Feasibility and Efficacy of Delivering Blood Glucose Awareness Training Over the Internet

NCT ID: NCT00327210

Last Updated: 2017-11-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 35 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2005-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2009-07-31

Brief Summary

BGATHome is an interactive, web-based training program designed to improve the ability of adults with Type 1 Diabetes to recognize, predict, treat, and avoid extreme blood glucose (BG) events. It was developed at the University of Virginia over the past 20 years with funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Diabetes Association. BGATHome provides important knowledge about personal insulin use, food, and activity regimens that influence BG levels. Users of this program will learn to monitor and recognize the cues that signal hyper and hypoglycemic events, and enhance their ability to control these fluctuations.

Detailed Description

Interested subjects will be informed that they will be randomly assigned to either receive the BGATHome program or will be placed in a wait-list control group. Respondents will be informed that if they are in the control group, they are expected to complete the pre- and post-assessments (HHC and questionnaires), but once these are complete, they will be given free access to the BGATHome program. Respondents will be informed that being in the control group will delay their access to the program by approximately 5 months.

A hand held computer (PDA) will be provided for use during this study. Subjects will be asked to first estimate their blood glucose level and enter this estimate into the PDA. They will then actually measure their blood glucose level and enter this actual value into the PDA also. This process of first estimating the blood glucose level and then taking an actual reading will be repeated 70 times during the 4-week period. The time estimated for this task is approximately 3 minutes for entering each estimate and measurement, or a total of 3.5 hours over the 4 weeks. The PDA device will be returned (postage paid) after the first 4 weeks of the study. At 12 weeks, the device will be sent to study subjects again and the process of obtaining data about blood glucose levels by first estimating and then taking an actual reading will be repeated over the next 4 weeks, as before. The PDA device will again be returned (postage paid) after 4 weeks of data collection. The total amount of time estimated to enter data into a PDA for this study is approximately 7 hours.

Subjects will be asked to respond to a series of four questionnaires on the Internet, taking approximately 30-45 minutes. These questionnaires will be completed 3 times over the course of the study - before beginning the BGATHome program, at 12 weeks and at one year after completing the BGATHome program. The total time estimated to complete the three sets of questionnaires is approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes.

Experimental subjects will be asked to complete a total of eight units of the BGATHome program, completing one unit a week except for the first week when two units will be completed. Each unit will take approximately one hour to complete. Subjects will have a maximum of 12 weeks to complete BGATHome. The total time is estimated at 8 hours.

The wait-list control subjects will be offered access to the BGATHome program approximately five months after consenting to be in the study. They will then complete the series of four questionnaires on the Internet 12 weeks after using the BGATHome program. If the control subjects do not choose to use the program, a one year follow assessment will occur like the experimental subjects.

Conditions

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Keywords

BGAT; Blood Glucose Awareness Training; Diabetes; T1DM; Internet; Web; Intervention; Treatment; Behavior; Education; Awareness

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

BGATHome

Blood Glucose Awareness Training at Home Internet Intervention

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Blood Glucose Awareness Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Control

No intervention

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Blood Glucose Awareness Training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Type 1 diabetes for at least one year.
• Access to the Internet.
• Routinely perform Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose at least three times a day.
• ≥ 21 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

• Not able to complete the Internet program in 12 weeks.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

American Diabetes Association

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Virginia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Daniel J Cox, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Virginia Health System

Locations

University of Viginia Health System

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Countries

United States

References

Cox D, Ritterband L, Magee J, Clarke W, Gonder-Frederick L. Blood glucose awareness training delivered over the internet. Diabetes Care. 2008 Aug;31(8):1527-8. doi: 10.2337/dc07-1956. Epub 2008 May 13.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 18477813 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

11593

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id