Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Keeping in Touch (KiT) With Youth as They Transition to Adult Type 1 Diabetes Care

Lead Sponsor:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Collaborating Sponsors:

Trillium Health Partners

University Health Network, Toronto

Conditions:

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

Eligibility:

All Genders

17-18 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators are testing the effectiveness of an eHealth digital tool co-designed with patients and providers to improve diabetes self-efficacy in young adults as they transition to adult type 1 ...

Detailed Description

The intervention is an eHealth digital solution co-designed with patients and providers. The intervention is a text message based algorithm that operates similar to a chatbot and will send SMS message...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, ascertained from patient's medical chart
  • Receiving out-patient care for T1D at a pediatric diabetes center participating in this study
  • Is within 6 months of either planned transfer or 18th birthday so research coordinator can approach patient and inform them about the study, and then can be re-approached for consenting and enrollment only within 3-4 months of either: planned transfer to adult diabetes care OR 18th birthday
  • Proficient in written and spoken English or French
  • Possession of their own personal mobile device that can support SMS with sufficient capacity to send and receive SMS/texts
  • Valid and working mobile phone number
  • Valid email address
  • Willing to engage with intervention if randomized to intervention arm
  • Willing to complete study outcome measures (questionnaires) at all study time-points regardless of which arm they are randomized to: baseline, 6 months, and 12 months
  • Willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion

  • Unable to carry out their diabetes care independently due to an intellectual or neurocognitive disability; discerned from medical chart during pre-screening
  • Non-resident of Ontario or Quebec
  • Planning to move out of either province in the next 6-12 months and after moving, will not be receiving diabetes care in either province and/or will not have a valid and working mobile number
  • Currently enrolled in any other clinical research trial with an SMS-based intervention
  • Currently enrolled in another diabetes intervention trial that will continue beyond the final pediatric diabetes visit

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 16 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

234 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05434754

Start Date

January 16 2022

End Date

September 1 2025

Last Update

April 24 2025

Active Locations (6)

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Oak Valley Health

Markham, Ontario, Canada, L9P1S4

2

Trillium Health Partners

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L5B2V2

3

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H8L1

4

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G1X8

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