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Closs M, Brennan P, Niven A, Shenkin S, Eborall H, Lawton J. Understanding the quality-of-life experiences of older or frail adults following a new dens fracture: Nonsurgical management in a hard collar versus early removal of collar. Health Expect 2024; 27:e14017. [PMID: 38488427 PMCID: PMC10941537 DOI: 10.1111/hex.14017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION In the United Kingdom, fractures of the cervical dens process in older and/or frail patients are usually managed nonsurgically in a hard collar. However, hard collars can lead to complications and this management approach is now being questioned, with growing interest in maximising patients' short-term quality-of-life. It is vital that patients' perspectives are considered; yet, there is a dearth of literature examining the aspect. To help inform wider decision-making about use of collar/no collar management of dens fractures in older/frail people, we explored older/frail people's experience of the two management approaches and how they affected their perceived quality-of-life. METHODS We interviewed older and/or frail adults with a recent dens fracture (aged ≥65 years or with a clinical frailty score of ≥5) or their caregiver. Participants were recruited from both arms of a clinical trial comparing management using a hard collar for 12 weeks (SM) with early removal of the collar (ERC) and were interviewed following randomisation and again, 12-16 weeks later. Data were analysed using a framework approach. RESULTS Both participant groups (SM/ERC) reported substantial, negative quality-of-life (QoL) experiences, with the fall itself and lack of access to care services and information being frequent major contributory factors. Many negative experiences cut across both participant groups, including pain, fatigue, diminished autonomy and reduced involvement in personally meaningful activities. However, we identified some subtle, yet discernible, ways in which using SM/ERC reinforced or alleviated (negative) QoL impacts, with the perceived benefits/burdens to using SM/ERC varying between different individuals. CONCLUSION Study findings can be used to support informed decision-making about SM/ERC management of dens fractures in older/frail patients. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION Public and patient involvement contributors were involved in the study design, development of interview topic guides and interpretation of study findings.
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- Mia Closs
- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Lawton J, Chadwick PM, de Zoysa N, Stanton-Fay S, Heller SR, Rankin D. Participants' experiences of attending a structured education course (DAFNEplus) informed by behavioural science. Diabet Med 2024:e15309. [PMID: 38361333 DOI: 10.1111/dme.15309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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AIMS As part of a broader process evaluation, we explored participants' experiences of, and engagement with, the DAFNEplus programme's group-based structured education course. This course, which was informed by behavioural science, provided participants with education and instruction to use flexible intensive insulin therapy (FIIT) together with techniques to identify and address unhelpful cognitive and emotional influences on their type 1 diabetes self-management. METHODS We interviewed n = 28 DAFNEplus participants. Data were analysed thematically and took account of previous work exploring individuals' experiences of standard DAFNE courses. RESULTS As well as benefitting from the DAFNEplus course's skills-based training and educational curriculum, participants' accounts suggested they had experienced cognitive and emotional changes that had positively influenced their confidence and motivation to adopt and sustain the use of FIIT. These benefits were most keenly felt by those who reported negative emotional states and mind-sets pre-course which had made their diabetes self-management challenging. Participants' cognitive and emotional changes were enabled through techniques used during the course to normalise setbacks and imperfect diabetes self-management, capitalise upon group synergies and encourage the use of social support, including from healthcare professionals. Participants also highlighted motivational gains arising from being reassured that diabetes complications are not common or inevitable if a FIIT regimen is followed. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that offering training in FIIT, in conjunction with behaviour change techniques that target unhelpful mindsets and emotional resilience, may be more effective in promoting diabetes self-management than offering education and skills training alone.
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- Julia Lawton
- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Lawton J, Kimbell B, Closs M, Hartnell S, Lee TTM, Dover AR, Reynolds RM, Collett C, Barnard-Kelly K, Hovorka R, Rankin D, Murphy HR. Listening to Women: Experiences of Using Closed-Loop in Type 1 Diabetes Pregnancy. Diabetes Technol Ther 2023; 25:845-855. [PMID: 37795883 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2023.0323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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Introduction: Recent high-profile calls have emphasized that women's experiences should be considered in maternity care provisioning. We explored women's experiences of using closed-loop during type 1 diabetes (T1D) pregnancy to inform decision-making about antenatal rollout and guidance and support given to future users. Methods: We interviewed 23 closed-loop participants in the Automated insulin Delivery Among Pregnant women with T1D (AiDAPT) trial after randomization to closed-loop and ∼20 weeks later. Data were analyzed thematically. Results: Women described how closed-loop lessened the physical and mental demands of diabetes management, enabling them to feel more normal and sleep better. By virtue of spending increased time-in-range, women also worried less about risks to their baby and being judged negatively by health care professionals. Most noted that intensive input and support during early pregnancy had been crucial to adjusting to, and developing confidence in, the technology. Women emphasized that attaining pregnancy glucose targets still required ongoing effort from themselves and the health care team. Women described needing education to help them determine when, and how, to intervene and when to allow the closed-loop to operate without interference. All women reported more enjoyable pregnancy experiences as a result of using closed-loop; some also noted being able to remain longer in paid employment. Conclusions: Study findings endorse closed-loop use in T1D pregnancy by highlighting how the technology can facilitate positive pregnancy experiences. To realize fully the benefits of closed-loop, pregnant women would benefit from initial intensive oversight and support together with closed-loop specific education and training. Clinical Trial Registration number: NCT04938557.
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- Julia Lawton
- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Norwich Medical School, Floor 2, Bob Champion Research and Education Building, James Watson Road, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Norwich Clinical Trials Unit, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Norwich Medical School, Floor 2, Bob Champion Research and Education Building, James Watson Road, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Lee TTM, Collett C, Bergford S, Hartnell S, Scott EM, Lindsay RS, Hunt KF, McCance DR, Barnard-Kelly K, Rankin D, Lawton J, Reynolds RM, Flanagan E, Hammond M, Shepstone L, Wilinska ME, Sibayan J, Kollman C, Beck R, Hovorka R, Murphy HR. Automated Insulin Delivery in Women with Pregnancy Complicated by Type 1 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2023; 389:1566-1578. [PMID: 37796241 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2303911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hybrid closed-loop insulin therapy has shown promise for management of type 1 diabetes during pregnancy; however, its efficacy is unclear. METHODS In this multicenter, controlled trial, we randomly assigned pregnant women with type 1 diabetes and a glycated hemoglobin level of at least 6.5% at nine sites in the United Kingdom to receive standard insulin therapy or hybrid closed-loop therapy, with both groups using continuous glucose monitoring. The primary outcome was the percentage of time in the pregnancy-specific target glucose range (63 to 140 mg per deciliter [3.5 to 7.8 mmol per liter]) as measured by continuous glucose monitoring from 16 weeks' gestation until delivery. Analyses were performed according to the intention-to-treat principle. Key secondary outcomes were the percentage of time spent in a hyperglycemic state (glucose level >140 mg per deciliter), overnight time in the target range, the glycated hemoglobin level, and safety events. RESULTS A total of 124 participants with a mean (±SD) age of 31.1±5.3 years and a mean baseline glycated hemoglobin level of 7.7±1.2% underwent randomization. The mean percentage of time that the maternal glucose level was in the target range was 68.2±10.5% in the closed-loop group and 55.6±12.5% in the standard-care group (mean adjusted difference, 10.5 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI], 7.0 to 14.0; P<0.001). Results for the secondary outcomes were consistent with those of the primary outcome; participants in the closed-loop group spent less time in a hyperglycemic state than those in the standard-care group (difference, -10.2 percentage points; 95% CI, -13.8 to -6.6); had more overnight time in the target range (difference, 12.3 percentage points; 95% CI, 8.3 to 16.2), and had lower glycated hemoglobin levels (difference, -0.31 percentage points; 95% CI, -0.50 to -0.12). Little time was spent in a hypoglycemic state. No unanticipated safety problems associated with the use of closed-loop therapy during pregnancy occurred (6 instances of severe hypoglycemia, vs. 5 in the standard-care group; 1 instance of diabetic ketoacidosis in each group; and 12 device-related adverse events in the closed-loop group, 7 related to closed-loop therapy). CONCLUSIONS Hybrid closed-loop therapy significantly improved maternal glycemic control during pregnancy complicated by type 1 diabetes. (Funded by the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Program; AiDAPT ISRCTN Registry number, ISRCTN56898625.).
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- Tara T M Lee
- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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- From the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.) and the Norwich Clinical Trials Unit (C.C., E.F., M.H., L.S.), Norwich Medical School (T.T.M.L., H.R.M.), University of East Anglia, Norwich, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), and the Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge (M.E.W., R.H.), Cambridge, the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds (E.M.S.), the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (R.S.L.), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (K.F.H.), the Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast (D.R.M.), Barnard Health Research, Southampton (K.B.-K.), and the Usher Institute (D.R., J.L.) and the Centre for Cardiovascular Science (R.M.R.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh - all in the United Kingdom; and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (S.B., J.S., C.K., R.B.)
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Lawton J, Rankin D, Hartnell S, Lee T, Dover AR, Reynolds RM, Hovorka R, Murphy HR, Hart RI. Healthcare professionals' views about how pregnant women can benefit from using a closed-loop system: Qualitative study. Diabet Med 2023; 40:e15072. [PMID: 36807582 PMCID: PMC10947358 DOI: 10.1111/dme.15072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Interest is growing in how closed-loop systems can support attainment of within-target glucose levels amongst pregnant women with type 1 diabetes. We explored healthcare professionals' views about how, and why, pregnant women benefitted from using the CamAPS FX system during the AiDAPT trial. METHODS We interviewed 19 healthcare professionals who supported women using closed-loop during the trial. Our analysis focused on identifying descriptive and analytical themes relevant to clinical practice. RESULTS Healthcare professionals highlighted clinical and quality-of-life benefits to using closed-loop in pregnancy; albeit, they attributed some of these to the continuous glucose monitoring component. They emphasised that the closed-loop was not a panacea and that, to gain maximum benefit, an effective collaboration between themselves, the woman and the closed-loop was needed. Optimal performance of the technology, as they further noted, also required women to interact with the system sufficiently, but not excessively; a requirement that they felt some women had found challenging. Even where healthcare professionals felt that this balance was not achieved, they suggested that women had still benefitted from using the system. Healthcare professionals reported difficulties predicting how specific women would engage with the technology. In light of their trial experiences, healthcare professionals favoured an inclusive approach to closed-loop rollout in routine clinical care. CONCLUSIONS Healthcare professionals recommended that closed-loop systems be offered to all pregnant women with type 1 diabetes in the future. Presenting closed-loop systems to pregnant women and healthcare teams as one pillar of a three-party collaboration may help promote optimal use.
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- Julia Lawton
- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridgeUK
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- Norwich Medical SchoolNorwichUK
- Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustNorwichUK
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- Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of EdinburghEdinburghUK
- Centre for Cardiovascular ScienceUniversity of Edinburgh, Queen's Medical Research InstituteEdinburghUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridgeUK
- Norwich Medical SchoolNorwichUK
- Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustNorwichUK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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Rankin D, Hart RI, Kimbell B, Barnard-Kelly K, Brackenridge A, Byrne C, Collett C, Dover AR, Hartnell S, Hunt KF, Lee TT, Lindsay RS, McCance DR, McKelvey A, Rayman G, Reynolds RM, Scott EM, White SL, Hovorka R, Murphy HR, Lawton J. Rollout of Closed-Loop Technology to Pregnant Women with Type 1 Diabetes: Healthcare Professionals' Views About Potential Challenges and Solutions. Diabetes Technol Ther 2023; 25:260-269. [PMID: 36662589 PMCID: PMC10066772 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2022.0479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Aims: To explore healthcare professionals' views about the training and support needed to rollout closed-loop technology to pregnant women with type 1 diabetes. Methods: We interviewed (n = 19) healthcare professionals who supported pregnant women using CamAPS FX closed-loop during the Automated insulin Delivery Amongst Pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes (AiDAPT) trial. Data were analyzed descriptively. An online workshop involving (n = 15) trial team members was used to inform recommendations. Ethics approvals were obtained in conjunction with those for the wider trial. Results: Interviewees expressed enthusiasm for a national rollout of closed-loop, but anticipated various challenges, some specific to use during pregnancy. These included variations in insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring expertise and difficulties embedding and retaining key skills, due to the relatively small numbers of pregnant women using closed-loop. Inexperienced staff also highlighted difficulties interpreting data downloads. To support rollout, interviewees recommended providing expert initial advice training, delivered by device manufacturers together with online training resources and specific checklists for different systems. They also highlighted a need for 24 h technical support, especially when supporting technology naive women after first transitioning onto closed-loop in early pregnancy. They further recommended providing case-based meetings and mentorship for inexperienced colleagues, including support interpreting data downloads. Interviewees were optimistic that if healthcare professionals received training and support, their long-term workloads could be reduced because closed-loop lessened women's need for glycemic management input, especially in later pregnancy. Conclusions: Interviewees identified challenges and opportunities to rolling-out closed-loop and provided practical suggestions to upskill inexperienced staff supporting pregnant women using closed-loop. A key priority will be to determine how best to develop mentorship services to support inexperienced staff delivering closed-loop. Clinical Trials Registration: NCT04938557.
