Efficacy of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Versus Basal-bolus Multiple Daily Injections Regimen in Type 2 Diabetes

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Purpose A lot of insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients do not reach adequate glycemic control despite intensive basal-bolus insulin regimen. In such cases, continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII), using an external pump, could be a solution to improve diabetes control. The aim of this study is to compare, over a one-year period, the efficacy of CSII (with aspart insulin) and basal-bolus multiple daily injections (MDI) treatment (with detemir x 2/d and aspart before meals) in type 2 diabetic patients, already treated by basal-bolus regimen for at least 6 months, who didn't reach adequate target for glycemic at baseline (HbA1c>7 -10%).
ConditionType 2 Diabetes Mellitus
InterventionDrug: Detemir insulin, Aspart insulin, Metformin
PhasePhase 4
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Toulouse
Responsible PartyUniversity Hospital, Toulouse
ClinicalTrials.gov IdentifierNCT00942318
First ReceivedJuly 16, 2009
Last UpdatedDecember 10, 2013
Last verifiedDecember 2013

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First Received DateJuly 16, 2009
Last Updated DateDecember 10, 2013
Start DateMarch 2009
Estimated Primary Completion DateFebruary 2013
Current Primary Outcome MeasuresHbA1c [Time Frame: 12 months] [Designated as safety issue: No]
Current Secondary Outcome Measures
  • Weight, waist perimeter, BP, triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL and LDL cholesterol ; QOL, physical activity, treatment satisfaction and eating habits questionnaire. [Time Frame: 12 months] [Designated as safety issue: Yes]
  • self monitoring blood glucose measurements (frequency, mean and standard deviation, number of hypoglycaemic and hyperglycaemic events) [Time Frame: 12 months] [Designated as safety issue: Yes]

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Brief TitleEfficacy of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Versus Basal-bolus Multiple Daily Injections Regimen in Type 2 Diabetes
Official TitleEfficacy of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Versus Basal-bolus Multiple Daily Injections Regimen in Type 2 Diabetes: a One Year, Randomised, Parallel Study
Brief Summary
A lot of insulin-treated type 2 diabetic patients do not reach adequate glycemic control
despite intensive basal-bolus insulin regimen. In such cases, continuous subcutaneous
insulin infusion (CSII), using an external pump, could be a solution to improve diabetes
control.

The aim of this study is to compare, over a one-year period, the efficacy of CSII (with
aspart insulin) and basal-bolus multiple daily injections (MDI) treatment (with detemir x
2/d and aspart before meals) in type 2 diabetic patients, already treated by basal-bolus
regimen for at least 6 months, who didn't reach adequate target for glycemic at baseline
(HbA1c>7 -10%).
Detailed Description
Visit 1: patient information and eligibility criteria assessment Visit 2: Inform consent
signature and randomisation (group CSII or MDI). Patients randomised in the CSII group are
instructed to use pump between V2 and V3.

Visit 3: 5-day's hospitalisation. Start of CSII or MDI treatments. Stop of all oral diabetic
medications except for metformin, which is followed up until the end of the study. Teaching
program on diabetes management (diet, physical activity and self-adjustment of insulin
doses). HbA1c, clinical and biological parameters. Questionnaires.

Follow-up visits 4-7 (1, 3, 6, 9 months): HbA1c. Treatment adjustment. Adverse events
collection.

Final visit (12 months): HbA1c, clinical and biological parameters. Questionnaires. Adverse
events collection.
Study TypeInterventional
Study PhasePhase 4
Study DesignAllocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
ConditionType 2 Diabetes Mellitus
InterventionDrug: Detemir insulin, Aspart insulin, Metformin
Insulin doses adapted by patients according to self monitoring blood glucose results.
Study Arm (s)
  • Experimental: PPE
    PPE : CSII +/- Metformin.
  • Active Comparator: injections
    INJ: basal/bolus MDI +/- Metformin

Recruitment Information[ + expand ][ + ]

Recruitment StatusCompleted
Estimated Enrollment52
Estimated Completion DateFebruary 2013
Estimated Primary Completion DateFebruary 2013
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Type 2 diabetes mellitus

- Age > 18 years

- Patients treated for at least 6 months by Multiple daily insulin injections
associating long acting insulin (at least 1 long acting insulin analog injection
-Glargine or Detemir- or at least 2 NPH insulin injections) plus mealtimes rapid
acting insulin injections (Human or analogs) +/- oral hypoglycemic agents.

- 7,5% ≤ HbA1c ≤ 10%

- Patients able to perform self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) measurement and insulin
injections.

- SMBG > 3/day

Exclusion Criteria:

- Diabetic retinopathy contraindicating glycemic control intensification

- Situation or pathology not allowing therapeutic education program (blindness,
deafness, low language fluency…)

- Situation or pathology not allowing insulin therapy self-management and / or portable
insulin pump use (rheumatologic pathology, low visual acuity, …)

- Recent (<3 month) serious pathology

- Planned treatment or therapy able to induce long-term glycemic control worsening

- Long lasting (> 2 month) planned treatment with glucocorticoids, octreotide,
lanreotide or danazol

- Pregnancy wish or ongoing pregnancy

- Known Haemoglobinopathy.

- Creatinin clearance <30ml/min (MDRD formula).

- Organ transplant.
GenderBoth
Ages18 Years
Accepts Healthy VolunteersNo
ContactsNot Provided
Location CountriesFrance

Administrative Information[ + expand ][ + ]

NCT Number NCT00942318
Other Study ID Numbers0816202
Has Data Monitoring CommitteeNo
Information Provided ByUniversity Hospital, Toulouse
Study SponsorUniversity Hospital, Toulouse
CollaboratorsNot Provided
Investigators Principal Investigator: Vincent Melki, MD University Hospital, Toulouse
Verification DateDecember 2013

Locations[ + expand ][ + ]

University Hospital Toulouse
Toulouse, France, 31059