Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Long-term Care

NCT ID: NCT04818242

Last Updated: 2023-11-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-04-19
• Study Completion Date: 2022-10-21

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to determine whether the use of Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitoring with Glucose Telemetry System (CGM-GTS) with hypoglycemia alarm will facilitate diabetes treatment and reduce the risk of hypoglycemia in insulin and non-insulin treated patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in long-term care facilities, when compared to standard of care using capillary point of care testing.

Detailed Description

The prevalence of diabetes increases with age, and it is estimated that more than 20% of older adults aged 65-75 years and 40% of adults over 80 years of age have diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes in older adults is expected to increase due to longer life expectancy and improvements in care. The estimated prevalence of diabetes in subacute and long-term skilled nursing care facilities is reported to be around 20% to 34% and, in parallel to the increasing geriatric population, the number of long-term care (LTC) admissions is expected to rise.

The goals of diabetes care in older adults and patients in subacute and long-term skilled nursing care facilities include control of hyperglycemia and its symptoms, prevention and treatment of diabetic complications, and maintenance or improvement of general health status. Studies in hospitalized patients with diabetes have shown that improvement in glucose control can reduce complications and are cost savings, however, no prospective studies have determined the impact of improving glucose control on clinical outcome in subacute and long-term skilled nursing care facilities. The management of diabetes in LTC residents is similar to that recommended for ambulatory patients with diabetes, however, several factors complicate the management of hyperglycemia in this population. LTC residents tend to be older and to have higher rates of comorbidities associated with aging such as functional disability, hypertension, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular events, depression, cognitive impairment, urinary incontinence, and higher risk of falls. In addition, they often experience changes in nutritional intake, which increase the risk of hypoglycemia.

Current guidelines and position statements on diabetes management in older adults are based on consensus opinions or from extrapolations from studies involving middle-aged patients with diabetes. The American Diabetes Association guidelines recommend that older adults who are functional, cognitively intact, and have longer life expectancy should receive diabetes care with goals similar to those developed for younger adults. In these subjects, a HbA1c level <7.5%, a fasting glucose between 90-130 mg/dl, and a random glucose <180 mg/dl is recommended. Less intensive goals are recommended for patients with advanced complications, life-limiting comorbid illness, or cognitive impairment. Other organizations including the American Geriatric Society, European Diabetes Working Party for Older People guidelines, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, the European Diabetes Working Party for Older People recommend a target HbA1c of <7.5% for patients without major comorbidities while a higher target of 7.6-8.5% is proposed for frail patients with high risk of hypoglycemia. These guidelines highlight the importance of improved glucose control and avoidance of side effects and hypoglycemia, as they are associated with increased risk of complications and mortality in patients with diabetes.

Bedside capillary point of care (POC) glucose monitoring is the standard of care to assess glycemic control in the hospital and in LTC facilities. POC testing is usually performed before meals and at bedtime. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) measures interstitial glucose every 5-15 minutes, thus providing a more complete glycemic profile during 24-hours than POC testing. This study is a randomized clinical trial to assess the impact of glucose control and hypoglycemia reduction with the use of real time CGM with an alarm system to prevent hypoglycemia and facilitate the care of insulin and non-insulin treated patients with T2D in subacute and long-term skilled nursing care facilities. The results of this study have great potential to impact and facilitate care and to change current clinical guidelines in the management of older adults with diabetes in subacute and LTC facilities.

Residents with T2D in subacute and long-term skilled nursing care facilities treated with insulin and/or insulin-secretagogues will be randomized to a standard of care group with POC testing or to real time Dexcom CGM with GTS until discharge or for up to 60 days of admission (whichever comes sooner). Participants in the standard of care group will wear a blinded CGM and receive POC testing before meals and bedtime, with providers adjusting oral agents or insulin dose based on POC results. Participants in the intervention CGM group will have a single daily fasting POC testing and will wear a real-time Dexcom G6 with GTS, and providers will adjust oral or insulin therapy based on CGM-GTS profile information.