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- David Rankin
- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Address correspondence to: David Rankin, PhD, Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Norwich Clinical Trials Unit, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Diabetes Research Offices, Weston Education Centre, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Diabetes Centre, Ipswich Hospital, East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust, Ipswich, United Kingdom
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- Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Phillip M, Nimri R, Bergenstal RM, Barnard-Kelly K, Danne T, Hovorka R, Kovatchev BP, Messer LH, Parkin CG, Ambler-Osborn L, Amiel SA, Bally L, Beck RW, Biester S, Biester T, Blanchette JE, Bosi E, Boughton CK, Breton MD, Brown SA, Buckingham BA, Cai A, Carlson AL, Castle JR, Choudhary P, Close KL, Cobelli C, Criego AB, Davis E, de Beaufort C, de Bock MI, DeSalvo DJ, DeVries JH, Dovc K, Doyle FJ, Ekhlaspour L, Shvalb NF, Forlenza GP, Gallen G, Garg SK, Gershenoff DC, Gonder-Frederick LA, Haidar A, Hartnell S, Heinemann L, Heller S, Hirsch IB, Hood KK, Isaacs D, Klonoff DC, Kordonouri O, Kowalski A, Laffel L, Lawton J, Lal RA, Leelarathna L, Maahs DM, Murphy HR, Nørgaard K, O’Neal D, Oser S, Oser T, Renard E, Riddell MC, Rodbard D, Russell SJ, Schatz DA, Shah VN, Sherr JL, Simonson GD, Wadwa RP, Ward C, Weinzimer SA, Wilmot EG, Battelino T. Consensus Recommendations for the Use of Automated Insulin Delivery Technologies in Clinical Practice. Endocr Rev 2023; 44:254-280. [PMID: 36066457 PMCID: PMC9985411 DOI: 10.1210/endrev/bnac022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 79.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The significant and growing global prevalence of diabetes continues to challenge people with diabetes (PwD), healthcare providers, and payers. While maintaining near-normal glucose levels has been shown to prevent or delay the progression of the long-term complications of diabetes, a significant proportion of PwD are not attaining their glycemic goals. During the past 6 years, we have seen tremendous advances in automated insulin delivery (AID) technologies. Numerous randomized controlled trials and real-world studies have shown that the use of AID systems is safe and effective in helping PwD achieve their long-term glycemic goals while reducing hypoglycemia risk. Thus, AID systems have recently become an integral part of diabetes management. However, recommendations for using AID systems in clinical settings have been lacking. Such guided recommendations are critical for AID success and acceptance. All clinicians working with PwD need to become familiar with the available systems in order to eliminate disparities in diabetes quality of care. This report provides much-needed guidance for clinicians who are interested in utilizing AIDs and presents a comprehensive listing of the evidence payers should consider when determining eligibility criteria for AID insurance coverage.
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- Moshe Phillip
- The Jesse Z and Sara Lea Shafer Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, National Center for Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, 49202 Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sacker Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 39040 Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- The Jesse Z and Sara Lea Shafer Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, National Center for Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, 49202 Petah Tikva, Israel
- Sacker Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 39040 Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- International Diabetes Center, HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA
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- AUF DER BULT, Diabetes-Center for Children and Adolescents, Endocrinology and General Paediatrics, Hannover, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Center for Diabetes Technology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver—Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Jaeb Center for Health Research Foundation, Inc., Tampa, FL 33647, USA
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- AUF DER BULT, Diabetes-Center for Children and Adolescents, Endocrinology and General Paediatrics, Hannover, Germany
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- AUF DER BULT, Diabetes-Center for Children and Adolescents, Endocrinology and General Paediatrics, Hannover, Germany
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- College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
- Center for Diabetes and Obesity, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital and San Raffaele Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Cambridge, UK
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- Center for Diabetes Technology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Center for Diabetes Technology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- The diaTribe Foundation/Close Concerns, San Diego, CA 94117, USA
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- International Diabetes Center, HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA
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- Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- The diaTribe Foundation/Close Concerns, San Diego, CA 94117, USA
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- Department of Woman and Child’s Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- International Diabetes Center, HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA
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- Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Diabetes & Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique DECCP/Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg, and Faculty of Sciences, Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch sur Alzette, GD Luxembourg/Department of Paediatrics, UZ-VUB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Division of Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX 77598, USA
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Internal Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, UMC - University Children’s Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital—Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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- The Jesse Z and Sara Lea Shafer Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, National Center for Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, 49202 Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver—Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver—Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- International Diabetes Center, HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA
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- Center for Diabetes Technology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington Diabetes Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Cleveland Clinic, Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Diabetes Research Institute, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, CA 94010, USA
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- AUF DER BULT, Diabetes-Center for Children and Adolescents, Endocrinology and General Paediatrics, Hannover, Germany
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- Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine and Department of Endocrinology, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition, Montpellier University Hospital, and Institute of Functional Genomics, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- School of Kinesiology & Health Science, Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Canada
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- Biomedical Informatics Consultants LLC, Potomac, MD, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Diabetes Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 02114, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver—Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, Pediatric Endocrinology, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- International Diabetes Center, HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver—Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, Pediatric Endocrinology, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust, Derby, UK
- Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, UMC - University Children’s Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Rankin D, Kimbell B, Hovorka R, Lawton J. Adolescents' and their parents' experiences of using a closed-loop system to manage type 1 diabetes in everyday life: qualitative study. Chronic Illn 2022; 18:742-756. [PMID: 33472409 PMCID: PMC9643806 DOI: 10.1177/1742395320985924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Type 1 diabetes can have life-shattering consequences for adolescents and parents. A closed-loop system is a cutting-edge technology which automatically regulates glucose to reduce the burden of diabetes management. We explored adolescents' and parents' experiences of using this technology to understand how it affects their biographies and everyday lives. METHODS In-depth interviews with 18 adolescents newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and 21 parents after ≥12 months experience using closed-loop technology. Data were analysed thematically. RESULTS Participants reported very few disruptions to their lives when using a closed-loop. Reports of family conflict were minimal as the closed-loop enabled dietary flexibility and glucose levels to be checked effortlessly. Adolescents described doing 'normal' activities without worrying about high/low glucose, and parents reported allowing them to do so unsupervised because the closed-loop would regulate their glucose and keep them safe. Some adolescents expressed concerns about the visibility of components and, to avoid stigma, described curtailing activities such as swimming. Participants described how the closed-loop enabled adolescents to be in control of, or create distance from, diabetes. DISCUSSION The closed-loop has life-enhancing consequences for both adolescents and parents and helps to reduce the biographical disruption of type 1 diabetes in this age group.
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- D Rankin
- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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de Beaufort C, Schierloh U, Thankamony A, Ware J, Wilinska ME, Fröhlich-Reiterer E, Kapellen TM, Rami-Merhar B, Hofer SE, Campbell FM, Yong J, Bocchino LE, Sibayan J, Lawton J, Roze S, Fritsch M, Thiele A, Allen JM, Boughton C, Mader JK, Kollman C, Hovorka R, Pit-ten Cate IM. Cambridge Hybrid Closed-Loop System in Very Young Children With Type 1 Diabetes Reduces Caregivers' Fear of Hypoglycemia and Improves Their Well-Being. Diabetes Care 2022; 45:dc220693. [PMID: 36350787 PMCID: PMC9862472 DOI: 10.2337/dc22-0693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of CamAPS FX hybrid closed-loop (HCL) automated insulin delivery in very young children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) on caregivers' well-being, fear of hypoglycemia, and sleepiness. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a multinational, open-label, randomized crossover study. Children (age 1-7 years) with T1D received treatment for two 4-month periods in random order, comparing HCL with sensor augmented pump (control). At baseline and after each treatment period, caregivers were invited to complete World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index, Hypoglycemia Fear Survey, and Epworth Sleepiness Scale questionnaires. RESULTS Caregivers of 74 children (mean ± SD age 5 ± 2 years and baseline HbA1c 7.3 ± 0.7%; 42% female) participated. Results revealed significantly lower scores for hypoglycemia fear (P < 0.001) and higher scores for well-being (P < 0.001) after HCL treatment. A trend toward a reduction in sleepiness score was observed (P = 0.09). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest better well-being and less hypoglycemia fear in caregivers of very young children with T1D on CamAPS FX HCL.
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- Carine de Beaufort
- Diabetes & Endocrine Care Clinique Pediatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy Luxembourg
- Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, Esch-Belval, Grand Duchy Luxembourg
- Department of Pediatrics, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Free University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Diabetes & Endocrine Care Clinique Pediatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy Luxembourg
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Hospital for Children and Adolescents am Nicolausholz, Bad Kösen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children’s Hospital, Leeds, U.K
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- Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children’s Hospital, Leeds, U.K
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K
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- Luxembourg Center for Educational Assessment, University of Luxembourg, Esch-Belval, Grand Duchy Luxembourg
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Kimbell B, Rankin D, Hart RI, Allen JM, Boughton CK, Campbell F, Fröhlich‐Reiterer E, Hofer SE, Kapellen TM, Rami‐Merhar B, Schierloh U, Thankamony A, Ware J, Hovorka R, Lawton J. Parents' views about healthcare professionals having real-time remote access to their young child's diabetes data: Qualitative study. Pediatr Diabetes 2022; 23:799-808. [PMID: 35561092 PMCID: PMC9544441 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.13363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We explored parents' views about healthcare professionals having remote access to their young child's insulin and glucose data during a clinical trial to inform use of data sharing in routine pediatric diabetes care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Interviews with 33 parents of 30 children (aged 1-7 years) with type 1 diabetes participating in a randomized trial (KidsAP02) comparing hybrid closed-loop system use with sensor-augmented pump therapy. Data were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive approach. RESULTS Parents reported multiple benefits to healthcare professionals being able to remotely access their child's glucose and insulin data during the trial, despite some initial concerns regarding the insights offered into everyday family life. Key benefits included: less work uploading/sharing data; improved consultations; and, better clinical input and support from healthcare professionals between consultations. Parents noted how healthcare professionals' real-time data access facilitated remote delivery of consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these were more suitable for young children than face-to-face appointments. Parents endorsed use of real-time data sharing in routine clinical care, subject to caveats regarding data access, security, and privacy. They also proposed that, if data sharing were used, consultations for closed-loop system users in routine clinical care could be replaced with needs-driven, ad-hoc contact. CONCLUSIONS Real-time data sharing can offer clinical, logistical, and quality-of-life benefits and enhance opportunities for remote consultations, which may be more appropriate for young children. Wider rollout would require consideration of ethical and cybersecurity issues and, given the heightened intrusion on families' privacy, a non-judgmental, collaborative approach by healthcare professionals.
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- Usher InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Usher InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK,Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Paediatric DiabetesLeeds Children's HospitalLeedsUK
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- Department of Pediatrics IMedical University of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Hospital for Children and AdolescentsUniversity of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany/Hospital for Children and Adolescents am Nicolausholz Bad KösenLeipzigGermany
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Center for PediatricsMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Pediatric Diabetes and EndocrinologyClinique Pédiatrique, Centre HospitalierLuxembourg CityLuxembourg
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- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK,Children's Services, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAddenbrooke's HospitalCambridgeUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK,Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK,Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Usher InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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Woodfield J, Edlmann E, Black PL, Boyd J, Copley PC, Cranswick G, Eborall H, Keerie C, Khan S, Lawton J, Lowe DJ, Norrie J, Niven A, Reed MJ, Shenkin SD, Statham P, Stoddart A, Tomlinson J, Brennan PM. Duration of External Neck Stabilisation (DENS) following odontoid fracture in older or frail adults: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of collar versus no collar. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e057753. [PMID: 35840308 PMCID: PMC9295672 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Fractures of the odontoid process frequently result from low impact falls in frail or older adults. These are increasing in incidence and importance as the population ages. In the UK, odontoid fractures in older adults are usually managed in hard collars to immobilise the fracture and promote bony healing. However, bony healing does not always occur in older adults, and bony healing is not associated with quality of life, functional, or pain outcomes. Further, hard collars can cause complications such as skin pressure ulcers, swallowing difficulties and difficulties with personal care. We hypothesise that management with no immobilisation may be superior to management in a hard collar for older or frail adults with odontoid fractures. METHODS AND ANALYSES This is the protocol for the Duration of External Neck Stabilisation (DENS) trial-a non-blinded randomised controlled trial comparing management in a hard collar with management without a collar for older (≥65 years) or frail (Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale ≥5) adults with a new odontoid fracture. 887 neurologically intact participants with any odontoid process fracture type will be randomised to continuing with a hard collar (standard care) or removal of the collar (intervention). The primary outcome is quality of life measured using the EQ-5D-5L at 12 weeks. Secondary outcomes include pain scores, neck disability index, health and social care use and costs, and mortality. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Informed consent for participation will be sought from those able to provide it. We will also include those who lack capacity to ensure representativeness of frail and acutely unwell older adults. Results will be disseminated via scientific publication, lay summary, and visual abstract. The DENS trial received a favourable ethical opinion from the Scotland A Research Ethics Committee (21/SS/0036) and the Leeds West Research Ethics Committee (21/YH/0141). TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT04895644.
