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Promoting Adolescent Investment In Diabetes Care

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Type 1 Diabetes
Registration Number
NCT04516694
Lead Sponsor
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Brief Summary

Two financial incentive strategies targeting adolescents with type 1 diabetes will be compared to usual care for motivating adolescents to engage in improved self-care to manage their diabetes.

Detailed Description

Participants will be asked to choose a self-care goal relevant to the device(s) they use to manage their diabetes from a pre-defined list of self-care targets. A randomized 3 (treatment) x 3 (occasion) crossover design will be used to compare treatments that are administered to participants in a predetermined sequence. The intervention arms include financial incentives administered in a gain- and loss-frame for adherence to daily self-care goals. The control arm is usual care. Participants can also earn additional incentives for meeting clinical care goals such as an improvement in the percentage of time glucose levels are consistent with hyperglycemia (\>180 mg/dL). The primary outcome will be HbA1c at 12 weeks compared to baseline. Secondary outcomes will include frequency of insulin administration, engagement in diabetes self-care (SCI-R), patient-reported outcomes (Problem Areas in Diabetes - Teen version and Diabetes Family Conflict Scale).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
39
Inclusion Criteria
  • >12 and ≤18 years old
  • Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes ≥12 months
  • Speaks English fluently
  • Cognitively able to participate in incentive program and complete surveys.
  • Have access to a mobile phone to receive goal-obtainment and incentive updates
  • Receives diabetes-related clinical care from Seattle Children's Hospital Diabetes Clinic
  • Have the ability to upload medical data remotely from home per usual care processes employed by Seattle Children's Hospital Diabetes Clinics
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient is already participating in another research study to improve diabetes self-care and/or glycemic control
  • Baseline daily average glucose checks are greater than 4 checks per day OR baseline daily CGM active wear is greater than 70% of the time AND baseline average insulin bolus score is greater than 3 times a day OR they do not use an insulin pump (or are unwilling to use a smart insulin pen)
  • Patient refusal to participate (any age), or caregiver refusal to participate for patients less than 18 years of age
  • Cognitively or physically unable to participate
  • Patient is unable to speak in the English language
  • Patient is unable to read in the English language
  • Patient is a ward of the state
  • Patient has severe comorbidities including other major chronic health conditions that significantly impact daily management demands or health outcomes

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
HbA1c12 weeks

Change in HbA1c from baseline to 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time in Range12 weeks

Evaluation of percentage of time spent in goal range via continuous glucose monitor system

Insulin Administration12 weeks

Insulin pumps and smart insulin pens track administration of all insulin manually delivered by the participant

PAID-T12 weeks

Problem Areas in Diabetes- Teen version

DFCS12 weeks

Diabetes Family Conflict Scale

Glucose monitoring12 weeks

Frequency of glucose monitoring

SCI-R12 weeks

The Self Care Inventory Revised is a 14-item self-report measure of perceived adherence to diabetes self-care recommendations

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Seattle Children's Research Institute

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle Children's Research Institute
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States

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