Trial Outcomes & Findings for Web-Based Simulation Tool For Self-Management Support In Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (NCT NCT04439903)

NCT ID: NCT04439903

Last Updated: 2024-11-14

Results Overview

Technology Expectation (TE) and Technology Acceptance (TA) questionnaires are made of 27 items. Responses to the TE questionnaire were collected at week 0 (baseline), and responses to the TA questionnaire at week 5 (post-intervention). Each questionnaire has 5 categories: burdens (14 items), benefits (10 items), ease of use, usefulness, and trustworthiness (last 3, 1 item each). Items are scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5 (from strongly disagree to strongly agree for burdens and benefits, and from very poor to excellent for ease of use, usefulness, and trustworthiness). Here we report the results for burdens and benefits. The original 1-to-5 scale is converted to a 0-to-4 scale, the mean scores for burdens and benefits are averaged and then converted into a percentage ranging from 0% to 100%. Higher percentages mean a better outcome for benefits and a worse outcome for burdens.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

18 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)

Results posted on

2024-11-14

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Overall Study
STARTED
18
Overall Study
COMPLETED
15
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
3

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Overall Study
Withdrawal by Subject
2
Overall Study
Screen Failure
1

Baseline Characteristics

1 participant did not meet inclusion criteria, and 2 participants withdrew for scheduling purposes prior to Hemoglobin A1c measurement.

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
n=18 Participants
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Age, Continuous
35 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12 • n=18 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
12 Participants
n=18 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
6 Participants
n=18 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants
n=18 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
18 Participants
n=18 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=18 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
n=18 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
n=18 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=18 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants
n=18 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
17 Participants
n=18 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
1 Participants
n=18 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=18 Participants
Hemoglobin A1c
6.5 Percentage of glycosylated hemoglobin
STANDARD_DEVIATION 0.7 • n=15 Participants • 1 participant did not meet inclusion criteria, and 2 participants withdrew for scheduling purposes prior to Hemoglobin A1c measurement.

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)

Technology Expectation (TE) and Technology Acceptance (TA) questionnaires are made of 27 items. Responses to the TE questionnaire were collected at week 0 (baseline), and responses to the TA questionnaire at week 5 (post-intervention). Each questionnaire has 5 categories: burdens (14 items), benefits (10 items), ease of use, usefulness, and trustworthiness (last 3, 1 item each). Items are scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5 (from strongly disagree to strongly agree for burdens and benefits, and from very poor to excellent for ease of use, usefulness, and trustworthiness). Here we report the results for burdens and benefits. The original 1-to-5 scale is converted to a 0-to-4 scale, the mean scores for burdens and benefits are averaged and then converted into a percentage ranging from 0% to 100%. Higher percentages mean a better outcome for benefits and a worse outcome for burdens.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
n=15 Participants
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Burdens and Benefits at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Burdens_Baseline
25.0 percentage of mean item score
Interval 14.4 to 38.1
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Burdens and Benefits at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Burdens_Post-intervention
42.5 percentage of mean item score
Interval 21.3 to 51.3
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Burdens and Benefits at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Benefits_Baseline
58.9 percentage of mean item score
Interval 52.7 to 68.8
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Burdens and Benefits at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Benefits_Post-intervention
55.4 percentage of mean item score
Interval 38.4 to 66.1

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)

Technology Expectation (TE) and Technology Acceptance (TA) questionnaires are made of 27 items. Responses to the TE questionnaire were collected at week 0 (baseline), and responses to the TA questionnaire at week 5 (post-intervention). Each questionnaire has 5 categories: burdens (14 items), benefits (10 items), ease of use, usefulness, and trustworthiness (last 3, 1 item each). Items are scored on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 to 5 (from strongly disagree to strongly agree for burdens and benefits, and from very poor to excellent for ease of use, usefulness, and trustworthiness). Here we report the results for ease of use, usefulness, and trustworthiness of the system. Higher scores mean a better outcome.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
n=15 Participants
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Ease of Use, Usefulness and Trustworthiness of the System at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
trustworthiness_Post-intervention
4 score on a scale
Interval 3.0 to 4.0
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Ease of Use, Usefulness and Trustworthiness of the System at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
ease-of-use_Baseline
4 score on a scale
Interval 3.0 to 4.0
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Ease of Use, Usefulness and Trustworthiness of the System at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
ease-of-use_Post-intervention
3 score on a scale
Interval 3.0 to 4.0
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Ease of Use, Usefulness and Trustworthiness of the System at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
usefulness_Baseline
4 score on a scale
Interval 4.0 to 4.0
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Ease of Use, Usefulness and Trustworthiness of the System at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
usefulness_Post-intervention
4 score on a scale
Interval 3.0 to 4.0
Technology Expectation and Technology Acceptance Questionnaires: Perceived Ease of Use, Usefulness and Trustworthiness of the System at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
trustworthiness_Baseline
4 score on a scale
Interval 4.0 to 4.0

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)

The Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) is a 17-item scale that yields a total diabetes distress score plus 4 subscale scores: Emotional burden (5 items), regimen distress (5 items), interpersonal distress (3 items) and physician distress (4 items). Scores range from 1 to 6 (from Not a problem to A very serious problem). To compute the total diabetes distress score and the 4 subscale scores, participants' responses in each scale are summed and divided by the corresponding number of items. A mean item score lower than 2.0 is considered little or no distress, between 2.0 and 2.9 is considered moderate distress, and higher than 3.0 is considered high distress. Thus, higher scores mean a worse outcome.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
n=15 Participants
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Total-Diabetes-Distress_Baseline
1.9 score on a scale
Interval 1.5 to 2.0
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Total-Diabetes-Distress_Post-intervention
1.8 score on a scale
Interval 1.3 to 2.4
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Emotional-Burden_Baseline
2.2 score on a scale
Interval 1.7 to 3.4
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Emotional-Burden_Post-intervention
2 score on a scale
Interval 1.7 to 2.4
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Regimen-Distress_Baseline
1.6 score on a scale
Interval 1.4 to 2.5
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Regimen-Distress_Post-intervention
1.4 score on a scale
Interval 1.2 to 2.3
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Interpersonal-Distress_Baseline
2 score on a scale
Interval 1.2 to 2.6
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Interpersonal-Distress_Post-intervention
2 score on a scale
Interval 1.1 to 2.6
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Physician-Distress_Baseline
1 score on a scale
Interval 1.0 to 1.2
Diabetes Distress Scale at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
Physician-Distress_Post-intervention
1 score on a scale
Interval 1.0 to 1.0

OTHER_PRE_SPECIFIED outcome

Timeframe: First Week (Observation) and Following 4 Weeks (Intervention)

The percentage of time spent in 70-180 mg/dL (time in range, TIR) is computed per participant on a weekly basis (1 week of observation, 4 weeks of intervention) using glucose sensor data. The higher the TIR the better the glucose control. Percentages during the intervention period are averaged per participant, thus obtaining 2 TIRs for each participant (one Observation TIR and one Intervention TIR). A linear regression analysis is performed to infer the impact (if any) of the duration and frequency of participants' interaction with the Web-Based Simulation Tool (predictor variables) on variations in TIR between Observation and Intervention periods (response variable). Predictor variable 1: Number of simulations per participant per week. Predictor variable 2: Minutes of interaction with the Web-Based Simulation Tool per participant per week. Response variable: Intervention TIR - Observation TIR. The higher the response variable the better the outcome.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
n=15 Participants
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Potential Correlation Between System Use and Changes in the Percentage of Time Spent in 70-180 mg/dL Between First Week (Observation) and Following 4 Weeks (Intervention)
-0.8 percentage of time
Standard Deviation 5.8

OTHER_PRE_SPECIFIED outcome

Timeframe: Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)

Perceived regimen distress is estimated at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention) using the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS). Scores range from 1 to 6 (from Not a problem to A very serious problem). Participants' responses to the DSS's regimen distress items are summed and divided by the number of items in that scale. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. Scores at week 5 are compared with scores at baseline and used in a linear regression analysis to infer the impact (if any) of the duration and frequency of participants' interaction with the Web-Based Simulation Tool (predictor variables) on variations in treatment satisfaction (response variable). Predictor variable 1: Number of simulations per participant per week. Predictor variable 2: Minutes of interaction with the Web-Based Simulation Tool per participant per week. Response variable: Regimen distress score at week 5 - Regimen distress score at baseline. The higher the response variable the worse.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
n=15 Participants
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Potential Correlation Between System Use and Changes in Perceived Regimen Distress at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
-0.17 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.71

OTHER_PRE_SPECIFIED outcome

Timeframe: Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)

Perceived emotional burden is estimated at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention) using the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS). Scores range from 1 to 6 (from Not a problem to a very serious problem). Participants' responses to the DSS's emotional burden items are summed and divided by the number of items in that scale. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. Scores at week 5 are compared with scores at baseline and used in a linear regression analysis to infer the impact (if any) of the duration and frequency of participants' interaction with the Web-Based Simulation Tool (predictor variables) on variations in treatment satisfaction (response variable). Predictor variable 1: Number of simulations per participant per week. Predictor variable 2: Minutes of interaction with the Web-Based Simulation Tool per participant per week. Response variable: Emotional burden score at week 5 - Emotional burden score at baseline. The higher the response variable the worse.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
n=15 Participants
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Potential Correlation Between System Use and Changes in Perceived Emotional Burden at Baseline and Week 5 (Post-intervention)
-0.33 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.934

Adverse Events

Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 1 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Other adverse events
Measure
Web-based Simulation Tool (WST)
n=15 participants at risk
Web-based Simulation Tool: Glucose, insulin and meal data from the participants' insulin pump will be collected and entered into the WST, which will generate personalized models of the participants' glucose metabolism to enable replay simulations.
Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders
COVID positive
6.7%
1/15 • 5 weeks

Additional Information

Patricio Colmegna, PhD

University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology

Phone: 434-924-5592

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place