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- Julie Woodfield
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK
- Translational Neurosurgery, The University of Edinburgh Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Edinburgh, UK
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- Southwest Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK
- Peninsula Medical School, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- Emergency Medicine Research Group (EMERGE), NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Emergency, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, Glasgow, UK
- University of Glasgow Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Glasgow, UK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Emergency Medicine Research Group (EMERGE), NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK
- University of Edinburgh Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh, UK
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- University of Edinburgh Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh, UK
- Advanced Care Research Centre, University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Health Services Research Unit, The University Of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK
- Translational Neurosurgery, The University of Edinburgh Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Edinburgh, UK
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Hart RI, Kimbell B, Rankin D, Allen JM, Boughton CK, Campbell F, de Beaufort C, Fröhlich‐Reiterer E, Ware J, Hofer SE, Kapellen TM, Rami‐Merhar B, Thankamony A, Hovorka R, Lawton J. Parents' experiences of using remote monitoring technology to manage type 1 diabetes in very young children during a clinical trial: Qualitative study. Diabet Med 2022; 39:e14828. [PMID: 35274356 PMCID: PMC9311187 DOI: 10.1111/dme.14828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To explore parents' experiences of using remote monitoring technology when caring for a very young child with type 1 diabetes during a clinical trial. METHODS Interviews were conducted with parents of 30 children (aged 1-7 years) participating in a trial (the KidsAP02 study) comparing hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery with sensor-augmented pump therapy. In both arms, parents had access to remote monitoring technology. Data analysis focused on identification of descriptive themes. RESULTS Remote monitoring technology gave parents improved access to data which helped them pre-empt and manage glucose excursions. Parents observed how, when children were in their own care, they could be more absent while present, as their attention could shift to non-diabetes-related activities. Conversely, when children were others' care, remote monitoring enabled parents to be present while absent, by facilitating oversight and collaboration with caregivers. Parents described how remote monitoring made them feel more confident allowing others to care for their children. Parents' confidence increased when using a hybrid closed-loop system, as less work was required to keep glucose in range. Benefits to children were also highlighted, including being able to play and sleep uninterrupted and attend parties and sleepovers without their parents. While most parents welcomed the increased sense of control remote monitoring offered, some noted downsides, such as lack of respite from caregiving responsibilities. CONCLUSIONS Remote monitoring can offer manifold benefits to both parents and very young children with type 1 diabetes. Some parents, however, may profit from opportunities to take 'time out'.
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- Ruth I. Hart
- Usher InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Usher InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Paediatric DiabetesLeeds Children's HospitalLeedsUK
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- Department of Pediatric Diabetes and EndocrinologyClinique PédiatriqueCentre HospitalierLuxembourg CityLuxembourg
- Department of Pediatric EndocrinologyUZ‐VUB Free University BrusselsBrusselsBelgium
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Pediatrics IMedical University of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Hospital for Children and AdolescentsUniversity of LeipzigLeipzigGermany
- Hospital for Children and Adolescents am Nicolausholz Bad KösenBad KösenGermany
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent MedicineComprehensive Center for PediatricsMedical University of ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Children’s ServicesCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAddenbrooke’s HospitalCambridgeUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Usher InstituteUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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Kimbell B, Rankin D, Hart RI, Allen JM, Boughton CK, Campbell F, Fröhlich-Reiterer E, Hofer SE, Kapellen TM, Rami-Merhar B, Schierloh U, Thankamony A, Ware J, Hovorka R, Lawton J. Parents' experiences of using a hybrid closed-loop system (CamAPS FX) to care for a very young child with type 1 diabetes: Qualitative study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2022; 187:109877. [PMID: 35469973 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To explore parents' experiences of using a hybrid closed-loop system (CamAPS FX) when caring for a very young child (aged 1-7 years) with type 1 diabetes. METHODS Interviews with n = 33 parents of 30 children who used the system during a randomised controlled trial. Data analysis used a descriptive thematic approach. RESULTS While some parents were initially reticent about handing control to the system, all reported clinical benefits to using the technology, having to do less diabetes-related work and needing less clinical input over time. Parents welcomed opportunities to enhance the system's efficacy (using Ease-off and Boost functions) as required. Parents described how the system's automated glucose control facilitated more normality, including sleeping better, worrying less about their child, and feeling more confident and able to outsource care. Parents also described more normality for the child (alongside better sleep, mood and concentration, and lessened distress) and siblings. Parents liked being able to administer insulin using a smartphone, but suggested refinements to device size and functionality. CONCLUSIONS Using a hybrid closed-loop system in very young children can facilitate greater normality and may result in a lessened demand for health professionals' input. Systems may need to be customised for very young children.
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- Barbara Kimbell
- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Hospital for Children and Adolescents am Nicolausholz Bad Kösen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Children's Services, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Lee TTM, Collett C, Man MS, Hammond M, Shepstone L, Hartnell S, Gurnell E, Byrne C, Scott EM, Lindsay RS, Morris D, Brackenridge A, Dover AR, Reynolds RM, Hunt KF, McCance DR, Barnard-Kelly K, Rankin D, Lawton J, Bocchino LE, Sibayan J, Kollman C, Wilinska ME, Hovorka R, Murphy HR. AiDAPT: automated insulin delivery amongst pregnant women with type 1 diabetes: a multicentre randomized controlled trial - study protocol. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022; 22:282. [PMID: 35382796 PMCID: PMC8982306 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-04543-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes strive for tight glucose targets (3.5-7.8 mmol/L) to minimise the risks of obstetric and neonatal complications. Despite using diabetes technologies including continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), insulin pumps and contemporary insulin analogues, most women struggle to achieve and maintain the recommended pregnancy glucose targets. This study aims to evaluate whether the use of automated closed-loop insulin delivery improves antenatal glucose levels in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes. Methods/design A multicentre, open label, randomized, controlled trial of pregnant women with type 1 diabetes and a HbA1c of ≥48 mmol/mol (6.5%) at pregnancy confirmation and ≤ 86 mmol/mol (10%) at randomization. Participants who provide written informed consent before 13 weeks 6 days gestation will be entered into a run-in phase to collect 96 h (24 h overnight) of CGM glucose values. Eligible participants will be randomized on a 1:1 basis to CGM (Dexcom G6) with usual insulin delivery (control) or closed-loop (intervention). The closed-loop system includes a model predictive control algorithm (CamAPS FX application), hosted on an android smartphone that communicates wirelessly with the insulin pump (Dana Diabecare RS) and CGM transmitter. Research visits and device training will be provided virtually or face-to-face in conjunction with 4-weekly antenatal clinic visits where possible. Randomization will stratify for clinic site. One hundred twenty-four participants will be recruited. This takes into account 10% attrition and 10% who experience miscarriage or pregnancy loss. Analyses will be performed according to intention to treat. The primary analysis will evaluate the change in the time spent in the target glucose range (3.5-7.8 mmol/l) between the intervention and control group from 16 weeks gestation until delivery. Secondary outcomes include overnight time in target, time above target (> 7.8 mmol/l), standard CGM metrics, HbA1c and psychosocial functioning and health economic measures. Safety outcomes include the number and severity of ketoacidosis, severe hypoglycaemia and adverse device events. Discussion This will be the largest randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of closed-loop insulin delivery during type 1 diabetes pregnancy. Trial registration ISRCTN 56898625 Registration Date: 10 April, 2018.
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- Tara T M Lee
- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Floor 2, Bob Champion Research and Education Building, Rosalind Franklin Road, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Norwich Clinical Trials Unit, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Norwich Clinical Trials Unit, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Norwich Clinical Trials Unit, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Norwich Clinical Trials Unit, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust, The Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, UK
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- Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Regional Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- The Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- The Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Jaeb Center For Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Jaeb Center For Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Floor 2, Bob Champion Research and Education Building, Rosalind Franklin Road, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. .,Norwich Clinical Trials Unit, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
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Ware J, Allen JM, Boughton CK, Wilinska ME, Hartnell S, Thankamony A, de Beaufort C, Schierloh U, Fröhlich-Reiterer E, Mader JK, Kapellen TM, Rami-Merhar B, Tauschmann M, Nagl K, Hofer SE, Campbell FM, Yong J, Hood KK, Lawton J, Roze S, Sibayan J, Bocchino LE, Kollman C, Hovorka R. Randomized Trial of Closed-Loop Control in Very Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2022; 386:209-219. [PMID: 35045227 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2111673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND The possible advantage of hybrid closed-loop therapy (i.e., artificial pancreas) over sensor-augmented pump therapy in very young children with type 1 diabetes is unclear. METHODS In this multicenter, randomized, crossover trial, we recruited children 1 to 7 years of age with type 1 diabetes who were receiving insulin-pump therapy at seven centers across Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. Participants received treatment in two 16-week periods, in random order, in which the closed-loop system was compared with sensor-augmented pump therapy (control). The primary end point was the between-treatment difference in the percentage of time that the sensor glucose measurement was in the target range (70 to 180 mg per deciliter) during each 16-week period. The analysis was conducted according to the intention-to-treat principle. Key secondary end points included the percentage of time spent in a hyperglycemic state (glucose level, >180 mg per deciliter), the glycated hemoglobin level, the mean sensor glucose level, and the percentage of time spent in a hypoglycemic state (glucose level, <70 mg per deciliter). Safety was assessed. RESULTS A total of 74 participants underwent randomization. The mean (±SD) age of the participants was 5.6±1.6 years, and the baseline glycated hemoglobin level was 7.3±0.7%. The percentage of time with the glucose level in the target range was 8.7 percentage points (95% confidence interval [CI], 7.4 to 9.9) higher during the closed-loop period than during the control period (P<0.001). The mean adjusted difference (closed-loop minus control) in the percentage of time spent in a hyperglycemic state was -8.5 percentage points (95% CI, -9.9 to -7.1), the difference in the glycated hemoglobin level was -0.4 percentage points (95% CI, -0.5 to -0.3), and the difference in the mean sensor glucose level was -12.3 mg per deciliter (95% CI, -14.8 to -9.8) (P<0.001 for all comparisons). The time spent in a hypoglycemic state was similar with the two treatments (P = 0.74). The median time spent in the closed-loop mode was 95% (interquartile range, 92 to 97) over the 16-week closed-loop period. One serious adverse event of severe hypoglycemia occurred during the closed-loop period. One serious adverse event that was deemed to be unrelated to treatment occurred. CONCLUSIONS A hybrid closed-loop system significantly improved glycemic control in very young children with type 1 diabetes, without increasing the time spent in hypoglycemia. (Funded by the European Commission and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03784027.).
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Affiliation(s)
- Julia Ware
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Janet M Allen
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Charlotte K Boughton
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Malgorzata E Wilinska
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Sara Hartnell
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Ajay Thankamony
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Carine de Beaufort
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Ulrike Schierloh
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Elke Fröhlich-Reiterer
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Julia K Mader
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Thomas M Kapellen
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Birgit Rami-Merhar
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Martin Tauschmann
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Katrin Nagl
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Sabine E Hofer
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Fiona M Campbell
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - James Yong
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Korey K Hood
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Julia Lawton
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Stephane Roze
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Judy Sibayan
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Laura E Bocchino
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Craig Kollman
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Roman Hovorka
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
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Ware J, Allen JM, Boughton CK, Wilinska ME, Hartnell S, Thankamony A, de Beaufort C, Schierloh U, Fröhlich-Reiterer E, Mader JK, Kapellen TM, Rami-Merhar B, Tauschmann M, Nagl K, Hofer SE, Campbell FM, Yong J, Hood KK, Lawton J, Roze S, Sibayan J, Bocchino LE, Kollman C, Hovorka R. Randomized Trial of Closed-Loop Control in Very Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2022. [PMID: 35045227 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2111673.pmid:] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The possible advantage of hybrid closed-loop therapy (i.e., artificial pancreas) over sensor-augmented pump therapy in very young children with type 1 diabetes is unclear. METHODS In this multicenter, randomized, crossover trial, we recruited children 1 to 7 years of age with type 1 diabetes who were receiving insulin-pump therapy at seven centers across Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. Participants received treatment in two 16-week periods, in random order, in which the closed-loop system was compared with sensor-augmented pump therapy (control). The primary end point was the between-treatment difference in the percentage of time that the sensor glucose measurement was in the target range (70 to 180 mg per deciliter) during each 16-week period. The analysis was conducted according to the intention-to-treat principle. Key secondary end points included the percentage of time spent in a hyperglycemic state (glucose level, >180 mg per deciliter), the glycated hemoglobin level, the mean sensor glucose level, and the percentage of time spent in a hypoglycemic state (glucose level, <70 mg per deciliter). Safety was assessed. RESULTS A total of 74 participants underwent randomization. The mean (±SD) age of the participants was 5.6±1.6 years, and the baseline glycated hemoglobin level was 7.3±0.7%. The percentage of time with the glucose level in the target range was 8.7 percentage points (95% confidence interval [CI], 7.4 to 9.9) higher during the closed-loop period than during the control period (P<0.001). The mean adjusted difference (closed-loop minus control) in the percentage of time spent in a hyperglycemic state was -8.5 percentage points (95% CI, -9.9 to -7.1), the difference in the glycated hemoglobin level was -0.4 percentage points (95% CI, -0.5 to -0.3), and the difference in the mean sensor glucose level was -12.3 mg per deciliter (95% CI, -14.8 to -9.8) (P<0.001 for all comparisons). The time spent in a hypoglycemic state was similar with the two treatments (P = 0.74). The median time spent in the closed-loop mode was 95% (interquartile range, 92 to 97) over the 16-week closed-loop period. One serious adverse event of severe hypoglycemia occurred during the closed-loop period. One serious adverse event that was deemed to be unrelated to treatment occurred. CONCLUSIONS A hybrid closed-loop system significantly improved glycemic control in very young children with type 1 diabetes, without increasing the time spent in hypoglycemia. (Funded by the European Commission and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03784027.).
