Efficacy of the Digital Platform for Diabetes Care Compared to Usual Care in Patients Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes.

Sponsor

Hospital Universitario San Ignacio (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT05372471

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Actual Duration (Months)

7.7

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Introduction: In patients diagnosed with DM2, it is essential to achieve good metabolic control. One of the tools to optimize said control is self-monitoring with capillary glucometry or SMBG (Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose), which is indicated in all patients treated with insulin and is part of the "treat to target" strategies associated with education. Despite this, many patients do not perform self-titration of insulin due to the number of capillary glucose measurements (CG) necessary, or they do not record them adequately, which leads to therapeutic inertia. Digital platforms integrated with the use of smart mobile devices facilitate this process, and in experimental settings, they have shown a significant decrease in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and an increase in adherence to therapy. However, at the moment there are no data about the efficacy of this system in the real population.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of the use of a digital platform for diabetes care, in terms of HbA1c reduction, compared with the usual treatment, in patients with DM2 under follow-up in a chronic patient care center.

Methodology: A controlled clinical study will be carried out. Patients with a diagnosis of DM2, under follow-up in specialized centers, with poor glycemic control defined by HbA1c outside the goals and who have been discharged from a high complexity hospital will be included. Demographic, clinical, and insulin requirement variables will be recorded according to the total daily dose of insulin (DDT) in units. They will be randomly distributed into two groups; the intervention group will use SMBG integrated with a digital platform for diabetes care and the control group will use SMBG associated with usual care for 3 months. A comparison will be made between HbA1c levels, the number of episodes of severe hypoglycemia, nocturnal hypoglycemia, at baseline and 3 months.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Type 2 Diabetes Treated With Insulin	Other: mHealth Other: Usual Care	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

84 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

Randomized controlled clinical trial, not blinded.Randomized controlled clinical trial, not blinded.

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Supportive Care

Official Title:

Efficacy of Using a Digital Platform for Diabetes Care Compared to Usual Care in Patients Diagnosed With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2.

Actual Study Start Date :

Oct 1, 2020

Actual Primary Completion Date :

May 31, 2021

Actual Study Completion Date :

Aug 31, 2021

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Other: mHealth Intervention group (mHealth platform users).	Other: mHealth ClouDi is a telemedicine platform that was developed for the remote monitoring of patients with diabetes in Colombia. It incorporated the recommendations that were published in a usability pilot study that was conducted previously with an open-source cloud platform. The platform consists of a web version, a version for mobile devices and a desktop application, which is installed on the patient's personal computer, thereby allowing glucose measurements taken through the Optium Neo glucometer (Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, CA, USA) to be uploaded automatically to the cloud. In this trial, the glucose measurements that were uploaded to the ClouDi website, were reviewed weekly by the members of the research group who were responsible for adjusting the therapy to the insulin titration scheme prescribed for the patient. The patients were informed about these adjustments by text messages sent from the web version of ClouDi to the patient's mobile phone via pop-up notifications.
Other: Control Usual Care	Other: Usual Care They will have a regular visit after 3 months where the capillary glucose data will be evaluated in person by the clinical team, the insulin dose will be titrated according to the type of insulin and the presence of hypoglycemia.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Other: mHealth

Intervention group (mHealth platform users).

Other: mHealth

ClouDi is a telemedicine platform that was developed for the remote monitoring of patients with diabetes in Colombia. It incorporated the recommendations that were published in a usability pilot study that was conducted previously with an open-source cloud platform. The platform consists of a web version, a version for mobile devices and a desktop application, which is installed on the patient's personal computer, thereby allowing glucose measurements taken through the Optium Neo glucometer (Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, CA, USA) to be uploaded automatically to the cloud. In this trial, the glucose measurements that were uploaded to the ClouDi website, were reviewed weekly by the members of the research group who were responsible for adjusting the therapy to the insulin titration scheme prescribed for the patient. The patients were informed about these adjustments by text messages sent from the web version of ClouDi to the patient's mobile phone via pop-up notifications.

Other: Control

Usual Care

Other: Usual Care

They will have a regular visit after 3 months where the capillary glucose data will be evaluated in person by the clinical team, the insulin dose will be titrated according to the type of insulin and the presence of hypoglycemia.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

HbA1c change [3 months]
Evaluate the efficacy of a therapeutic strategy that integrates the use of a digital platform for diabetes care (CLOUDI) for 3 months, compared with usual care, in terms of HbA1c reduction, in patients with DM2 under follow-up in patient care centers chronic.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Severe Hypoglycemia [3 months]
To compare the incidence of severe hypoglycemia events in the 3 months of follow-up, in patients with DM2 users of the digital platform, and patients in usual management.
Hypoglycemia level 1 and 2 [3 months]
To compare the incidence of global and nocturnal alert events (<70mg/dl) and clinically significant hypoglycemia (<54mg/dl) in patients with DM2.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

Poor metabolic control with HbA1C ≥ 8% and ≤ 11% measured using a method certified by the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP), ≤ 3 months before the screening visit.
Patients who use insulin therapy in the basal plus scheme, basal-bolus, or with two or more applications of insulin per day.
Not having modified therapy in the last 3 months
Availability of access to a computer to download data.
Mobile access with data.
The subject's compliance with capillary glucose self-monitoring parameters was greater than 80% during the baseline period after the Screening Visit.
Accept the study including signing the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Acute decompensation of diabetes in the last 3 months
History of myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome in the last three months before recruitment.
Treatment with glucocorticoids in the last 3 months before the screening visit or who is scheduled to receive treatment during the study period
Visual impairment that limits the ability to view or use the mobile application
Cognitive impairment that, in the opinion of the principal investigator or study physician, would result in non-cooperation with study procedures.
Active neoplastic disease or in the last year and/or life expectancy less than 6 months.
Participating in another clinical study.
Proliferative retinopathy, amputations attributable to diabetes, and/or severe peripheral neuropathy that could interfere with the ability to participate and follow the study.
Pregnant or lactating, or plan to become pregnant during the study period
Real-time or intermittent continuous glucose monitoring user.
Significant psychiatric illness, kidney disease, severe liver disease, or other illness that affects the ability to complete the study.