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Self-Management in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes 2023

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Type1diabetes
Interventions
Behavioral: CB Sleep
Registration Number
NCT05823142
Lead Sponsor
Case Western Reserve University
Brief Summary

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) affects approximately 2 million Americans, and only 2 in 8 young adults ages 18-31 years achieve glycemic targets (glycated hemoglobin A1C \<7.0%). Achieving glycemic targets is associated with reduced risk of micro-and macrovascular complications. Sleep deprivation leads to impaired glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in adults without chronic conditions and with T1D. Promoting sleep in laboratory and natural environments contributes to improvements in insulin sensitivity, glucose levels, and distress symptoms in young adults without chronic conditions and more time in range in adolescents with T1D. Multiple dimensions of sleep health (alertness, timing, efficiency, and sleep duration) are associated with better achievement of glycemic targets in adults with T1D. Therefore, sleep health dimensions are appropriate therapeutic targets to improve glucoregulation and other diabetes self-management outcomes in this population.

Our primary objective is to evaluate the immediate and short-term effects of a 12-week CB-sleep intervention compared to enhanced usual care (time balanced attention control) on actigraphy- and self-report derived sleep health dimensions and diabetes self-management outcomes (glycemia and distress symptoms) over 9-months (Stage II of the NIH Model for Behavior Change, ORBIT phase III). CB-sleep is guided by principles and practices from motivational interviewing and the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change with interactive stage-matched sessions.

Detailed Description

Overview: The investigators will conduct a powered randomized controlled trial (RCT) and recruit a contemporary cohort of 248 young adults with T1D and randomly assign them to one of two conditions: CB-sleep or a time-balanced attention control (enhanced usual care) condition. The study will evaluate the immediate and short-term effects of CB-sleep compared to enhanced usual care on actigraphy and self-report derived sleep health dimensions (aim 1), glycemia and other diabetes self-management outcomes (aim 2), and whether sleep health mediates associations between the CB-sleep and enhanced usual care conditions (aim 3). All participants will complete a battery of validated questionnaires and objective measures of sleep and glycemia captured at baseline to post-intervention (3 months) and at a 6- and 9-month follow-up.

Study Design:

A two-arm, RCT will be used to evaluate the efficacy of CB-sleep compared to a time-balanced attention control condition (enhanced usual care). Data collection will include T0 baseline measures (questionnaires and 14-days of sleep/glucose monitoring), T1 will include the allocation to the experimental or control condition, T2 will include immediate post baseline measures at 3-months, T3 will include repeating measures at 6-months, and T4 will include repeating measures at 9-months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
248
Inclusion Criteria
  1. are between the ages of 18-31 years;
  2. have been diagnosed with T1D for at least 1 year (diagnosis confirmed with ICD 10 code + ≥ 2 of the following: <10 years age at dx, positive autoantibodies [GAD65, IA2, ICA, ZnT8], <30 kg/m2 BMI at dx, diabetes ketoacidosis any time, C-peptide < 0.8 ng/mL + associated glucose >80 mg/dL, family history of 1st degree relative);
  3. are not currently participating in intervention studies;
  4. read/speak English,
  5. have ≥ 1 poor sleep health dimensions (satisfaction: PROMIS > 56; alertness: ESS > 7.5; timing/regularity: >1 hour variability in bed or waketimes; efficiency: <85%; or duration: < 7 hours).
  6. treated sleep apnea and willingness to continue treatment for intervention (>80% adherence),
  7. not achieving glycemic targets (defined as A1C ≥ 7%, or CGM derived glucose management indicator ≥ 7% or ≤ 80% time in glucose range).
Exclusion Criteria
  1. those with major chronic complex medical conditions (heart failure, GFR < 45 using creatinine, frequent visits for chronic management);
  2. severe psychiatric illness (e.g., bipolar, schizophrenia);
  3. current pregnancy;
  4. recent or planned night shift work or trans-meridian travel;
  5. Unable to complete protocol (e.g., bereavement, currently homeless) and
  6. known history of untreated sleep apnea (obstructive or central).

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
CB-sleepCB SleepInitial instruction for the CB-sleep intervention will occur 60-minute telehealth session. The initial action planning session with a sleep report and booster sessions will be interactive and stage matched. The intervention will include an interactive PowerPoint with the participant's clinician sleep report with personalized feedback. They will be encouraged to systematically extend their time in bed by 1 hour and maintain the extension on both weekends and weekdays. Weekly titration will occur according to the following parameters: if sleep efficiency is ≥ 85%, time in bed is increased by 15 minutes per week until a total of a 1 hour increase in time in bed is achieved, if sleep efficiency is \<85%, time in bed remains the same. There will be weekly follow-ups (email, phone, text, video chat) and telehealth 4-week booster sessions. Sleep reports generated by the baseline actigraphy report will be shared with participants with brief action planning and goal setting.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Glycemic target-chronicFrom (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

Glycated hemoglobin (A1C)

Sleep Health: SatisfactionFrom (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

PROMIS Sleep Disturbance SF v1.0 (Cronbach's α = 0.90), a raw score of 10 converts to a T-score of 35.9 with a standard error (SE) of 3.3. Thus, the 95% confidence interval around the observed score ranges from 29.4 to 42.4 (T-score + (1.96\*SE) or 35.9 + (1.96\*3.3). Higher scores indicate more sleep disturbances

Sleep Health: AlertnessFrom (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

Epworth Sleepiness Scale (Cronbach's α = 0.88, ICC 0.74 to 0.80), 0 to 10 = normal range of sleepiness in healthy adults. 11 to 14 = mild sleepiness. 15 to 17 = moderate sleepiness. 18 to 24 = severe sleepiness.

Sleep Health: *RegularityFrom (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

Non-dominant wrist-worn actigraphy to be worn 24/7 (ActiGraph GT9x-Link)

Sleep Health: Timing*, Efficiency* and Duration, *RegularityFrom (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

daily sleep diary items

Sleep Health: Efficiency* and Duration,From (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

Pittsburgh sleep quality index, The component scores are summed to produce a global score (range 0 to 21). Higher scores indicate worse sleep quality.

Sleep Health: Timing*From (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (Cronbach's α =0.87, ICC 0.90), Scores can range from 16-86. Scores of 41 and below indicate "evening types." Scores of 59 and above indicate "morning types." Scores between 42-58 indicate "intermediate types."

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Glucose variability/time in rangeFrom (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

Continuous glucose monitor (CGM) or glucose meter

General distress symptomsFrom (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

PROMIS v1.0 Emotional Distress (Cronbach's α = 0.95, ICC 0.69 to 0.88), With a standardized normative T-score of 50 and a standard deviation of 10, T-scores \<55 would translate as normal; 55-60 as mild; 60-70 as moderate, and ≥70 as severe distress

Diabetes distress symptomsFrom (T0) baseline thorough (T4) 9 months post intervention

Diabetes Distress Scale (Cronbach's α = 0.88 to 0.93, ICC 0.44 to 0.64), Average score of \< 2.0 = reflects little or no distress Average score between 2.0 and 2.9 = reflects moderate distress, Average score \> 3.0 = reflects high distress, A total or subscale score \> 2.0 (moderate distress) is considered clinically significant.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospitals of Cleveland Medical Center

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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