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Affiliation(s)
- Julia Ware
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Janet M Allen
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Charlotte K Boughton
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Malgorzata E Wilinska
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Sara Hartnell
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Ajay Thankamony
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Carine de Beaufort
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Ulrike Schierloh
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Elke Fröhlich-Reiterer
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Julia K Mader
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Thomas M Kapellen
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Birgit Rami-Merhar
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Martin Tauschmann
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Katrin Nagl
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Sabine E Hofer
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Fiona M Campbell
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - James Yong
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Korey K Hood
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Julia Lawton
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Stephane Roze
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Judy Sibayan
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Laura E Bocchino
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Craig Kollman
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
| | - Roman Hovorka
- From the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Metabolic Science (J.W., J.M.A., C.K.B., M.E.W., R.H.) and the Department of Paediatrics (J.W., M.E.W., A.T., R.H.), University of Cambridge, and the Wolfson Diabetes and Endocrine Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (S.H.), Cambridge, the Department of Paediatric Diabetes, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds (F.M.C., J.Y.), and Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (J.L.) - all in the United Kingdom; Diabetes and Endocrine Care Clinique Pédiatrique, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg (C.B., U.S.); the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels (C.B.); the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (E.F.-R.), and the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine (J.K.M.), Medical University of Graz, Graz, the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (B.R.-M., M.T., K.N.), and the Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck (S.E.H.) - all in Austria; the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, and the Hospital for Children and Adolescents "am Nicolausholz," Bad Kösen - both in Germany (T.M.K.); the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (K.K.H.); Vyoo Agency, Lyon, France (S.R.); and the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (J.S., L.E.B., C.K.)
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Norman JE, Lawton J, Stock SJ, Siassakos D, Norrie J, Hallowell N, Chowdhry S, Hart RI, Odd D, Brewin J, Culshaw L, Lee-Davey C, Tebbutt H, Whyte S. Feasibility and design of a trial regarding the optimal mode of delivery for preterm birth: the CASSAVA multiple methods study. Health Technol Assess 2021; 25:1-102. [PMID: 34751645 DOI: 10.3310/hta25610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Around 60,000 babies are born preterm (prior to 37 weeks' gestation) each year in the UK. There is little evidence on the optimal birth mode (vaginal or caesarean section). OBJECTIVE The overall aim of the CASSAVA project was to determine if a trial to define the optimal mode of preterm birth could be carried out and, if so, determine what sort of trial could be conducted and how it could best be performed. We aimed to determine the specific groups of preterm women and babies for whom there are uncertainties about the best planned mode of birth, and if there would be willingness to recruit to, and participate in, a randomised trial to address some, but not all, of these uncertainties. This project was conducted in response to a Heath Technology Assessment programme commissioning call (17/22 'Mode of delivery for preterm infants'). METHODS We conducted clinician and patient surveys (n = 224 and n = 379, respectively) to identify current practice and opinion, and a consensus survey and Delphi workshop (n = 76 and n = 22 participants, respectively) to inform the design of a hypothetical clinical trial. The protocol for this clinical trial/vignette was used in telephone interviews with clinicians (n = 24) and in focus groups with potential participants (n = 13). RESULTS Planned sample size and data saturation was achieved for all groups except for focus groups with participants, as this had to be curtailed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and data saturation was not achieved. There was broad agreement from parents and health-care professionals that a trial is needed. The clinician survey demonstrated a variety of practice and opinion. The parent survey suggested that women and their families generally preferred vaginal birth at later gestations and caesarean section for preterm infants. The interactive workshop and Delphi consensus process confirmed the need for more evidence (hence the case for a trial) and provided rich information on what a future trial should entail. It was agreed that any trial should address the areas with most uncertainty, including the management of women at 26-32 weeks' gestation, with either spontaneous preterm labour (cephalic presentation) or where preterm birth was medically indicated. Clear themes around the challenges inherent in conducting any trial emerged, including the concept of equipoise itself. Specific issues were as follows: different clinicians and participants would be in equipoise for each clinical scenario, effective conduct of the trial would require appropriate resources and expertise within the hospital conducting the trial, potential participants would welcome information on the trial well before the onset of labour and minority ethnic groups would require tailored approaches. CONCLUSION Given the lack of evidence and the variation of practice and opinion in this area, and having listened to clinicians and potential participants, we conclude that a trial should be conducted and the outlined challenges resolved. FUTURE WORK The CASSAVA project could be used to inform the design of a randomised trial and indicates how such a trial could be carried out. Any future trial would benefit from a pilot with qualitative input and a study within a trial to inform optimal recruitment. LIMITATIONS Certainty that a trial could be conducted can be determined only when it is attempted. TRIAL REGISTRATION Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN12295730. FUNDING This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 25, No. 61. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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- Jane E Norman
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Ethox Centre and Wellcome Centre for Ethics & Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK
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- Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, MRC Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Rankin D, Kimbell B, Allen JM, Besser REJ, Boughton CK, Campbell F, Elleri D, Fuchs J, Ghatak A, Randell T, Thankamony A, Trevelyan N, Wilinska ME, Hovorka R, Lawton J. Adolescents' Experiences of Using a Smartphone Application Hosting a Closed-loop Algorithm to Manage Type 1 Diabetes in Everyday Life: Qualitative Study. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2021; 15:1042-1051. [PMID: 34261348 PMCID: PMC8411472 DOI: 10.1177/1932296821994201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Closed-loop technology may help address health disparities experienced by adolescents, who are more likely to have suboptimal glycemic control than other age groups and, because of their age, find diabetes self-management particularly challenging. The CamAPS FX closed-loop has sought to address accessibility and usability issues reported by users of previous prototype systems. It comprises small components and a smartphone app used to: announce meal-time boluses, adjust ("boost" or "ease-off") closed-loop insulin delivery, customize alarms, and review/share data. We explored how using the CamAPS FX platform influences adolescents' self-management practices and everyday lives. METHODS Eighteen adolescents were interviewed after having ≥6 months experience using the closed-loop platform. Data were analyzed thematically. RESULTS Participants reported feeling less burdened and shackled by diabetes because closed-loop components were easier to carry/wear, finger-pricks were not required, the smartphone app provided a discreet and less stigmatizing way of managing diabetes in public, and they were able to customize alarms. Participants also reported checking and reviewing data more regularly, because they did so when using the smartphone for other reasons. Some reported challenges in school settings where use of personal phones was restricted. Participants highlighted how self-management practices were improved because they could easily review glucose data and adjust closed-loop insulin delivery using the "boost" and "ease-off" functions. Some described how using the system resulted in them forgetting about diabetes and neglecting certain tasks. CONCLUSIONS A closed-loop system with small components and control algorithm on a smartphone app can enhance usability and acceptability for adolescents and may help address the health-related disparities experienced by this age group. However, challenges can arise from using a medical app on a device which doubles as a smartphone. TRIAL REGISTRATION Closed Loop From Onset in Type 1 Diabetes (CLOuD); NCT02871089; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02871089.
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- David Rankin
- Usher Institute, Medical School,
University of Edinburgh, UK
- David Rankin, PhD, Usher Institute,
University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK.
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- Usher Institute, Medical School,
University of Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Trust – Medical Research
Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of
Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre,
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of
Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Trust – Medical Research
Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust – Medical Research
Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of
Cambridge, UK
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- Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation
Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Wellcome Trust – Medical Research
Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of
Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust – Medical Research
Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of
Cambridge, UK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School,
University of Edinburgh, UK
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Lawton J, Hart RI, Kimbell B, Allen JM, Besser REJ, Boughton C, Elleri D, Fuchs J, Ghatak A, Randell T, Thankamony A, Trevelyan N, Hovorka R, Rankin D. Data Sharing While Using a Closed-Loop System: Qualitative Study of Adolescents' and Parents' Experiences and Views. Diabetes Technol Ther 2021; 23:500-507. [PMID: 33605790 PMCID: PMC8252900 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2020.0637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Objective: To understand and explore data sharing practices among adolescents and their parents using a closed-loop system. Methods: Eighteen adolescents (aged 11-18 years) and 19 parents were interviewed after adolescents had ∼6 months experience of using a closed-loop system, which permitted them to share glucose and insulin data with parents/caregivers. Data were analyzed thematically. Results: There was considerable variability in how parent-child dyads perceived, valued, and undertook data sharing. Parents of early adolescents (11-13 years) reported making extensive use of "real time" data to remotely manage their child's diabetes and early adolescents described needing and wanting this input. Parents of middle adolescents (14-16 years) described making greater use of retrospective data. To avoid conflict and encourage and support their son/daughter's autonomy, these individuals reported practicing watchful waiting and only intervening after concerns about a pattern of problematic behavior or their child's safety arose. Middle adolescents indicated that data sharing had been done primarily for the benefit of their parents, although they also noted quality of life benefits for themselves. Among late adolescents (17+ years), parents were simply remote because their son/daughter had not permitted access to their data. Participants recommended clear ground rules be put in place about when, and how, data sharing should be used. Conclusions: To help parent-child dyads use data sharing in ways which minimize conflict and optimize constructive parental support, we recommend tailored input and support, which takes account of family dynamics, the young person's developmental maturity, and the different ways in which data are used across the adolescent age range.
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- Julia Lawton
- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Address correspondence to: Julia Lawton, BA, PhD, Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Children's Services, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Child Health, Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Kimbell B, Lawton J, Boughton C, Hovorka R, Rankin D. Parents' experiences of caring for a young child with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative evidence. BMC Pediatr 2021; 21:160. [PMID: 33814007 PMCID: PMC8019496 DOI: 10.1186/s12887-021-02569-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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AIMS To synthesise the qualitative evidence on parents' experiences of caring for a child aged ≤8 years with type 1 diabetes to identify: the challenges they encounter; their views about support received; ways in which support could be improved; and, directions for future research. METHODS We searched Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Web of Science databases to identify qualitative studies reporting parents' views and experiences of caring for a child with type 1 diabetes aged ≤8 years. Key analytical themes were identified using thematic synthesis. RESULTS Fourteen studies were included. The synthesis resulted in the generation of two overarching themes. Monopolisation of life describes the all-encompassing impact diabetes could have on parents due to the constant worry they experienced and the perceived need for vigilance. It describes how parents' caring responsibilities could affect their wellbeing, relationships and finances, and how a lack of trusted sources of childcare and a desire to enable a 'normal' childhood constrained personal choices and activities. However, use of diabetes technologies could lessen some of these burdens. Experiences of professional and informal support describes how encounters with healthcare professionals, while generally perceived as helpful, could lead to frustration and anxiety, and how connecting with other parents caring for a child with type 1 diabetes provided valued emotional and practical support. CONCLUSIONS This synthesis outlines the challenges parents encounter, their views about support received and ways in which support might be improved. It also highlights significant limitations in the current literature and points to important areas for future research, including how sociodemographic factors and use of newer diabetes technologies influence parents' diabetes management practices and experiences. PROSPERO: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42019128710.
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- B Kimbell
- Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - MRC Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - MRC Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Fuchs J, Allen JM, Boughton CK, Wilinska ME, Thankamony A, de Beaufort C, Campbell F, Yong J, Froehlich-Reiterer E, Mader JK, Hofer SE, Kapellen TM, Rami-Merhar B, Tauschmann M, Hood K, Kimbell B, Lawton J, Roze S, Sibayan J, Cohen N, Hovorka R. Assessing the efficacy, safety and utility of closed-loop insulin delivery compared with sensor-augmented pump therapy in very young children with type 1 diabetes (KidsAP02 study): an open-label, multicentre, multinational, randomised cross-over study protocol. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e042790. [PMID: 33579766 PMCID: PMC7883854 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Diabetes management in very young children remains challenging. Glycaemic targets are achieved at the expense of high parental diabetes management burden and frequent hypoglycaemia, impacting quality of life for the whole family. Our objective is to assess whether automated insulin delivery can improve glycaemic control and alleviate the burden of diabetes management in this particular age group. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The study adopts an open-label, multinational, multicentre, randomised, crossover design and aims to randomise 72 children aged 1-7 years with type 1 diabetes on insulin pump therapy. Following screening, participants will receive training on study insulin pump and study continuous glucose monitoring devices. Participants will be randomised to 16-week use of the hybrid closed-loop system (intervention period) or to 16-week use of sensor-augmented pump therapy (control period) with 1-4 weeks washout period before crossing over to the other arm. The order of the two study periods will be random. The primary endpoint is the between-group difference in time spent in the target glucose range from 3.9 to 10.0 mmol/L based on sensor glucose readings during the 16-week study periods. Analyses will be conducted on an intention-to-treat basis. Key secondary endpoints are between group differences in time spent above and below target glucose range, glycated haemoglobin and average sensor glucose. Participants' and caregivers' experiences will be evaluated using questionnaires and qualitative interviews, and sleep quality will be assessed. A health economic analysis will be performed. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval has been obtained from Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee (UK), Ethics Committees of the University of Innsbruck, the University of Vienna and the University of Graz (Austria), Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Leipzig (Germany) and Comité National d'Ethique de Recherche (Luxembourg). The results will be disseminated by peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT03784027.
