USS Virginia Closed-Loop Versus SAP Therapy for Hypoglycemia Reduction in T1D
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02302963 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 27, 2014
Last Update Posted : July 24, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus | Device: AP System (DiAs or inControl) with USS Virginia Device: Sensor-Augmented Pump Therapy (placebo) | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 85 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Unified Safety System (USS) Virginia Closed-Loop Versus Sensor Augmented Pump Therapy for Hypoglycemia Reduction in Type 1 Diabetes |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2017 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | January 2017 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: AP System (DiAs or inControl) with USS Virginia
Subject will complete an 8-hour inpatient assessment of hypoglycemia counterregulation. Subject will then proceed through 7 weeks of training and use of the AP System with USS Virginia and study pump. The inpatient testing will be repeated after wearing the AP System at home.
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Device: AP System (DiAs or inControl) with USS Virginia
Subject will participate in two 24-hour study insulin pump and AP System training sessions. At the conclusion of each training session, subject will wear the equipment at home for a total of 5 weeks. |
Placebo Comparator: Sensor-Augmented Pump Therapy
Subject will complete an 8-hour inpatient assessment of hypoglycemia counterregulation. Subject will then wear a continuous glucose monitor and their own insulin pump at home for 5 weeks. The inpatient testing will be repeated at the completion of the 5 weeks at home.
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Device: Sensor-Augmented Pump Therapy (placebo)
Subject will participate in 5 weeks use of CGM and personal insulin pump at home. |
- Reduction in hypoglycemia during closed loop control (assessed by Low Blood Glucose Index [LBGI]) [ Time Frame: 1 week ]Reduction in hypoglycemia during the study on USS Virginia versus Sensor Augmented Pump (SAP) as assessed by Low Blood Glucose Index (LBGI) from Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) during 1 week of baseline blinded use versus during the last week of intervention.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Years to 70 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes for at least 1 year. For an individual to be enrolled at least one criterion from each list must be met:
Criteria for documented hyperglycemia (at least 1 must be met):
- Fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL (confirmed)
- Two-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) glucose ≥200 mg/dL (confirmed)
- HbA1c ≥6.5% (confirmed)
- Random glucose ≥200 mg/dL with symptoms
- No data at diagnosis is available but the participant has a convincing history of hyperglycemia consistent with diabetes or in the opinion of the investigator participant has history consistent with type 1 diabetes.
Criteria for requiring insulin at diagnosis (at least 1 must be met):
- Participant required insulin at diagnosis and continually thereafter
- Participant did not start insulin at diagnosis but upon investigator review likely needed insulin (significant hyperglycemia that did not respond to oral agents) and did require insulin eventually and used continually
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Participant required insulin at diagnosis but continued to be hyperglycemic, had positive islet cell antibodies - consistent with latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) and did require insulin eventually and used continually thereafter
- Use of insulin for the last 12 months or more
- Use of an insulin infusion pump for the last 6 months or longer
- Age 12-70 years old
- HbA1c <10.0% as measured with DCA2000 or equivalent device; if HbA1c <6.0% then total daily insulin must be ≥0.5 U/kg
- Risk of hypoglycemia or hypoglycemia unawareness as defined by any of the following:
- Clarke Hypoglycemia Perception Awareness questionnaire score of ≥4.
- Average Daily Risk Range (ADRR) >40 as assessed from Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose (SMBG) readings from the prior month. Subject must have a glucometer that can be downloaded for this assessment. The subjects may alternatively provide a spreadsheet of their past 30 days of blood glucose values.
- Low Blood Glucose Index (LBGI) >2.5 as assessed from SMBG from the prior month or LBGI >1.1 as assessed from 1 week of CGM readings from the prior three weeks. Subject must have a glucometer or CGM that can be downloaded for this assessment. For the glucometer data, the subjects may alternatively provide a spreadsheet of their past 30 days of blood glucose values.
- Subject reports no recognition of hypoglycemia until the glucose is <60 mg/dL and no adrenergic symptoms at glucose of 60 mg/dL (shakiness, palpitations, diaphoresis).
- Able to speak and read English and use basic technology such as a cell phone.
- Currently using an insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio to calculate meal bolus sizes.
- Access to Internet or cell phone service in the subject's local environment.
- Willingness to maintain uninterrupted availability via personal cell phone at all times during the study.
- Willingness to perform SMBG testing 4-6 times daily (before meals, about 2 hours after meals and at bedtime, before driving, before exercise, and as indicated) during the interventional phases of the study.
