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Diabetes in the Elderly: Retrospective Study

NCT01104168 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1409

Last updated 2013-11-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Diabetes is highly prevalent in the elderly, afflicting about 20% of older adults aged 65-75 years and 40% of adults \>80years of age. Management of hyperglycemia is challenging in the geriatric population in long-term facilities. Numerous factors place hospitalized patients at increased risk for hyperglycemia including aging, sedentary life, stress of medical and surgical comorbidities, and changes in antidiabetic regimen. In addition, elderly patients often experience changes in their nutritional intake and organ dysfunction which increase the risk of hypoglycemic events.

There are only a few retrospective studies in elderly patients analyzing quality of diabetes care and glycemic control adjusted for medications and presence of co-morbidities in long-term care facilities. In addition, no randomized controlled trials have demonstrated benefits of glycemic control on clinical outcome, quality of life, and rate of acute metabolic complications (hyperglycemia and hypoglycemic events) in long-term care facilities.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sanofi

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Guillermo Umpierrez, MD · Emory University

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

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