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Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) and the Heart

NCT01980914 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2020-03-16

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Summary

The risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) associated with the treatment of diabetes increases with age. Hypoglycemia is a common reason for admission to hospital for older patients with diabetes. Older patients are often unaware that their blood sugar is low and asymptomatic hypoglycemia, as assessed by continuous blood sugar monitoring, is frequent in the elderly. There is also evidence that older people with diabetes are more likely to develop cardiovascular events such a heart attack and more likely to die suddenly when compared to older people without diabetes. It is possible that low blood sugar levels contribute to the increased frequency of these events, but this possibility has never been studied. The purpose of this study is to assess how frequently low blood sugar occurs in older patients with diabetes and to see if low blood sugars adversely affect heart function in these patients.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

iPro2 glucose sensor attachment

At the same time the glucose sensor is started, a trained research nurse will connect the patient to an Icentia CardioSTAT, a continuous ambulatory ECG cardiac monitor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Icentia UK

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Graydon S Meneilly, MD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2019-09-30
Completion
2019-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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