- Living with a diabetes care partner ≥18 years old who meets the following inclusion criteria:
- Committed to potentially (if randomized to DiAs) participating in all training activities involving DiAs components and emergency procedures,
- Knowledgeable at all times of the participant's location during the day when closed loop is in use,
- Committed to maintaining uninterrupted availability via personal cell phone,
- Being present and available to provide assistance when the closed loop system is being used at night,
- Able to speak and read English and use basic technology such as a cell phone, and
- Absence of known medical condition that in the judgment of the investigator might interfere with the completion of the protocol such as the following examples:
- Inpatient psychiatric treatment in the past 6 months,
- Current or recent abuse of alcohol or recreational drugs by history
- A recent injury to body or limb, muscular disorder, use of any medication, any carcinogenic disease, or other significant medical disorder if that injury, medication, or disease in the judgment of the investigator will affect the completion of the protocol.
Exclusion Criteria:
The presence of any of the following is an exclusion for the study:
- Admission for diabetic ketoacidosis in the 12 months prior to enrollment.
- Severe hypoglycemia resulting in seizure or loss of consciousness in the 3 months prior to enrollment.
- Hematocrit less that the lower limit of normal for the assay.
- Pregnancy, breast-feeding, or intention of becoming pregnant over time of study procedures; If female and sexually active, must agree to use a form of contraception to prevent pregnancy while a participant in the study. A negative urine pregnancy test will be required for all premenopausal women who are not surgically sterile. Subjects who become pregnant will be discontinued from the study.
- Conditions which may increase the risk of induced hypoglycemia such as: known coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, history of any cardiac arrhythmia (benign premature atrial contractions and premature ventricular contractions allowed), history of seizure disorder, history of cerebrovascular event or transient ischemic attack, hypoglycemia-induced migraine within the last 6 months, or neurological disease.
- Cystic fibrosis
- A known medical condition that in the judgment of the investigator might interfere with the completion of the protocol such as the following examples:
- Inpatient psychiatric treatment in the past 6 months for either the subject or the subject's diabetes care partner
- Presence of a known adrenal disorder
- Abnormal liver function tests (transaminase >3 times the upper limit of normal); testing required for subjects taking medications known to affect liver function or with diseases known to affect liver function
- Abnormal renal function test results (estimated Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <60 mL/min/1.73m2); testing required for subjects with diabetes duration of greater than 5 years post onset of puberty
- Active gastroparesis
- If on antihypertensive, thyroid, anti-depressant or lipid lowering medication, lack of stability on the medication for the past 2 months prior to enrollment in the study
- Uncontrolled thyroid disease (TSH undetectable or >10 mIU/L); testing required within 3 months prior to admission for subjects with a goiter, positive antibodies, or who are on thyroid hormone replacement, and within one year otherwise
- Current or recent abuse of alcohol or recreational drugs by patient history
- Infectious process not anticipated to resolve prior to study procedures (e.g. meningitis, pneumonia, osteomyelitis)
- Any skin condition in the area of insertion that prevents safe sensor or pump placement (e.g. bad sunburn, pre-existing dermatitis, intertrigo, psoriasis, extensive scarring, cellulitis)
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Diagnosed with celiac disease and not currently following a gluten free diet
- A recent injury to body or limb, muscular disorder, use of any medication, any carcinogenic disease, or other significant medical disorder if that injury, medication, or disease in the judgment of the investigator will affect the completion of the protocol
- Current use of any of the following drugs and supplements:
- Any medication being taken to lower blood glucose, such as Pramlintide, Metformin, Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) Analogs such as Liraglutide, and nutraceuticals intended to lower blood glucose
- Beta blockers
- Oral glucocorticoids
- Pseudoephedrine
- Any other medication that the investigator believes is a contraindications to the subject's participation

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02302963
United States, California | |
Stanford University | |
Stanford, California, United States, 94305 | |
United States, Virginia | |
University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology | |
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903 |
Principal Investigator: | Stacey M. Anderson, MD | UVA Center for Diabetes Technology | |
Principal Investigator: | Bruce Buckingham, MD | Stanford University |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | Stacey Anderson, Medical Director, Center for Diabetes Technology, University of Virginia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02302963 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
17725 1DP3DK101055 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | November 27, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 24, 2019 |
Last Verified: | July 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | NIH's Data Sharing Policy on sharing research resources for research purposes to the scientific community will be followed. Data will be stored in a Data Archive Database includes CGM-insulin delivery time series, meal content, boluses, & exercise will be deidentified & retrievable only by subject ID number. The data's real value lies in their precise time stamps - each reading is coded by date & time which makes possible the data to be related to the subjects' daily routine. Individual patterns of demographic & insulin treatment parameters leave open a remote possibility of deductive disclosure of subjects with unusual characteristics. Data can be made available only under a Data-Sharing Agreement that includes: (1) a commitment to using the data only for research purposes & not to identify participants; (2) a commitment to securing the data using appropriate computer technology; & (3) a commitment to destroying or returning the data after analyses are completed. |
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