User Evaluation of a Home-collection Kit for People With Diabetes

NCT ID: NCT06038669

Last Updated: 2025-05-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-02-20

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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Type 1 and Type 2 are the most common types of diabetes mellitus. Although the cause of Type 1 is different to Type 2, they can both lead to high blood glucose levels as the patient is unable to store and use sugar. The disease is an epidemic of the 21st century which is increasing, having a current prevalence of approximately 8%.

Poor disease control is associated with a range of long-term health conditions which have a severe impact upon quality of life and are responsible for the increased morbidity and mortality associated with the disease.

Healthcare professionals use HbA1c as the main marker to monitor diabetic control. Patients with diabetes have regular review appointments to monitor their overall health and discuss their HbA1c target and results. The purpose of monitoring patients with diabetes is to improve patient outcomes. It is known that poor control is associated with poor clinical outcomes and also that reduced monitoring is linked to suboptimal diabetic control. Therefore, aiming for the correct monitoring frequency helps towards achieving the best control which can lead to the most favourable clinical outcomes. The inconvenience of attending for a blood test and follow-up appointment is a major factor affecting patient adherence to monitoring, locally approximately 50% of patients with diabetes have their HbA1c level measured either too soon or too late.

To address this issue and improve access to monitoring at the correct time interval we aim to produce a HbA1c home testing kit which can be posted back to the laboratory at the convenience of the patient. The kit will be developed based on feedback from patients with diabetes and will use a dried blood spot sample to produce HbA1c results comparable to the whole blood standard method.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Diabetes

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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People with diabetes

Patients who have diabetes will be asked to use a home collection kit to collect a dried blood spot sample which will be compared to the HbA1C result.

Dried blood spot device

Intervention Type DEVICE

Patients will be asked to provide a dried blood spot sample

Health care professionals

Health care professionals who work with diabetic patients will be interviewed and asked about diabetes monitoring in the healthcare setting, comments on current laboratory service, patient engagement, comments on service improvement

Healthcare professional interviews

Intervention Type OTHER

Health care professionals only will be interviewed using the topic guide and asked about their experience of diabetes monitoring

Interventions

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Dried blood spot device

Patients will be asked to provide a dried blood spot sample

Intervention Type DEVICE

Healthcare professional interviews

Health care professionals only will be interviewed using the topic guide and asked about their experience of diabetes monitoring

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of Type I or Type II diabetes
* Aged 18 years or over
* Venous blood sample for HbA1c collected within the two weeks prior to the clinic appointment
* Ability to provide fully informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-English speaking where translation of the study documents and procedures could limit fully informed consent
* Severe visual impairment which would leave the participant unable to complete the study procedures.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

Stoke-on-Trent, , United Kingdom

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United Kingdom

Central Contacts

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Aviva Ogbolosingha

Role: CONTACT

01782 675380

Facility Contacts

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Aviva Ogbolosingha

Role: primary

01782 675380

Other Identifiers

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3242

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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