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Multicentre LOGIC-Insulin Algorithm-guided Versus Nurse-directed Blood Glucose Control During Critical Illness (LOGIC-2)

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Hyperglycemia
Critical Illness
Hypoglycemia
Interventions
Device: LOGIC-Insulin algorithm
Device: Paper protocol
Registration Number
NCT02056353
Lead Sponsor
KU Leuven
Brief Summary

Most critically ill patients are confronted with hyperglycaemia, which is associated with an increased mortality and morbidity risk. Normalising these elevated blood glucose levels by intensive insulin therapy may improve patient outcome, but is associated with an increased risk of hypoglycaemia. The LOGIC-2 study hypothesises that the LOGIC-Insulin computerised software algorithm will allow better (less hyperglycaemia) and safer (less hypoglycaemia) blood glucose control in critically ill patients than nurse-directed blood glucose control.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1550
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients admitted to the ICU with an expected stay of at least 48 hours and already receiving or potentially needing insulin infusion for blood glucose control. These patients should already have or need an arterial and central venous line
  • Patients should be 18 years or older
Exclusion Criteria
  • Not critically ill
  • Age under 18 years
  • Patients already enrolled in another intervention randomized controlled trial
  • Patients expected to die within 12 hours (=moribund patients)
  • No arterial line or central venous line needed
  • Pregnancy or lactating
  • Patients suffering from ketoacidotic or hyperosmolar coma on admission
  • Patients who have been previously been included in the LOGIC-2 study
  • Allergy to insulin

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
LOGIC-InsulinLOGIC-Insulin algorithmBlood glucose control guided by the LOGIC-Insulin algorithm
Nurse-directedPaper protocolBlood glucose control guided by paper protocol
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Glycemic Penalty Index (GPI) during the Interventionup to 14 days post-randomization

Adequacy of reaching and maintaining the target range for blood glucose during the intervention (Effectiveness of glycaemic control)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of Patients With Severe Hypoglycaemia (<40 mg/dL) during the Interventionup to 14 days post-randomization

Proportion of patients to have had one or more episodes of severe hypoglycaemia (\<40 mg/dL) during the intervention

Incidence of Severe Hypoglycemia (<40 mg/dL) during the Interventionup to 14 days post-randomization

Number of severe hypoglycaemic values as a fraction of all blood glucose measurements during the intervention

Blood Glucose Level Per Treatment Group during the Interventionup to 14 days post-randomization

Mean and median arterial blood glucose level

Hyperglycaemic index (HGI)up to 14 days post-randomization

Adequacy of reaching and maintaining the target range for blood glucose, as assessed by the Hyperglycaemic index (HGI)

Time in target rangeup to 14 days post-randomization
Time to target rangeup to 14 days post-randomization
Daily maximal blood glucose differenceup to 14 days post-randomization

marker of blood glucose fluctuations

Incidence of mild hypoglycaemia (blood glucose level < 70 mg/dL or 3.9 mmol/L) during the Interventionup to 14 days post-randomization

Number of mild hypoglycaemic values as a fraction of all blood glucose measurements during the intervention

Proportion of Patients With Mild Hypoglycaemia (blood glucose level < 70 mg/dL or 3.9 mmol/L) during the Interventionup to 14 days post-randomization

Proportion of patients to have had one or more episodes of mild hypoglycaemia during the intervention

Interval between blood glucose measurementsup to 14 days post-randomization

marker of workload

Protocol compliance in the intervention groupup to 14 days post-randomization

the number and proportion of patients in which the LOGIC-Insulin was not followed for a time period of at least 8 hours, which is the duration of one nurse shift.

Overrules in the intervention groupup to 14 days post-randomization

the number and proportions of recommendations by the software that were overruled by the bed-side nurses

* Minor overrules: absolute insulin dose difference of \>0.1 and \< 1IU/h

* Major overrules: absolute insulin dose difference of \>= 1IU/h

* Major overrules will also be qualitatively assessed

Incidence of new infections in the ICUup to 90 days post-randomization

The diagnosis of "new infection" will be based on the administration of antibiotics, beyond the prophylactic scope

Mortality in the hospitalup to 90 days post-randomization
Landmark 90-day mortalityup to 90 days post-randomization
All direct medical costs from a healthcare payer's perspectiveup to 90 days post-randomization
Quality of Lifeup to 90 days post-randomization

EuroQol-5D

Length of stay in the ICUup to 90 days post-randomization
Length of stay in the hospitalup to 90 days post-randomization
Mortality in the ICUup to 90 days post-randomization

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Dept Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven

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Leuven, Belgium

Academic Medical Center (AMC)

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jessa Hospital

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Hasselt, Belgium

Medical Intensive Care, University Hospitals Leuven

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Leuven, Belgium

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