Conditions

Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Study Design

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

Study Groups

POC testing with Blinded CGM (Standard of Care)

Patients in the standard of care study arm will wear a blinded CGM and receive POC testing before meals and bedtime, with providers adjusting oral agents or insulin dose based on POC results.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

POC Blood Glucose Test + Blinded CGM

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Point of Care (POC) testing before meals and bedtime (standard of care). For the control group, participants will also get a CGM sensor (blinded CGM). CGM alarms are turned off, however if the POC is found to be between \<80 mg/dl by POC, 15 grams of carbohydrates will be given as a preventive measurement for hypoglycemia (standard of care).

Dexcom CGM with Glucose Telemetry System (CGM-GTS)

Patients in the intervention CGM study arm will have a single daily fasting POC testing and will wear a real-time Dexcom G6 with GTS, and providers will adjust oral or insulin therapy based on CGM-GTS profile information.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Dexcom G6 CGM with GTS

Intervention Type: DEVICE

CGM sensor will be placed after consent. Glucose values obtained from the CGM sensor will be sent to the CGM transmitter by Bluetooth technology and Dexcom Share2 software application to a smart phone that serves as an intermediate-transmitting (routing) device. Glucose values from the smart phone will be transmitted wirelessly to a table computer (I-Pad) using the Dexcom Follow application. Information on the CGM will activate an alarm in case of hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia events. Hypoglycemia alarm will be set to \< 85 mg/dl (for prevention for low blood glucose levels). Nursing staff will be instructed to provide 15 grams of carbohydrates in response to a hypoglycemia alarm.The hyperglycemia alarm will be set at 300 mg/dl. If this occurs, the nursing staff will assess clinical status and perform a POC glucose testing to confirm glucose values. If blood glucose (BG) \> 300 mg/dl, nursing staff will communicate the high glucose value to the primary care team.

Interventions

Dexcom G6 CGM with GTS

CGM sensor will be placed after consent. Glucose values obtained from the CGM sensor will be sent to the CGM transmitter by Bluetooth technology and Dexcom Share2 software application to a smart phone that serves as an intermediate-transmitting (routing) device. Glucose values from the smart phone will be transmitted wirelessly to a table computer (I-Pad) using the Dexcom Follow application. Information on the CGM will activate an alarm in case of hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia events. Hypoglycemia alarm will be set to \< 85 mg/dl (for prevention for low blood glucose levels). Nursing staff will be instructed to provide 15 grams of carbohydrates in response to a hypoglycemia alarm.The hyperglycemia alarm will be set at 300 mg/dl. If this occurs, the nursing staff will assess clinical status and perform a POC glucose testing to confirm glucose values. If blood glucose (BG) \> 300 mg/dl, nursing staff will communicate the high glucose value to the primary care team.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

POC Blood Glucose Test + Blinded CGM

Point of Care (POC) testing before meals and bedtime (standard of care). For the control group, participants will also get a CGM sensor (blinded CGM). CGM alarms are turned off, however if the POC is found to be between \<80 mg/dl by POC, 15 grams of carbohydrates will be given as a preventive measurement for hypoglycemia (standard of care).

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

Dexcom Glucose Telemetry System; Standard of care capillary glucose test and blinded CGM

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Males and females admitted to subacute and long-term skilled nursing care facilities.
• Known history of T2D treated with insulin or insulin secretagogues with or without additional oral antidiabetic agents, short- and long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA).
• Patients with an expected long-term care facility length-of-stay > 1 week.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients expected to require MRI procedures during admission.
• Patients with clinically relevant hepatic disease (diagnosed liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension), corticosteroid therapy, end-stage renal disease (dialysis), or anasarca (massive peripheral edema).
• Female subjects who are pregnant or breast-feeding at time of enrollment into the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

DexCom, Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Emory University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Guillermo Umpierrez

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Guillermo Umpierrez

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Emory University

Locations

A.G. Rhodes

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Emory Wesley Woods Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

STUDY00001529

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id