Web-based Insulin Titration - An Efficacy Study

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Treatments

Device: Web-based insulin titration

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01715090

NL 40248.018.12

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of the study is to determine whether an intensive web-based titration system, called PANDIT (Patient Assisting Net-based Diabetes Insulin Titration), is effective in improving glycaemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 using a basal insulin, compared to standard care.

Enrollment

73 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Male or female between 18 and 80 years
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (diagnosed clinically) for ≥ 6 months
Once daily basal insulin therapy usage
No restriction on HbA1c or FPG
BMI < 40 kg/m2
Ability to read and understand the Dutch language
Familiarity with the Internet and use of a mobile phone
Ability and willingness to adhere to the protocol
Ability and willingness to use a web-based insulin self-titration system
Confirmed written consent

Exclusion criteria

Type 1 diabetes
Use of systemic corticosteroid in the last three months
Recurrent severe hypoglycaemia or hypoglycaemic unawareness
Active proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Any clinically significant disease or disorder
Mental condition rendering the patient unable to understand the nature, scope and possible consequences of the study
Working in night shifts