Green Digital Diabetes Waste Project

Completed

• Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

• Registration Number: NCT06071325
• Lead Sponsor: Florida State University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine how people with diabetes are disposing of various products and devices and at what rates so that better devices with less waste can be designed in the future.

Detailed Description

The study aims to compare the amount of environmental waste that is generated during the management of diabetes of participants who are using a CGM and on multiple daily injection (MDI) or using an AID (automated insulin delivery) system. This study is expected to demonstrate which devices create the most waste and where opportunities exist to decrease diabetes device waste. We will collect data to describe both quantitatively (via daily survey) and qualitatively (via photography) the types of waste that are generated during the management of diabetes.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-09-19
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-03
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-06
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-18
• Study Completion: 2024-04-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-23
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

• Person with diabetes (self-identified), either type 1 or type 2, who has been diagnosed at least 6 months earlier
• Age 18 years and above
• Use of a CGM
• Use of an insulin pump or on MDI
• Access to the Internet and e-mail
• Access to a smartphone with photographic capability
• Able and willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Failure to meet any of the inclusion criteria
• Any condition which, in the opinion of an investigator, would make the subject not qualified to participate in the study.
• Adults unable to consent
• Adults unable to speak English
• Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
• Pregnant women
• Prisoners
• Cognitively impaired adults

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Types and Amount of Diabetes Waste	30 days	Types and Amount of Environmental Waste Related to Diabetes Management as Measured Quantitately by Survey and Qualitatively by Photos

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Diabetes Technology Society; 🇺🇸 Burlingame, California, United States

Florida State University; 🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States