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- Julia Fuchs
- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- DECCP, Clinique Pédiatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
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- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Steiermark, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Steiermark, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria
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- Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Leipzig Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
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- Endocrinology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- The University of Edinburgh Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Jaeb Centre for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Jaeb Centre for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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Hart RI, Boyle D, Cameron DA, Cowie FJ, Hayward L, Heaney NB, Jesudason AB, Lawton J. Strategies for improving access to clinical trials by teenagers and young adults with cancer: A qualitative study of health professionals' views. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2021; 30:e13408. [PMID: 33474755 DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Few teenagers and young adults (TYA) with cancer participate in clinical trials. Lack of opportunity has been identified as a major barrier. We canvassed health professionals' views on how TYA's access to trials might be improved. METHODS We interviewed 35 professionals with responsibility for delivering or facilitating cancer care and/or clinical trials. We analysed data using a qualitative descriptive approach. RESULTS Interviewees viewed improving TYA's access to trials as challenging, but possible. They reframed the problem as one of rare disease and surmised that modifying the organisation, administration and resourcing of research (and care) might expand opportunities for both TYA and other patients with low volume conditions. Proposals coalesced around four themes: consolidating the pool of patients; streamlining bureaucratic requirements; investing in the research workforce; and promoting pragmatism in trial design. CONCLUSION Accounts suggest there is scope to improve access to trials by TYA with cancer and other patients with rare diseases. Though re-configuring care, research and resource frameworks would present substantial challenges, doing nothing would also have costs. Change will require the support of a range of stakeholders, and agreement as to the best way forward. Further work, such as priority setting exercises, may be necessary to reach a consensus.
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- Ruth I Hart
- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- NHS Research Scotland Cancer Lead and Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Coates E, Amiel S, Baird W, Benaissa M, Brennan A, Campbell MJ, Chadwick P, Chater T, Choudhary P, Cooke D, Cooper C, Cross E, De Zoysa N, Eissa M, Elliott J, Gianfrancesco C, Good T, Hopkins D, Hui Z, Lawton J, Lorencatto F, Michie S, Pollard DJ, Rankin D, Schutter J, Scott E, Speight J, Stanton-Fay S, Taylor C, Thompson G, Totton N, Yardley L, Zaitcev A, Heller S. Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of the DAFNE plus (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) intervention compared with 5x1 DAFNE: a lifelong approach to promote effective self-management in adults with type 1 diabetes. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e040438. [PMID: 33462097 PMCID: PMC7813353 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The successful treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D) requires those affected to employ insulin therapy to maintain their blood glucose levels as close to normal to avoid complications in the long-term. The Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) intervention is a group education course designed to help adults with T1D develop and sustain the complex self-management skills needed to adjust insulin in everyday life. It leads to improved glucose levels in the short term (manifest by falls in glycated haemoglobin, HbA1c), reduced rates of hypoglycaemia and sustained improvements in quality of life but overall glucose levels remain well above national targets. The DAFNEplus intervention is a development of DAFNE designed to incorporate behavioural change techniques, technology and longer-term structured support from healthcare professionals (HCPs). METHODS AND ANALYSIS A pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial in adults with T1D, delivered in diabetes centres in National Health Service secondary care hospitals in the UK. Centres will be randomised on a 1:1 basis to standard DAFNE or DAFNEplus. Primary clinical outcome is the change in HbA1c and the primary endpoint is HbA1c at 12 months, in those entering the trial with HbA1c >7.5% (58 mmol/mol), and HbA1c at 6 months is the secondary endpoint. Sample size is 662 participants (approximately 47 per centre); 92% power to detect a 0.5% difference in the primary outcome of HbA1c between treatment groups. The trial also measures rates of hypoglycaemia, psychological outcomes, an economic evaluation and process evaluation. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval was granted by South West-Exeter Research Ethics Committee (REC ref: 18/SW/0100) on 14 May 2018. The results of the trial will be published in a National Institute for Health Research monograph and relevant high-impact journals. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ISRCTN42908016.
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- Elizabeth Coates
- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Diabetes, King's College London Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, London, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Diabetes, King's College London Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Diabetes, King's College London Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, London, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Diabetes Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- General and Emergency Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Diabetes Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Academic Unit of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Visvanathan A, Graham C, Dennis M, Lawton J, Doubal F, Mead G, Whiteley W. Predicting specific abilities after disabling stroke: Development and validation of prognostic models. Int J Stroke 2021; 16:935-943. [PMID: 33402051 PMCID: PMC8554496 DOI: 10.1177/1747493020982873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Background Predicting specific abilities (e.g. walk and talk) to provide a functional profile six months after disabling stroke could help patients/families prepare for the consequences of stroke and facilitate involvement in treatment decision-making. Aim To develop new statistical models to predict specific abilities six months after stroke and test their performance in an independent cohort of patients with disabling stroke. Methods We developed models to predict six specific abilities (to be independent, walk, talk, eat normally, live without major anxiety/depression, and to live at home) using data from seven large multicenter stroke trials with multivariable logistic regression. We included 13,117 participants recruited within three days of hospital admission. We assessed model discrimination and derived optimal cut-off values using four statistical methods. We validated the models in an independent single-center cohort of patients (n = 403) with disabling stroke. We assessed model discrimination and calibration and reported the performance of our models at the statistically derived cut-off values. Results All six models had good discrimination in external validation (AUC 0.78–0.84). Four models (predicting to walk, eat normally, live without major anxiety/depression, live at home) calibrated well. Models had sensitivities between 45.0 and 97.9% and specificities between 21.6 and 96.5%. Conclusions We have developed statistical models to predict specific abilities and demonstrated that these models perform reasonably well in an independent cohort of disabling stroke patients. To aid decision-making regarding treatments, further evaluation of our models is required.
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- Akila Visvanathan
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Chancellor's Building, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Chancellor's Building, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Chancellor's Building, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Chancellor's Building, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Chancellor's Building, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Hart RI, Cowie FJ, Jesudason AB, Lawton J. Adolescents and young adults' (AYA) views on their cancer knowledge prior to diagnosis: Findings from a qualitative study involving AYA receiving cancer care. Health Expect 2020; 24:307-316. [PMID: 33275814 PMCID: PMC8077068 DOI: 10.1111/hex.13170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Cancer is rare amongst adolescents and young adults (AYA). Previous research has reported (healthy) AYA’s knowledge of risk factors and symptoms as limited, with this potentially leading to delays in help‐seeking and diagnosis. Objectives We explored AYA’s views on their cancer knowledge prior to diagnosis and if/how they perceived this as having affected their experiences of diagnosis and care. Methods We interviewed 18 AYA diagnosed with cancer (aged 16‐24 years). Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. We undertook qualitative descriptive analysis, exploring both a priori topics and emergent themes, including cancer knowledge prior to diagnosis. Results Adolescents and young adults characterized their knowledge of cancer and treatment prior to diagnosis and treatment initiation as limited and superficial. AYA perceived gaps in their knowledge as having profound consequences throughout their cancer journey. These included: hindering recognition of symptoms, thereby delaying help‐seeking; impeding understanding of the significance of tests and referrals; amplifying uncertainty on diagnosis; and affording poor preparation for the harsh realities of treatment. Conclusions Adolescents and young adults perceived their limited cancer knowledge prior to diagnosis as affecting experiences of diagnosis and initial/front‐line care. These findings prompt consideration of whether, when and how, AYA’s knowledge of cancer might be improved. Two broad approaches are discussed: universal education on AYA cancer and/or health; and targeted education (enhanced information and counselling) at and after diagnosis. Patient or Public Contribution Our work was informed throughout by discussions with an advisory group, whose membership included AYA treated for cancer.
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- Ruth I Hart
- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Vautier M, Gaudric J, Jayet J, Thibault C, Lawton J, Mahine K, Jean M, Laurent C, Koskas F, Cacoub P, Saadoun D. Facteurs de risque de rechute de l’atteinte artérielle après chirurgie vasculaire chez les patients atteints de maladie de Behçet. Rev Med Interne 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2020.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Visvanathan A, Whiteley W, Mead G, Lawton J, Doubal FN, Dennis M. Reporting “specific abilities” after major stroke to better describe prognosis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2020; 29:104993. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.104993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Visvanathan A, Mead GE, Dennis M, Whiteley WN, Doubal FN, Lawton J. The considerations, experiences and support needs of family members making treatment decisions for patients admitted with major stroke: a qualitative study. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2020; 20:98. [PMID: 32487145 PMCID: PMC7268726 DOI: 10.1186/s12911-020-01137-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Treatment decision-making by family members on behalf of patients with major stroke can be challenging because of the shock of the diagnosis and lack of knowledge of the patient’s treatment preferences. We aimed to understand how, and why, family members made certain treatment decisions, and explored their information and support needs. Method Semi-structured interviews with family members (n = 24) of patients with major stroke, within 2 weeks of hospital admission. Data were analysed thematically. Results Families’ approach to treatment decision-making lay on a spectrum according to the patient’s state of health pre-stroke (i.e. patient’s prior experience of illness and functional status) and any views expressed about treatment preferences in the event of life-threatening illness. Support and information needs varied according to where they were on this spectrum. At one extreme, family members described deciding not to initiate life-extending treatments from the outset because of the patients’ deteriorating health and preferences expressed pre-stroke. Information from doctors about poor prognosis was merely used to confirm this decision. In the middle of the spectrum were family members of patients who had been moderately independent pre-stroke. They described the initial shock of the diagnosis and how they had initially wanted all treatments to continue. However, once they overcame their shock, and had gathered relevant information, including information about poor prognosis from doctors, they decided that life-extending treatments were no longer appropriate. Many reported this process to be upsetting and expressed a need for psychological support. At the other end of the spectrum were family members of previously independent patients whose preferences pre-stroke had not been known. Family members described feeling extremely distressed at such an unexpected situation and wanting all treatments to continue. They described needing psychological support and hope that the patient would survive. Conclusion The knowledge that family members’ treatment decision-making approaches lay on a spectrum depending on the patient’s state of health and stated preferences pre-stroke may allow doctors to better prepare for discussions regarding the patient’s prognosis. This may enable doctors to provide information and support that is tailored towards family members’ needs.
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- A Visvanathan
- Clinical Academic Fellow (Chief Scientist Office), Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, 49 Chancellor's Building, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK.
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- Clinical Academic Fellow (Chief Scientist Office), Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, 49 Chancellor's Building, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
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- Clinical Academic Fellow (Chief Scientist Office), Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, 49 Chancellor's Building, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
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- Clinical Academic Fellow (Chief Scientist Office), Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, 49 Chancellor's Building, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
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- Clinical Academic Fellow (Chief Scientist Office), Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, 49 Chancellor's Building, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK
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- Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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Lawton J, Kimbell B, Rankin D, Ashcroft NL, Varghese L, Allen JM, Boughton CK, Campbell F, Randell T, Besser REJ, Trevelyan N, Hovorka R. Health professionals' views about who would benefit from using a closed-loop system: a qualitative study. Diabet Med 2020; 37:1030-1037. [PMID: 31989684 DOI: 10.1111/dme.14252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIM To explore health professionals' views about who would benefit from using a closed-loop system and who should be prioritized for access to the technology in routine clinical care. METHODS Health professionals (n = 22) delivering the Closed Loop from Onset in type 1 Diabetes (CLOuD) trial were interviewed after they had ≥ 6 months' experience supporting participants using a closed-loop system. Data were analysed thematically. RESULTS Interviewees described holding strong assumptions about the types of people who would use the technology effectively prior to the trial. Interviewees described changing their views as a result of observing individuals engaging with the closed-loop system in ways they had not anticipated. This included educated, technologically competent individuals who over-interacted with the system in ways which could compromise glycaemic control. Other individuals, who health professionals assumed would struggle to understand and use the technology, were reported to have benefitted from it because they stood back and allowed the system to operate without interference. Interviewees concluded that individual, family and psychological attributes cannot be used as pre-selection criteria and, ideally, all individuals should be given the chance to try the technology. However, it was recognized that clinical guidelines will be needed to inform difficult decisions about treatment allocation (and withdrawal), with young children and infants being considered priority groups. CONCLUSIONS To ensure fair and equitable access to closed-loop systems, prejudicial assumptions held by health professionals may need to be addressed. To support their decision-making, clinical guidelines need to be made available in a timely manner.
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- J Lawton
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Nottingham Children's Hospital, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Wellcome Trust - Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Kimbell B, Rankin D, Ashcroft NL, Varghese L, Allen JM, Boughton CK, Campbell F, Ghatak A, Randell T, Besser RE, Trevelyan N, Hovorka R, Lawton J. What Training, Support, and Resourcing Do Health Professionals Need to Support People Using a Closed-Loop System? A Qualitative Interview Study with Health Professionals Involved in the Closed Loop from Onset in Type 1 Diabetes (CLOuD) Trial. Diabetes Technol Ther 2020; 22:468-475. [PMID: 32048877 PMCID: PMC7262645 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2019.0466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Background: We explored health professionals' views about the training, support, and resourcing needed to support people using closed-loop technology in routine clinical care to help inform the development of formal guidance. Methods: Interviews were conducted with health professionals (n = 22) delivering the Closed Loop from Onset in Type 1 Diabetes (CLOuD) trial after they had ≥6 months' experience of supporting participants using a closed-loop system. Data were analyzed descriptively. Results: Interviewees described how, compared with other insulin regimens, teaching and supporting individuals to use a closed-loop system could be initially more time-consuming. However, they also noted that after an initial adjustment period, users had less need for initiating contact with the clinical team compared with people using pumps or multiple daily injections. Interviewees highlighted how a lessened need for ad hoc clinical input could result in new challenges; specifically, they had fewer opportunities to reinforce users' diabetes knowledge and skills and detect potential psychosocial problems. They also observed heightened anxiety among some parents due to the constant availability of data and unrealistic expectations about the system's capabilities. Interviewees noted that all local diabetes teams should be empowered to deliver closed-loop system care, but stressed that health professionals supporting closed-loop users in routine care will need comprehensive technology training and standardized clinical guidance. Conclusion: These findings constitute an important starting point for the development of formal guidance to support the rollout of closed-loop technology. Our recommendations, if actioned, will help limit the potential additional burden of introducing closed-loop systems in routine clinical care and help inform appropriate user education and support.
