Adapting to new-onset type 1 diabetes in adults: The LADDER Study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Type 1 diabetes; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN17358613
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-05-26
• Last Update Posted: 28 August 2023
• Study Completion: 2024-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

Study A:
1. Have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within the last month

Study B:
1. Have been diagnosed with T1D >3 months and =12 months

Studies A & B:
1. Aged =20 years (giving a higher likelihood of a participant living independently with responsibility for their own diabetes self-management)
2. Capacity to consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe physical/mental illness
2. Pregnancy (a pregnancy with type 1 diabetes involves intensive intervention to regulate glucose levels with weekly care in diabetes pregnancy clinics for monitoring)
3. Acute unstable retinopathy
4. Significant learning difficulties
5. Planned or current attendance at other structured education programmes
6. Unable to speak or understand English
7. Planned attendance in other structured education programmes

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified