Status:

COMPLETED

The Diabetes TeleCare Study

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Conditions:

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Eligibility:

All Genders

21+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The American Diabetes Association clinical care guidelines stress the importance of metabolic control to prevent complications and improve quality of life for persons with diabetes. Unfortunately, the...

Detailed Description

According to recent 2002 estimates, the yearly cost of diabetes was approximately $132 billion. The burden of diabetes is considerable, particularly for ethnically diverse populations. Disease managem...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All participants must have a confirmed physician diagnosis of type 2 diabetes supported by American Diabetes Association diagnostic criteria for blood glucose levels or
  • Current use of oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin as confirmed by brief medical record review.
  • All adults (\> 21 years of age) who have a A1c value \> 7.0 will be eligible.

Exclusion

  • Exclusion criteria applies to individuals with limitations that could limit safe participation in the study,
  • such as metastatic cancer,
  • multiple or recent (within six months) myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke,
  • dialysis for end stage renal disease,
  • severe psychiatric disease or dementia, or
  • inability to walk without an assistive device.
  • We will also exclude women who are pregnant at the time of study recruitment (based on self report only) because of the unique needs related to diabetes self-management during pregnancy.
  • We will, however, retain women in the study should they become pregnant during the course of the project.
  • Individuals will be excluded if they plan to move out of the area.
  • Additional exclusions may include inability to complete baseline tasks to the satisfaction of the lead interventionist or other more subjective assessment suggesting inability or unwillingness to adhere reasonably to the intervention based on interventionist review.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

165 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00288132

Start Date

September 1 2005

End Date

November 1 2008

Last Update

March 2 2018

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CareSouth Bennettsville

Bennettsville, South Carolina, United States, 29512