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- Barbara Kimbell
- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Address correspondence to: Barbara Kimbell, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust–Medical Research Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Boughton C, Allen JM, Tauschmann M, Hartnell S, Wilinska ME, Musolino G, Acerini CL, Dunger PD, Campbell F, Ghatak A, Randell T, Besser R, Trevelyan N, Elleri D, Northam E, Hood K, Scott E, Lawton J, Roze S, Sibayan J, Kollman C, Cohen N, Todd J, Hovorka R. Assessing the effect of closed-loop insulin delivery from onset of type 1 diabetes in youth on residual beta-cell function compared to standard insulin therapy (CLOuD study): a randomised parallel study protocol. BMJ Open 2020; 10:e033500. [PMID: 32169925 PMCID: PMC7069267 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Management of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D) in children and adolescents is challenging for patients, families and healthcare professionals. The objective of this study is to determine whether continued intensive metabolic control using hybrid closed-loop (CL) insulin delivery following diagnosis of T1D can preserve C-peptide secretion, a marker of residual beta-cell function, compared with standard multiple daily injections (MDI) therapy. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The study adopts an open-label, multicentre, randomised, parallel design, and aims to randomise 96 participants aged 10-16.9 years, recruited within 21 days of diagnosis with T1D. Following a baseline mixed meal tolerance test (MMTT), participants will be randomised to receive 24 months treatment with conventional MDI therapy or with CL insulin delivery. A further 24-month optional extension phase will be offered to all participants to continue with the allocated treatment. The primary outcome is the between group difference in area under the stimulated C-peptide curve (AUC) of the MMTT at 12 months post diagnosis. Analyses will be conducted on an intention-to-treat basis. Key secondary outcomes are between group differences in time spent in target glucose range (3.9-10 mmol/L), glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and time spent in hypoglycaemia (<3.9 mmol/L) at 12 months. Secondary efficacy outcomes include between group differences in stimulated C-peptide AUC at 24 months, time spent in target glucose range, glucose variability, hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia as recorded by periodically applied masked continuous glucose monitoring devices, total, basal and bolus insulin dose, and change in body weight. Cognitive, emotional and behavioural characteristics of participants and parents will be evaluated, and a cost-utility analysis performed to support adoption of CL as a standard treatment modality following diagnosis of T1D. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethics approval has been obtained from Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee. The results will be disseminated by peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT02871089; Pre-results.
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- Charlotte Boughton
- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Children's Diabetes Centre, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Diabetes, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology, Nottingham Children's Hospital, Nottingham, UK
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- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Paediatric Diabetes, Southampton Children's Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Diabetes, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Endocrinology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- The University of Edinburgh Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh, UK
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- Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Hart RI, Hallowell N, Harden J, Jesudason AB, Lawton J. Clinician-researchers and custodians of scarce resources: a qualitative study of health professionals' views on barriers to the involvement of teenagers and young adults in cancer trials. Trials 2020; 21:67. [PMID: 31924260 PMCID: PMC6954521 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3942-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Equipoise and role conflict have been previously identified as important factors in professionals’ engagement with trials, inducing behaviours which can impact on recruitment. We explored these phenomena as potential explanations for the low levels of involvement of teenagers and young adults (TYA) with cancer in clinical trials in oncology. Methods We report findings from interviews with 30 purposively sampled direct-care professionals involved in delivering cancer care and/or facilitating clinical trials in Scotland. We undertook qualitative descriptive analysis, focussed on identifying key issues and themes. Results Interviewees largely identified as clinician–researchers and portrayed oncology as a specialty in which research was integral to care. They saw their primary responsibility as ensuring patients received the best treatment, but asserted that, in general, trials provided a vehicle for optimal care. Role conflict in its traditional form was rarely evident; however, other tensions were manifest. Professionals found the significant time costs of delivering trials difficult to reconcile with the increasing pressures on clinical services. They felt a responsibility to make prudent choices about the trials with which to engage. Guided by utilitarian principles, these choices were oriented towards benefiting the largest number of patients. This favoured trials in high volume diseases; as TYA tend to have rarer forms of cancer, professionals’ support for—and TYA’s access to—relevant trials was, by default, more limited. Conclusions Neither lack of individual equipoise nor experiences of traditional forms of role conflict accounted for the low levels of involvement of TYA with cancer in clinical trials. However, prominent tensions around the management of scarce resources provided an alternative explanation for TYA’s limited access to cancer trials. The prevailing approach to decision-making about whether and which trials to support was recognised as contributing to inequalities in access and care. Professionals’ choices, however, were made in the context of scarcity, and structured by incentives and sanctions understood by them as signalling governmental priorities. A franker discussion of the extent and distribution of the costs and benefits of trials work is needed, for change to be achieved.
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- Ruth I Hart
- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK.
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- Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7LF, UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF, UK
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- Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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Hart RI, Cameron DA, Cowie FJ, Harden J, Heaney NB, Rankin D, Jesudason AB, Lawton J. The challenges of making informed decisions about treatment and trial participation following a cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study involving adolescents and young adults with cancer and their caregivers. BMC Health Serv Res 2020; 20:25. [PMID: 31914994 PMCID: PMC6950988 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4851-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Limited attention has been paid to adolescents and young adults' (AYA's) experiences in the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis, despite this being a time when potentially life-changing decisions are made. We explored AYA's and caregivers' experiences of, and views about, making treatment and trial participation decisions following a cancer diagnosis, in order to understand, and help facilitate, informed treatment decision-making in this age group. METHODS Interviews were undertaken with 18 AYA diagnosed, or re-diagnosed, with cancer when aged 16-24 years, and 15 parents/caregivers. Analysis focused on the identification and description of explanatory themes. RESULTS Most AYA described being extremely unwell by the time of diagnosis and, consequently, experiencing difficulties processing the news. Distress and acceleration in clinical activity following diagnosis could further impede the absorption of treatment-relevant information. After referral to a specialist cancer unit, many AYA described quickly transitioning to a calm and pragmatic mind-set, and wanting to commence treatment at the earliest opportunity. Most reported seeing information about short-term side-effects of treatment as having limited relevance to their recovery-focused outlook at that time. AYA seldom indicated wanting to make choices about front-line treatment, with most preferring to defer decisions to health professionals. Even when charged with decisions about trial participation, AYA reported welcoming a strong health professional steer. Parents/caregivers attempted to compensate for AYA's limited engagement with treatment-relevant information. However, in seeking to ensure AYA received the best treatment, these individuals had conflicting priorities and information needs. CONCLUSION Our study highlights the challenging context in which AYA are confronted with decisions about front-line treatment, and reveals how their responses make it hard to ensure their decisions are fully informed. It raises questions about the direct value, to AYA, of approaches that aim to promote decision-making by improving understanding and recall of information, though such approaches may be of value to caregivers. In seeking to improve information-giving and involvement in treatment-related decision-making at diagnosis, care should be taken not to delegitimize the preference of many AYA for a directive approach from trusted clinicians.
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- Ruth I Hart
- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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- NHS Research Scotland Cancer Lead and Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road South, Edinburgh, EH4 2XR, UK
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- Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0YN, UK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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- Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0YN, UK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF, UK
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- Usher Institute, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK.
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Denison FC, Carruthers KF, Hudson J, McPherson G, Scotland G, Brook-Smith S, Clarkson C, Peace M, Brewin J, Chua GN, Hallowell N, Norman JE, Lawton J, Norrie J. Glyceryl trinitrate to reduce the need for manual removal of retained placenta following vaginal delivery: the GOT-IT RCT. Health Technol Assess 2019; 23:1-72. [PMID: 31912780 PMCID: PMC6970217 DOI: 10.3310/hta23700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Retained placenta is associated with postpartum haemorrhage and can lead to significant maternal morbidity if untreated. The only effective treatment is the surgical procedure of manual removal of placenta, which is costly, requires skilled staff, requires an operative environment and is unpleasant for women. Small studies suggest that glyceryl trinitrate may be an effective medical alternative. OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of sublingual glyceryl trinitrate spray compared with placebo in reducing the need for manual removal of placenta in women with retained placenta after vaginal delivery following the failure of current management. DESIGN A group-sequential randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial with a cost-effectiveness analysis. SETTING There were 29 obstetric units in the UK involved in the study. PARTICIPANTS There were 1107 women (glyceryl trinitrate group, n = 543; placebo group, n = 564) randomised between October 2014 and July 2017. INTERVENTIONS Glyceryl trinitrate spray was administered to 541 women in the intervention group, and a placebo was administered to 563 women in the control group. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Four primary outcomes were defined: (1) clinical - the need for manual removal of placenta, (2) safety - measured blood loss, (3) patient sided - satisfaction with treatment and side effects and (4) economic - cost-effectiveness of both treatments using the UK NHS perspective. Secondary clinical outcomes included a > 15% decrease in haemoglobin level, time from randomisation to delivery of placenta in theatre, the need for earlier manual removal of placenta than planned, increase in heart rate or decrease in blood pressure, requirement for blood transfusion, requirement for general anaesthesia, maternal pyrexia, and sustained uterine relaxation requiring additional uterotonics. RESULTS No difference was observed between the glyceryl trinitrate group and the control group for the placenta remaining undelivered within 15 minutes of study treatment (93.3% vs. 92%; odds ratio 1.01, 95% confidence interval 0.98 to 1.04; p = 0.393). There was no difference in blood loss of > 1000 ml between the glyceryl trinitrate group and the control group (22.2% vs. 15.5%; odds ratio 1.14, 95% confidence interval 0.88 to 1.48; p = 0.314). Palpitations were more common in the glyceryl trinitrate group than in the control group after taking the study drug (9.8% vs. 4.0%; odds ratio 2.60, 95% confidence interval 1.40 to 4.84; p = 0.003). There was no difference in any other measures of patient satisfaction between the groups. There was no difference in costs to the health service between groups (mean difference £55.30, 95% confidence interval -£199.20 to £309.79). Secondary outcomes revealed that a fall in systolic or diastolic blood pressure, or an increase in heart rate, was more common in the glyceryl trinitrate group than in the control group (odds ratio 4.9, 95% confidence interval 3.7 to 6.4; p < 0.001). The need for a blood transfusion was also more common in the glyceryl trinitrate group than in the control group (odds ratio 1.53, 95% confidence interval 1.04 to 2.25; p = 0.033). CONCLUSIONS Glyceryl trinitrate spray did not increase the delivery of retained placenta within 15 minutes of administration when compared with the placebo, and was not cost-effective for medical management of retained placenta. More participants reported palpitations and required a blood transfusion in the glyceryl trinitrate group. Further research into alternative methods of medical management of retained placenta is required. TRIAL REGISTRATION Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN88609453. FUNDING This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 23, No. 70. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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- Fiona C Denison
- Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Simpson's Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Tommy's Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health Research, Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit/Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Denison FC, Carruthers KF, Hudson J, McPherson G, Chua GN, Peace M, Brewin J, Hallowell N, Scotland G, Lawton J, Norrie J, Norman JE. Nitroglycerin for treatment of retained placenta: A randomised, placebo-controlled, multicentre, double-blind trial in the UK. PLoS Med 2019; 16:e1003001. [PMID: 31887169 PMCID: PMC6936786 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Retained placenta following vaginal delivery is a major cause of postpartum haemorrhage. Currently, the only effective treatments for a retained placenta are the surgical procedures of manual removal of placenta (MROP) and uterine curettage, which are not universally available, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of the trial was to determine whether sublingual nitroglycerin spray was clinically effective and cost-effective for medical treatment of retained placenta following vaginal delivery. METHODS AND FINDINGS A randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial was undertaken between October 2014 and July 2017 at 29 delivery units in the UK (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Preston, Warrington, Chesterfield, Crewe, Durham, West Middlesex, Aylesbury, Furness, Southampton, Bolton, Sunderland, Oxford, Nottingham [2 units], Burnley, Chertsey, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesborough, Chester, Darlington, York, Reading, Milton Keynes, Telford, Frimley). In total, 1,107 women with retained placenta following vaginal delivery were recruited. The intervention was self-administered 2 puffs of sublingual nitroglycerin (800 μg; intervention, N = 543) or placebo spray (control, N = 564). The primary clinical outcome was the need for MROP, assessed at 15 minutes following administration of the intervention. Analysis was based on the intention-to-treat principle. The primary safety outcome was measured blood loss between study drug administration and transfer to the postnatal ward or other clinical area. The primary patient-sided outcomes were satisfaction with treatment and side-effect profile, assessed by questionnaires pre-discharge and 6 weeks post-delivery. Secondary clinical outcomes were measured at 5 and 15 minutes after study drug administration and prior to hospital discharge. There was no statistically significant or clinically meaningful difference in need for MROP by 15 minutes (primary clinical outcome, 505 [93.3%] for nitroglycerin versus 518 [92.0%] for placebo, odds ratio [OR] 1.01 [95% CI 0.98-1.04], p = 0.393) or blood loss (<500 ml: nitroglycerin, 238 [44.3%], versus placebo, 249 [44.5%]; 500 ml-1,000 ml: nitroglycerin, 180 [33.5%], versus placebo, 224 [40.0%]; >1,000 ml: nitroglycerin, 119 [22.2%], versus placebo, 87 [15.5%]; ordinal OR 1.14 [95% CI 0.88-1.48], p = 0.314) or satisfaction with treatment (nitroglycerin, 288 [75.4%], versus placebo, 303 [78.1%]; OR 0.87 [95% CI 0.62-1.22], p = 0.411) or health service costs (mean difference [£] 55.3 [95% CI -199.20 to 309.79]). Palpitations following drug administration were reported more often in the nitroglycerin group (36 [9.8%] versus 15 [4.0%], OR 2.60 [95% CI 1.40-4.84], p = 0.003). There were 52 serious adverse events during the trial, with no statistically significant difference in likelihood between groups (nitroglycerin, 27 [5.0%], versus placebo, 26 [4.6%]; OR 1.13 [95% CI 0.54-2.38], p = 0.747). The main limitation of our study was the low return rate for the 6-week postnatal questionnaire. There were, however, no differences in questionnaire return rates between study groups or between women who did and did not have MROP, with the patient-reported use of outpatient and primary care services at 6 weeks accounting for only a small proportion (approximately 5%) of overall health service costs. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we found that nitroglycerin is neither clinically effective nor cost-effective as a medical treatment for retained placenta, and has increased side effects, suggesting it should not be used. Further research is required to identify an effective medical treatment for retained placenta to reduce the morbidity caused by this condition, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where surgical management is not available. TRIAL REGISTRATION ISRCTN.com ISRCTN88609453 ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02085213.
