In this protocol the investigators plan to demonstrate the feasibility of a modular insulin management system based on continuous glucose monitoring and targeted towards the avoidance of hypoglycemic and prolonged hyperglycemic episodes (i.e. control to range). The protocol is designed to challenge the insulin management system with meals and mild exercise, so as to demonstrate its capacity to avoid large glucose excursion with changing metabolic state. This system is designed to both * monitor the meal boluses of the patient and correct it in case of observed/predicted under insulinization (avoidance of prolonged hyperglycemia), based on a coarse and subjective knowledge of the meal amount, a precise understanding of the subject's day to day insulin treatment, continuous glucose monitoring, and past insulin injections; * predict and avoid hypoglycemic events, based on continuous glucose reading and past insulin injection. The investigators plan to enroll 12 adult Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) patients (expected retention 10/12) and compare glucose control performances under two treatments: standard vs. the new insulin management system. The protocol will include a total of 6 admissions per subject (4 out-patients and 2 in-patients): screening, effort test, CGM insertion 1, inpatient 1, CGM insertion 2, and inpatient 2. During the 24h inpatient admissions, the patients will be challenged with 30 minutes of mild exercise and 3 meals, insulin coverage of these events will vary depending on the chosen treatment, each subject will be exposed to both studied treatments (repeated measure design).The order of treatment during the inpatient admissions will be randomized.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
38
In this study, the researchers compared the management of diabetes during physical activity and meals with the closed-loop system developed at the University of Virginia. This Control to Range System uses two DexCom Seven Continuous Glucose Monitor, a computer containing an investigational control algorithm (well-defined instructions that are expressed in mathematical equations), and an OmniPod Insulin Management System, a portable subcutaneous (under the skin) insulin pump. During the closed-loop admission, the computer used CGM values to make recommendations of insulin treatment based on the algorithms.
This admission was to assess the subjects' level of glucose control and created a base to compare the performance of the closed-loop system. Subjects monitored their own blood glucose values and administer their basal/bolus as they would at home. Subjects use their own pump. Otherwise, the admission remained the same as in the closed-loop admission (i.e. meals, exercise, etc...).
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Hypoglycemic Events
Number of hypoglycemic events below 70 mg/dL per patient per day
Time frame: Throughout each 22-hour closed-loop and open-loop admission for sCTR and eCTR
Percent Time Spent in Near Normoglycemia
Comparison of time spent in near normoglycemia (3.9 to 10 mmol/mL) in open-loop vs closed-loop sCTR and eCTR.
Time frame: Throughout each 22-hour closed-loop and open-loop admission for sCTR and eCTR
Mean Glucose
Average plasma glucose concentration in mg/dl
Time frame: Throughout each 22-hour closed-loop and open-loop admission for sCTR and eCTR
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