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Managing Insulin Pumps for Exercise (Study 2)

NCT01398995 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2011-07-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

People with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) like to take part in sport and exercise, but problems with metabolism and blood glucose control can make this difficult. Some people with T1DM administer their insulin via an insulin pump, also know as continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy, in which a background or basal level of insulin is constantly infused under the skin by a special pump, with bolus doses of insulin given to accompany food. Clinical experience suggests that this may be particularly useful for managing diabetes for exercise, but there is limited experimental evidence to support this. The aim of this research , which is divided into three parts, is to investigate the hypothesis that the physiological response to sub-maximal (moderate) exercise of a person with type 1 diabetes treated with CSII, can be made to approximate more closely to the physiological response of a healthy individual by a prior reduction of their basal insulin infusion rate. Evidence from children demonstrates that reducing the basal insulin infusion rate to 50% of normal at the beginning of exercise can reduce rates of low blood glucose (hypoglycaemia) during exercise. However, reducing the insulin infusion rate will not have an immediate effect on levels of insulin in the body, and evidence from adults suggests that the level of insulin in the bloodstream at the start of exercise is an important factor in whether hypoglycaemia develops during exercise. This suggests that reducing the basal insulin infusion rate some time before exercise may be useful. The aim of this study is to compare the effect of a basal insulin reduction on blood glucose levels between visits when this reduction is made at the start of exercise, 30 minutes before, 60 minutes before and 90 minutes before. The null hypothesis to be tested is that there is no difference between these conditions.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Reduction of basal insulin infusion to 50% of normal

Each participant in this cross-over trial will participate in the 4 arms of the trial. They will be presented with the four conditions in randomised order - reducing their basal insulin infusion rate to 50% of normal at the four time points specified. A comparison will be made between the conditions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Animas Corporation

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ian W Gallen, MD FRCP · Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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