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- Fiona C. Denison
- Tommy’s Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Tommy’s Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Tommy’s Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials, Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Tommy’s Centre for Maternal and Fetal Health, Medical Research Council Centre for Reproductive Health, Queen’s Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Visvanathan A, Mead G, Dennis M, Whiteley W, Doubal F, Lawton J. Maintaining hope after a disabling stroke: A longitudinal qualitative study of patients' experiences, views, information needs and approaches towards making treatment decisions. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0222500. [PMID: 31518369 PMCID: PMC6743774 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Some treatments after a disabling stroke increase the likelihood patients will survive longer but with significant disability. Patients and doctors should make collaborative decisions regarding these treatments. However, this can be challenging. To better understand treatment decision-making in acute disabling stroke, we explored the experiences, views and needs of stroke survivors in hospital and six months later. METHODS Fifteen patients who had a disabling stroke were interviewed within a week of their diagnosis; eleven were re-interviewed six months later. Data were analysed thematically and longitudinally. RESULTS Patients' functional abilities prior to their stroke and need for hope of functional recovery appeared to impact on their involvement in decision-making. In the early period post stroke, patients who were functionally independent pre- stroke described being emotionally devastated and ill-prepared for the consequences of stroke. They appeared unaware that treatments offered might extend their life but with significant disability and took all treatments in the hope of functional recovery. Those who were dependent pre-stroke appeared to be more stoic, had considered treatment implications and decided against such treatments. At follow-up, all patients had varying unmet psychological needs which appeared to contribute to poor quality of life. In the early period post stroke, patients looked for various ways to cultivate and maintain hope of functional recovery. While patients continued to look for hope at six months, they also reported wishing they had been given realistic information in the early period after stroke in order to prepare for the consequences. CONCLUSION Stroke survivors may benefit from psychological support. A collaborative approach towards treatment decision-making may not be realistic in all patients especially when they may be emotionally distressed and looking to maintain a positive outlook. Communication strategies to balance maintaining hope without providing false hope may be appropriate. Patients' information needs may need reassessed at different time points.
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- Akila Visvanathan
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Lawton J, Blackburn M, Rankin D, Allen J, Campbell F, Leelarathna L, Tauschmann M, Thabit H, Wilinska ME, Hovorka R. The impact of using a closed-loop system on food choices and eating practices among people with Type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study involving adults, teenagers and parents. Diabet Med 2019; 36:753-760. [PMID: 30575114 PMCID: PMC6510609 DOI: 10.1111/dme.13887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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AIMS We explored whether, how and why moving onto and using a hybrid day-and-night closed-loop system affected people's food choices and dietary practices to better understand the impact of this technology on everyday life and inform recommendations for training and support given to future users. METHODS Twenty-four adults, adolescents and parents were interviewed before commencing use of the closed-loop system and following its 3-month use. Data were analysed thematically and longitudinally. RESULTS While participants described preparing and/or eating similar meals to those consumed prior to using a closed-loop, many described feeling more normal and less burdened by diabetes in dietary situations. Individuals also noted how the use of this technology could lead to deskilling (less precise carbohydrate counting) and less healthy eating (increased snacking and portion sizes and consumption of fatty, energy-dense foods) because of the perceived ability of the system to deal with errors in carbohydrate counting and address small rises in blood glucose without a corrective dose needing to be administered. CONCLUSIONS While there may be quality-of-life benefits to using a closed-loop, individuals might benefit from additional nutritional and behavioural education to help promote healthy eating. Refresher training in carbohydrate counting may also be necessary to help ensure that users are able to undertake diabetes management in situations where the technology might fail or that they take a break from using it.
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- J. Lawton
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and InformaticsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and InformaticsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and InformaticsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Manchester Diabetes CentreManchester University NHS Foundation Trust and University of ManchesterManchester Academic Health Science CentreManchesterUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Manchester Diabetes CentreManchester University NHS Foundation Trust and University of ManchesterManchester Academic Health Science CentreManchesterUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Wellcome Trust‐MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of PaediatricsUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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Lawton J, Blackburn M, Rankin D, Werner C, Farrington C, Hovorka R, Hallowell N. Broadening the Debate About Post-trial Access to Medical Interventions: A Qualitative Study of Participant Experiences at the End of a Trial Investigating a Medical Device to Support Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management. AJOB Empir Bioeth 2019; 10:100-112. [PMID: 30986113 DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2019.1592264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Increasing ethical attention and debate is focusing on whether individuals who take part in clinical trials should be given access to post-trial care. However, the main focus of this debate has been upon drug trials undertaken in low-income settings. To broaden this debate, we report findings from interviews with individuals (n = 24) who participated in a clinical trial of a closed-loop system, which is a medical device under development for people with type 1 diabetes that automatically adjusts blood glucose to help keep it within clinically recommended ranges. Individuals were recruited from UK sites and interviewed following trial close-out, at which point the closed-loop had been withdrawn. While individuals were stoical and accepting of the requirement to return the closed-loop, they also conveyed varying degrees of distress. Many described having relaxed diabetes management practices while using the closed-loop and having become deskilled as a consequence, which made reverting back to pre-trial regimens challenging. Participants also described unanticipated consequences arising from using a closed-loop. As well as deskilling, these included experiencing psychological and emotional benefits that could not be sustained after the closed-loop had been withdrawn and participants reevaluating their pre- and post-trial life in light of having used a closed-loop and now perceiving this life much more negatively. Participants also voiced frustrations about experiencing better blood glucose control using a closed-loop and then having to revert to using what they now saw as antiquated and imprecise self-management tools. We use these findings to argue that ethical debates about post-trial provisioning need to be broadened to consider potential psychological and emotional harms, and not just clinical harms, that may result from withdrawal of investigated treatments. We also suggest that individuals may benefit from information about potential nonclinical harms to help make informed decisions about trial participation.
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- J Lawton
- a Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , United Kingdom
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- a Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , United Kingdom
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- a Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , United Kingdom
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- a Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , United Kingdom
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- b Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research , University of Cambridge , United Kingdom
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- c Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom.,d Department of Paediatrics , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , United Kingdom
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- e Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and the Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Big Data Institute , University of Oxford , Oxford , United Kingdom
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Lawton J, Blackburn M, Rankin D, Allen JM, Campbell FM, Leelarathna L, Tauschmann M, Thabit H, Wilinska ME, Elleri D, Hovorka R. Participants' Experiences of, and Views About, Daytime Use of a Day-and-Night Hybrid Closed-Loop System in Real Life Settings: Longitudinal Qualitative Study. Diabetes Technol Ther 2019; 21:119-127. [PMID: 30720338 PMCID: PMC6434584 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2018.0306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore individuals' experiences of daytime use of a day-and-night hybrid closed-loop system, their information and support needs, and their views about how future systems could be improved. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Twenty-four adults, adolescents, and parents were interviewed before using a hybrid day-and-night closed-loop system and 3 months later, data were analyzed thematically. RESULTS Participants praised the closed loop's ability to respond to high and low blood glucose in ways which extended beyond their own capabilities and to act as a safety net and mop up errors, such as when a mealtime bolus was forgotten or unplanned activity was undertaken. Participants also described feeling less burdened by diabetes as a consequence and more able to lead flexible, spontaneous lives. Contrary to their initial expectations, and after trust in the system had been established, most individuals wanted opportunities to collaborate with the closed loop to optimize its effectiveness. Such individuals expressed a need to communicate information, such as when routines changed or to indicate different intensities of physical activity. While individuals valued frequent contact with staff in the initial month of use, most felt that their long-term support needs would be no greater than when using an insulin pump. CONCLUSIONS While participants reported substantial benefits to using the closed loop during the day, they also identified ways in which the technology could be refined and education and training tailored to optimize effective use. Our findings suggest that mainstreaming this technology will not necessarily lead to increased demands on clinical staff.
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- Julia Lawton
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Address correspondence to: Julia Lawton, PhD, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Diabetes Center, Manchester Academic Health Science Center, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Manchester Diabetes Center, Manchester Academic Health Science Center, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Campbell F, Lawton J, Rankin D, Clowes M, Coates E, Heller S, de Zoysa N, Elliott J, Breckenridge JP. Follow-Up Support for Effective type 1 Diabetes self-management (The FUSED Model): A systematic review and meta-ethnography of the barriers, facilitators and recommendations for sustaining self-management skills after attending a structured education programme. BMC Health Serv Res 2018; 18:898. [PMID: 30482202 PMCID: PMC6258400 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3655-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background People with type 1 diabetes who attend structured education training in self-management using flexible intensive therapy achieve improved blood glucose control and experience fewer episodes of severe hypoglycaemia. However, many struggle to sustain these improvements over time. To inform the design of more effective follow-up support we undertook a review of qualitative studies which have identified factors that influence and inform participants’ self-management behaviours after attending structured education and their need for support to sustain improvements in glycaemic control. Methods We undertook a meta-ethnography of relevant qualitative studies, identified using systematic search methods. Studies were included which focused on participants’ experiences of self-managing type 1 diabetes after attending structured education which incorporated training in flexible intensive insulin therapy. A line of argument approach was used to synthesise the findings. Results The search identified 18 papers from six studies. The studies included were judged to be of high methodological quality. The line of argument synthesis developed the Follow-Up Support for Effective type 1 Diabetes self-management (FUSED) model. This model outlines the challenges participants encounter in maintaining diabetes self-management practices after attending structured education, and describes how participants try to address these barriers by adapting, simplifying or personalising the self-management approaches they have learned. To help participants maintain the skills taught during courses, the FUSED model presents ten recommendations abstracted from the included papers to provide a logic model for a programme of individualised and responsive follow-up support. Conclusions This meta-ethnography highlights how providing skills training using structured education to people with type 1 diabetes does not necessarily result in participants adopting and sustaining recommended changes in behaviour. To help people sustain diabetes self-management skills after attending structured education, it is recommended that support be provided over the longer-term by appropriately trained healthcare professionals which is responsive to individuals’ needs. Although developed to inform support for people with type 1 diabetes, the FUSED model provides a framework that could also be applied to support individuals with other long term conditions which require complex self-management skills to be learned and sustained over time. Trial registration PROSPERO registration: CRD42017067961. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12913-018-3655-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Fiona Campbell
- School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, S1 4DA, Sheffield, England.
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh Medical School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh Medical School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland
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- School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, S1 4DA, Sheffield, England
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- School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, S1 4DA, Sheffield, England
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- Sheffield University School of Medicine, Academic Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sheffield, UK
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- Diabetes Centre, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, England
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- Sheffield University School of Medicine, Academic Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Dundee, 11 Airlie Place, Dundee, DD1 4HJ, Scotland
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Rankin D, Harden J, Barnard K, Bath L, Noyes K, Stephen J, Lawton J. Barriers and facilitators to taking on diabetes self-management tasks in pre-adolescent children with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study. BMC Endocr Disord 2018; 18:71. [PMID: 30316299 PMCID: PMC6186043 DOI: 10.1186/s12902-018-0302-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND When children with type 1 diabetes approach adolescence, they are encouraged to become more involved in diabetes self-management. This study explored the challenges pre-adolescent children encounter when self-managing diabetes and the factors which motivate and enable them to take on new diabetes-related tasks. A key objective was to inform the support offered to pre-adolescent children. METHODS In-depth interviews using age-appropriate questioning with 24 children (aged 9-12 years) with type 1 diabetes. Data were analysed using an inductive, thematic approach. RESULTS Children reported several barriers to taking on self-management tasks. As well as seeking respite from managing diabetes, children described relying on their parents to: perform the complex maths involved in working out carbohydrate content in food; calculate insulin doses if they did not use a bolus advisor; and administer injections or insert a cannula in hard-to-reach locations. Children described being motivated to take on diabetes tasks in order to: minimise the pain experienced when others administered injections; alleviate the burden on their parents; and participate independently in activities with their peers. Several also discussed being motivated to take on diabetes-management responsibilities when they started secondary school. Children described being enabled to take on new responsibilities by using strategies which limited the need to perform complex maths. These included using labels on food packaging to determine carbohydrate contents, or choosing foods with carbohydrate values they could remember. Many children discussed using bolus advisors with pre-programmed ratios and entering carbohydrate on food labels or values provided by their parents to calculate insulin doses. Several also described using mobile phones to seek advice about carbohydrate contents in food. CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlight several barriers which deter children from taking on diabetes self-management tasks, motivators which encourage them to take on new responsibilities, and strategies and technologies which enable them to become more autonomous. To limit the need to perform complex maths, children may benefit from using bolus advisors provided they receive regular review from healthcare professionals to determine and adjust pre-programmed insulin-to-carbohydrate ratios. Education and support should be age-specific to reflect children's changing involvement in self-managing diabetes.
