Status:

COMPLETED

Hypoglycaemia and Cardiac Arrhythmias in Type 1 Diabetes

Lead Sponsor:

Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Copenhagen

University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen

Conditions:

Hypoglycemia (Diabetic)

Hyperglycaemia (Diabetic)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesise that patients with type 1 diabetes have clinically relevant, but often unrecognised, episodes of arrhythmias linked to episodes of hypoglycaemia and/or clinically signifi...

Detailed Description

30 patients with type 1 diabetes will be recruited for a one-year observational study employing CGM (Continuous glucose monitor) and ILR (Implantable loop recorder). Patients will be scheduled for a t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Informed and written consent
  • Type 1 diabetes diagnosed according to the criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Age 18-80 years
  • Fulfilling at least one of the below criteria\*:
  • Recurrent hypoglycaemia (defined as \>1 episode/week with a plasma glucose measurement ≤3.9 mmol/l within the last 4 weeks)
  • An episode of severe hypoglycaemia within the last year (according to the ADA definition, an event requiring assistance of another person to actively administer carbohydrates and/or glucagon, or take other corrective actions)
  • Hypoglycaemic symptom unawareness (history of impaired autonomic response during hypoglycaemia)
  • (\*The aim is that all patients will fulfil criteria a or b. If the targeted sample size cannot be recruited, patients fulfilling criteria c will be included)
  • Insulin treatment
  • One or more clinical relevant complications to diabetes defined as\*\*:
  • Nephropathy (creatinine \>130 μmol/l and/or microalbuminuria)
  • Macrovascular disease defined as coronary disease (stable angina pectoris. previous unstable angina pectoris or myocardial infarction), cerebrovascular disease (previous stroke or transitional cerebral ischaemia), and peripheral vascular disease (previous intermittent claudication or prior acute ischemia)
  • Peripheral neuropathy with vibration perception threshold of \>25 volt determined by biothesiometry
  • Moderate to severe retinopathy
  • Well-functioning ILR during run-in period (acceptable readings judged by an arrhythmologist)
  • Participation in the extended study
  • (\*\*The aim is that all patients will fulfil criteria a or b. If the targeted sample size cannot be recruited, patients fulfilling criteria c or d will be included)

Exclusion

  • Arrhythmia diagnosed prior to the screening visit
  • ICD or pacemaker at the time of inclusion
  • Severe heart failure (left ventricular ejection fraction \<25%)
  • Structural heart disease (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, congenital heart disease, severe valve disease)
  • Thyroid dysfunction (except for well-regulated eltroxine substituted myxoedema)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2018

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 20 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04011683

Start Date

December 1 2018

End Date

December 20 2021

Last Update

January 18 2022

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Clinical Metabolic Physiology, SDCC

Copenhagen, Denmark, 2900