Virtual Diabetes Group Visits Across Health Systems

NCT ID: NCT06094491

Last Updated: 2025-10-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

720 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-03

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of a virtual diabetes group visits on patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Detailed Description

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Managing diabetes can be complex and burdensome; patients must modify their diet, take medications, check their blood sugar, and visit their healthcare providers regularly. Diabetes group visits (GVs)-virtual group education and diabetes support, including goal setting-create a unique setting where patients can connect with peers and receive medical care and support. GVs can improve glycemic control and decrease healthcare utilization. GVs can provide patients with comprehensive care for their multimorbid chronic condition.

Virtual GVs provide an opportunity to adapt to the current trends of telehealth and the ability to increase reach and scalability across multiple sites. Before the model can be widely adopted, important questions about the effectiveness and implementation of the virtual diabetes GV model need to be addressed. The investigators propose to build on an established program of diabetes GVs. This proposal aims to implement the virtual GV model (VIDA: Virtual Diabetes Group Visits Across Health Systems) in two distinct health systems in the Chicago region. Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) is one of the largest federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in the United States with 35 sites across the Chicago metropolitan area, providing care for 175,000 medically under-resourced and low-income patients each year. Advocate Health Care (ADVOCATE) is a large, integrated private not-for-profit health system that includes 26 hospitals and more than 500 ambulatory sites. The system provides care across more than 129 primary care clinics in Illinois serving over 117,000 patients. Both are community-based health systems serving low-income communities in Chicago and are network partners of the Chicago Chronic Conditions Engagement Network (C3EN).

No studies have systematically implemented virtual diabetes GVs for adults with T2DM in the real-world primary care setting or across distinct health systems. The ability to train, implement, and evaluate virtual GVs across systems with different care models provides the opportunity to learn about adaptation and the obstacles and facilitators for implementation. This proposed study will compare virtual diabetes GVs to usual care using a type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation design via a pragmatic cluster randomized trial.

Conditions

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T2DM (Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus) Hypertension Heart Disease Chronic Stroke Hyperlipidemias Peripheral Vascular Diseases Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized trial among adult patients with T2DM across 9 intervention sites and 9 control sites
Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Virtual Group Visit Arm

These subjects will attend 6 monthly virtual group visits hosted by ACCESS or Advocate research staff.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Group Visit

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Group visits must have these core components: diabetes education, group social support and goal setting.

Usual Care Arm

These subjects will receive usual diabetes care at ACCESS or Advocate health centers.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Virtual Group Visit

Group visits must have these core components: diabetes education, group social support and goal setting.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient at a PARTICIPATING clinic (at least one visit in year prior to first GV)
* Type 2 diabetes
* ≥ 18 years old
* A1C\>8% within 6 months prior to first GV (we will first recruit patients with A1C\>9%, then if spaces still available A1C\>8.5%, then if spaces still available A1C\>8%)
* At least one additional cardiovascular condition (hypertension, heart disease, stroke, hyperlipidemia, peripheral vascular disease, or BMI ≥ 30)
* English or Spanish speaking
* PCP assented to recruiting patient
* Patient provides written consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Wake Forest University Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

ACCESS Community Health Network

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Midwest Clinicians' Network

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Arshiya Baig, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Chicago

Locations

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Access Community Health Network

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Advocate Health Care

Orland Park, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P50MD017349-04

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

IRB23-0325

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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