Diabetes Management for Primary Healthcare Centers.

NCT ID: NCT06907472

Last Updated: 2025-11-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

106 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-09-15

Study Completion Date

2026-12-14

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study, "Integrating diabetes care into Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) in Abuja, Nigeria: a pilot study," is to screen, diagnose, treat, and educate diabetes patients in two selected PHCs in Abuja. This single-arm pilot trial will test the feasibility of integrated diabetes care, measure the implementation outcomes, and explore the effectiveness of the strategy bundle using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework.

Detailed Description

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The pilot study involves the use of non-physician health workers (e.g., community health extension workers \[CHEWs\], nurses, and laboratory technicians) to implement a diabetes care program in alignment with the HEARTS diabetes-specific module, also known as HEARTS-D. The study adapted strategies from the Transforming Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria (HTN) Program, originally based on the Kaiser Permanente Northern California hypertension program and HEARTS technical package. The adapted intervention is informed by experience from the successful HTN program and findings from the investigators' formative assessment for this diabetes integration in the PHC setting.

The investigators used an adapted Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) instrument for the formative assessment and evaluated the PHC's availability and readiness for diabetes care across various domains. These domains include staffing, training, equipment, medications, clinical guidelines, health management information systems, and diabetes care services. The formative study also assessed health workers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to diabetes care and explored barriers and facilitators of implementing diabetes treatment programs at the PHC setting. The findings from the formative work informed the development and adaptation of strategies for this pilot implementation. The investigators are leveraging the available non-physician health workers and paper-based health management information systems, strengthening diabetes screening and counselling services, providing adequate training and re-training of health workers to provide comprehensive diabetes care services, providing diabetes education materials and job aids, and improving access to diabetes medications. The strategy is designed to overcome modifiable barriers at patient and system levels in the cascade of care for diabetes care at the PHC setting in Nigeria.

This pilot study will deliver a multi-level implementation package for diabetes care, which includes:

1. Healthy lifestyle counseling on clinic visits (Patient level).
2. Simplified treatment protocol for diabetes management (National policy level).
3. Access to functioning glucometers, test strips, and essential medicines (Health systems level).
4. Team-based care and trained Community health extension workers/nurses to provide Diabetes management and follow up care (Health workers \& National Policy level).
5. Information system to support performance and quality reporting and Health facility improvement (Health facility level).
6. Diabetes patient registry and empanelment (Health system level).

Conditions

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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

Keywords

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Integrating Diabetes care Primary Healthcare Center pilot study Abuja Nigeria

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

The study is a single-arm pilot trial.
Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Single arm diabetes management in Primary Healthcare Centers [PHCs]

Single-arm diabetes treatment in two PHCs. The two PHCs will implement a contextually and culturally adapted package based on the WHO HEARTS-D package for screening, diabetes diagnosis, patient education, and treatment using a HEARTS-D-adapted treatment protocol.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Protocol-based treatment

Intervention Type DRUG

PROTOCOL:

Step 1: Metformin 500 mg daily Step 2: Metformin 1000 mg daily Step 3: Metformin 1000 mg twice daily Step 4: Metformin 1000 mg twice daily + glibenclamide 5 mg daily Step 5: Metformin 1000 mg twice daily + glibenclamide 5 mg twice daily

Interventions

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Protocol-based treatment

PROTOCOL:

Step 1: Metformin 500 mg daily Step 2: Metformin 1000 mg daily Step 3: Metformin 1000 mg twice daily Step 4: Metformin 1000 mg twice daily + glibenclamide 5 mg daily Step 5: Metformin 1000 mg twice daily + glibenclamide 5 mg twice daily

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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1. Metformin 500mg [brand; Diamet 500mg by MAY & BAKER Nigeria PLC] 2. Glibenclamide 5mg [brand; Diatab 5mg by MAY & BAKER Nigeria PLC]

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults 18 years and older
* Uncomplicated type 2 diabetes mellitus

Exclusion Criteria

* Minors (younger than 18 years),
* Type 1 diabetes mellitus
* Prisoners
* Other detained individuals
* Severe hypertension (SBP ≥180 mmHg and DBP ≥ 110 mmHg)
* Prior history of complications: stroke, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, diabetic foot ulcer.
* Pregnant women.
* Older patients above 60 years of age with uncontrolled plasma glucose at the maximum dose of metformin (2 g/day) and maximum dose of glibenclamide (5mg/day) at entry to the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Abuja

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Northwestern University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Washington University School of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Responsible Party

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Ikechukwu Anthony Orji

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ikechukwu A. Orji, MBBS, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Abuja

Dike B. Ojji, MBBS, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University of Abuja

Lisa R. Hirschhorn, MD, MPH

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Northwestern University Chicago

Locations

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Kagini PHC, Abuja Municipal Area council (AMAC)

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Site Status RECRUITING

Deidei PHC, Bwari Area Council

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Nigeria

Central Contacts

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Ikechukwu A. Orji, MBBS, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +2348065913813

Email: [email protected]

Dike B. Ojji, MBBS, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +2348149954555

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Ikechukwu A. Orji, MBBS, PhD

Role: primary

Dike B. Ojji, MBBS, PhD

Role: backup

Ikechukwu A. Orji, MBBS, PhD

Role: primary

Dike B. Ojji, MBBS, PhD

Role: backup

References

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Baldridge AS, Aluka-Omitiran K, Orji IA, Shedul GL, Ojo TM, Eze H, Shedul G, Ugwuneji EN, Egenti NB, Okoli RCB, Ale BM, Nwankwo A, Osagie S, Ye J, Chopra A, Sanuade OA, Tripathi P, Kandula NR, Hirschhorn LR, Huffman MD, Ojji DB. Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria (HTN) Program: rationale and design for a type 2 hybrid, effectiveness, and implementation interrupted time series trial. Implement Sci Commun. 2022 Aug 2;3(1):84. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00328-9.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 35918703 (View on PubMed)

Orji IA, Baldridge AS, Omitiran K, Guo M, Ajisegiri WS, Ojo TM, Shedul G, Kandula NR, Hirschhorn LR, Huffman MD, Ojji DB. Capacity and site readiness for hypertension control program implementation in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Apr 9;21(1):322. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06320-8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 33836719 (View on PubMed)

Orji IA, Baldridge AS, Ikechukwu-Orji MU, Banigbe B, Eze NC, Chopra A, Omitiran K, Iyer G, Odoh D, Alex-Okoh M, Reng R, Hirschhorn LR, Huffman MD, Ojji DB. Evaluation of Primary Healthcare Centers' Service Availability and Readiness for Implementing Diabetes Care in Abuja, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional, Formative Assessment. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2024 Mar 26:rs.3.rs-3959541. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3959541/v1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 38585872 (View on PubMed)

Study Documents

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Document Type: Individual Participant Data Set

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Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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D43TW011976

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

FHREC/2024/01/190/06-08-24

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

UATH/HREC/PR/505

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id