase 1: Mean systolic and diastolic pressure changes18 months since randomizationMean systolic and diastolic pressure changes of participants
Secondary Outcome of Phase 1: Mean LDL-c changes18 months since randomizationMean LDL-c changes of participants
Secondary Outcome of Phase 1: Adherence to guideline algorithm medication recommendation rate18 months since randomizationUse electronic medical recorded prescription and questionnaires to assess the proportion of participants who adhere to guideline recommended medication
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Incident or worsening nephropathy3 years since randomizationTime to composite of incident macroalbuminuria (UACR \>300 mg/g), a sustained decline in eGFR (decrease in the eGFR of 30% or more to a value of less than 60 when baseline ≥60ml per minute per 1.73 m2, decrease in the eGFR of 50% or more when baseline \<60ml per minute per 1.73 m2)from baseline, or chronic renal replacement therapy, or renal death.
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Cardiorenal composite endpoint3 years since randomizationTime to eGFR (CKD-EPI formula) decrease, renal replacement therapy, renal or cardiovascular death
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: 3P MACE3 years since randomizationTime to events occurence: cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: New onset of macroalbuminuria.3 years since randomizationTime to UACR\>300mg/g
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Changes of myocardial ischemia in electrocardiogram (ECG)3 years since randomizationParticipants number of ECG ischemia demonstration occurence: ST-T segment depression more than 0.1mv in two adjacent leads of ECG compared with baseline, poor R wave progression.
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: New onset of albuminuria3 years since randomizationTime to UACR increase from \<30mg/g to ≥30mg/g
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Albuminuria progression3 years since randomizationTime to albuminuria progression: UACR increased by ≥30% and grade progression (ie, from normal to micro or macro, or from micro to macro)
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Albuminuria regression3 years since randomizationTime to albuminuria regression: UACR grade regression(ie, from macro to micro or normal, or from micro to normal), and the UACR value decreases by more than or equal to 30%
Secondary Outcome of Phase 2: Changes in the ratio of patients with normal or abnormal urine protein at the end of the study3 years since randomizationRate change of normal or abnormal UACR. Normal means UACR\<30mg/g. Abnormal means UACR≥30mg/g

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Changes in cardiovascular risk indicators3 years since randomizationFramingham score
Serology and urine testing3 years since randomizationBiomarkers associated with diagnosis or prognosis: using omics screening.
Genomics testing3 years since randomizationGene polymorphism testing for drug response or prognosis: using genome-wide association study(GWAS) screening.
The time rate of glycemic target range3 years since randomizationContinous glucose monitor detection
Health Economics Indicators3 years since randomizationCost-effectiveness analysis: quantification of Incremental Cost Ratio Life Cycle (ICER) and Quality Adjusted Years (QALYs)

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactXiaoying Li, MD
li.xiaoying@zs-hospital.sh.cn13651913857
Backup ContactXiaomu Li, MD
li.xiaomu@zs-hospital.sh.cn13661676591

Outcome results

None listed

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