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- David Rankin
- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK
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- BHR Ltd, 42 Kilmiston Drive, Portchester, Fareham, Hants, PO16 8EG and Faculty of Health & Social Science, Bournemouth University, Royal London House, Bournemouth, BH1 3LT UK
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- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF UK
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- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF UK
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- Child Health Department, Borders General Hospital, Melrose, TD6 9BS UK
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK
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Breckenridge JP, Gianfrancesco C, de Zoysa N, Lawton J, Rankin D, Coates E. Mobilising knowledge between practitioners and researchers to iteratively refine a complex intervention (DAFNE plus) pre-trial: protocol for a structured, collaborative working group process. Pilot Feasibility Stud 2018; 4:120. [PMID: 29988686 PMCID: PMC6029123 DOI: 10.1186/s40814-018-0314-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of complex interventions often begin with a pilot phase to test the proposed methods and refine the intervention before it is trialled. Although the Medical Research Council (MRC) recommends regular communication between the practitioners delivering the intervention and the researchers evaluating it during the pilot phase, there is a lack of practical guidance about how to undertake this aspect of pre-trial work. This paper describes a novel structured process for collaborative working, which we developed to iteratively refine a complex intervention prior to an RCT. We also describe an in-built qualitative study to learn lessons about how this approach could be used by future study teams. Methods This work forms part of a broader research programme to develop and trial a complex intervention for people with type 1 diabetes, called DAFNEplus. The intervention is being piloted in three National Health Service (NHS) diabetes centres in two waves, with refinements being incrementally implemented between each wave in response to real-time, collective learning (combining practitioner experience, process evaluation data and patient and public involvement via an advisory group). A structured ‘Collaborative Working Group’ (CWG) process, comprising monthly teleconferences and four strategically timed face-to-face meetings, is being used to identify and respond systematically to emerging implementation challenges and research findings. The group involves 25 members of the study team, including the multi-disciplinary practitioners delivering the intervention, the research teams conducting the process evaluation, the study manager and Chief Investigator. An in-built qualitative study comprising documentary analysis of meeting materials, discourse analysis of meeting transcripts, reflexive note taking, and thematic analysis of focus groups and interviews with CWG members is being undertaken to explore how the CWG works and how its processes and procedures might be improved. Discussion The CWG process offers a potential model for collaborative working in future pre-trial pilot phases and intervention development studies that operationalises MRC guidance to progressively develop a complex intervention and foster shared ownership through genuine collaboration. The findings from the qualitative study will provide insight into how to best support collaborative working to achieve optimal intervention design.
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- Jenna P Breckenridge
- 1School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Dundee, 11 Airlie Place, Dundee, DD1 4HJ UK
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- 2Sheffield Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU UK
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- 3Diabetes Centre, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS UK
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh Medical School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh Medical School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK
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- 5School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Regent Court, 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, S1 4DA UK
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Rankin D, Harden J, Barnard KD, Stephen J, Kumar S, Lawton J. Pre-adolescent children's experiences of receiving diabetes-related support from friends and peers: A qualitative study. Health Expect 2018; 21:870-877. [PMID: 29961962 PMCID: PMC6186536 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background While pre‐adolescent children with type 1 diabetes receive most support from their parents/caregivers, others also contribute to their care. This study explored pre‐adolescent children's experiences of receiving diabetes‐related support from friends and peers. The objective was to identify how children could be better supported by their friends and peers to undertake diabetes self‐management. Methods In‐depth interviews with 24 children (aged 9‐12 years) with type 1 diabetes. Data were analysed using an inductive, thematic approach. Results Children gave mixed accounts of their experiences of speaking to their school/class about diabetes with some indicating that this had resulted in unwanted attention. Most individuals reported that other children had a limited understanding of diabetes and sometimes acted in insensitive ways or said things they found upsetting. Virtually all children described having a small number of close friends who were interested in learning about diabetes and provided them with support. These friends provided support in three overlapping ways, as “monitors and prompters,” “helpers” and “normalizers.” While some children described benefiting from meeting peers with type 1 diabetes, most indicated that they would prefer to develop friendships based on shared interests rather than a common disease status. Discussion and conclusions Friends and peers provide several kinds of support to pre‐adolescent children with diabetes. Health professionals could consider ways to assist small friendship groups to undertake monitoring and prompting, helping and normalizing roles. Parents, schools and health professionals could explore ways to normalize self‐management practices to better support children with diabetes in school settings.
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- David Rankin
- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Wright S, Porteous M, Stirling D, Lawton J, Young O, Gourley C, Hallowell N. Patients' Views of Treatment-Focused Genetic Testing (TFGT): Some Lessons for the Mainstreaming of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Testing. J Genet Couns 2018; 27:10.1007/s10897-018-0261-5. [PMID: 29752676 PMCID: PMC6209051 DOI: 10.1007/s10897-018-0261-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This paper explores patients' views and experiences of undergoing treatment-focused BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing (TFGT), either offered following triaging to clinical genetics (breast cancer) or as part of a mainstreamed care pathway in oncology (ovarian cancer). Drawing on 26 in-depth interviews with patients with breast or ovarian cancer who had undergone TFGT, this retrospective study examines patients' views of genetic testing at this point in their care pathway, focusing on issues, such as initial response to the offer of testing, motivations for undergoing testing, and views on care pathways. Patients were amenable to the incorporation of TFGT at an early stage in their cancer care irrespective of (any) prior anticipation of having a genetic test or family history. While patients were glad to have been offered TFGT as part of their care, some questioned the logic of the test's timing in relation to their cancer treatment. Crucially, patients appeared unable to disentangle the treatment role of TFGT from its preventative function for self and other family members, suggesting that some may undergo TFGT to obtain information for others rather than for self.
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- Sarah Wright
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Rm 3.734, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK.
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- MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Rm 3.734, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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- Edinburgh Breast Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Cancer Research UK Edinburgh Centre, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Big Data Institute, Ethox Centre, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Heller S, White D, Lee E, Lawton J, Pollard D, Waugh N, Amiel S, Barnard K, Beckwith A, Brennan A, Campbell M, Cooper C, Dimairo M, Dixon S, Elliott J, Evans M, Green F, Hackney G, Hammond P, Hallowell N, Jaap A, Kennon B, Kirkham J, Lindsay R, Mansell P, Papaioannou D, Rankin D, Royle P, Smithson WH, Taylor C. A cluster randomised trial, cost-effectiveness analysis and psychosocial evaluation of insulin pump therapy compared with multiple injections during flexible intensive insulin therapy for type 1 diabetes: the REPOSE Trial. Health Technol Assess 2018; 21:1-278. [PMID: 28440211 DOI: 10.3310/hta21200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Insulin is generally administered to people with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) using multiple daily injections (MDIs), but can also be delivered using infusion pumps. In the UK, pumps are recommended for patients with the greatest need and adult use is less than in comparable countries. Previous trials have been small, of short duration and have failed to control for training in insulin adjustment. OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of pump therapy compared with MDI for adults with T1DM, with both groups receiving equivalent structured training in flexible insulin therapy. DESIGN Pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, parallel-group cluster randomised controlled trial, including economic and psychosocial evaluations. After participants were assigned a group training course, courses were randomly allocated in pairs to either pump or MDI. SETTING Eight secondary care diabetes centres in the UK. PARTICIPANTS Adults with T1DM for > 12 months, willing to undertake intensive insulin therapy, with no preference for pump or MDI, or a clinical indication for pumps. INTERVENTIONS Pump or MDI structured training in flexible insulin therapy, followed up for 2 years. MDI participants used insulin analogues. Pump participants used a Medtronic Paradigm® VeoTM (Medtronic, Watford, UK) with insulin aspart (NovoRapid, Novo Nordisk, Gatwick, UK). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Primary outcome - change in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) at 2 years in participants whose baseline HbA1c was ≥ 7.5% (58 mmol/mol). Key secondary outcome - proportion of participants with HbA1c ≤ 7.5% at 2 years. Other outcomes at 6, 12 and 24 months - moderate and severe hypoglycaemia; insulin dose; body weight; proteinuria; diabetic ketoacidosis; quality of life (QoL); fear of hypoglycaemia; treatment satisfaction; emotional well-being; qualitative interviews with participants and staff (2 weeks), and participants (6 months); and ICERs in trial and modelled estimates of cost-effectiveness. RESULTS We randomised 46 courses comprising 317 participants: 267 attended a Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating course (132 pump; 135 MDI); 260 were included in the intention-to-treat analysis, of which 235 (119 pump; 116 MDI) had baseline HbA1c of ≥ 7.5%. HbA1c and severe hypoglycaemia improved in both groups. The drop in HbA1c% at 2 years was 0.85 on pump and 0.42 on MDI. The mean difference (MD) in HbA1c change at 2 years, at which the baseline HbA1c was ≥ 7.5%, was -0.24% [95% confidence interval (CI) -0.53% to 0.05%] in favour of the pump (p = 0.098). The per-protocol analysis showed a MD in change of -0.36% (95% CI -0.64% to -0.07%) favouring pumps (p = 0.015). Pumps were not cost-effective in the base case and all of the sensitivity analyses. The pump group had greater improvement in diabetes-specific QoL diet restrictions, daily hassle plus treatment satisfaction, statistically significant at 12 and 24 months and supported by qualitative interviews. LIMITATION Blinding of pump therapy was not possible, although an objective primary outcome was used. CONCLUSION Adding pump therapy to structured training in flexible insulin therapy did not significantly enhance glycaemic control or psychosocial outcomes in adults with T1DM. RESEARCH PRIORITY To understand why few patients achieve a HbA1c of < 7.5%, particularly as glycaemic control is worse in the UK than in other European countries. TRIAL REGISTRATION Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN61215213. FUNDING This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 21, No. 20. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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- Simon Heller
- Academic Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Academic Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.,Wolfson Diabetes Clinic, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Dumfries Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Dumfries, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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Lawton J, Blackburn M, Allen J, Campbell F, Elleri D, Leelarathna L, Rankin D, Tauschmann M, Thabit H, Hovorka R. Patients' and caregivers' experiences of using continuous glucose monitoring to support diabetes self-management: qualitative study. BMC Endocr Disord 2018; 18:12. [PMID: 29458348 PMCID: PMC5819241 DOI: 10.1186/s12902-018-0239-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) enables users to view real-time interstitial glucose readings and provides information on the direction and rate of change of blood glucose levels. Users can also access historical data to inform treatment decisions. While the clinical and psychological benefits of CGM are well established, little is known about how individuals use CGM to inform diabetes self-management. We explored participants' experiences of using CGM in order to provide recommendations for supporting individuals to make optimal use of this technology. METHODS In-depth interviews (n = 24) with adults, adolescents and parents who had used CGM for ≥4 weeks; data were analysed thematically. RESULTS Participants found CGM an empowering tool because they could access blood glucose data effortlessly, and trend arrows enabled them to see whether blood glucose was rising or dropping and at what speed. This predicative information aided short-term lifestyle planning and enabled individuals to take action to prevent hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia. Having easy access to blood glucose data on a continuous basis also allowed participants to develop a better understanding of how insulin, activity and food impacted on blood glucose. This understanding was described as motivating individuals to make dietary changes and break cycles of over-treating hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia. Participants also described how historical CGM data provided a more nuanced picture of blood glucose control than was possible with blood glucose self-monitoring and, hence, better information to inform changes to background insulin doses and mealtime ratios. However, while participants expressed confidence making immediate adjustments to insulin and lifestyle to address impending hypoglycaemia and hypoglycaemia, most described needing and expecting health professionals to interpret historical CGM data and determine changes to background insulin doses and mealtime ratios. While alarms could reinforce a sense of hypoglycaemic safety, some individuals expressed ambivalent views, especially those who perceived alarms as signalling personal failure to achieve optimal glycaemic control. CONCLUSIONS CGM can be an empowering and motivational tool which enables participants to fine-tune and optimize their blood glucose control. However, individuals may benefit from psycho-social education, training and/or technological support to make optimal use of CGM data and use alarms appropriately.
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- J. Lawton
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK
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- Manchester Diabetes Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Manchester Diabetes Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Erwin CM, McEvoy CT, Moore SE, Prior L, Lawton J, Kee F, Cupples ME, Young IS, Appleton K, McKinley MC, Woodside JV. A qualitative analysis exploring preferred methods of peer support to encourage adherence to a Mediterranean diet in a Northern European population at high risk of cardiovascular disease. BMC Public Health 2018; 18:213. [PMID: 29402256 PMCID: PMC5800279 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5078-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Epidemiological and randomised controlled trial evidence demonstrates that adherence to a Mediterranean diet (MD) can reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, methods used to support dietary change have been intensive and expensive. Peer support has been suggested as a possible cost-effective method to encourage adherence to a MD in at risk populations, although development of such a programme has not been explored. The purpose of this study was to use mixed-methods to determine the preferred peer support approach to encourage adherence to a MD. METHODS Qualitative (focus groups) and quantitative methods (questionnaire and preference scoring sheet) were used to determine preferred methods of peer support. Sixty-seven high CVD risk participants took part in 12 focus groups (60% female, mean age 64 years) and completed a questionnaire and preference scoring sheet. Focus group data were transcribed and thematically analysed. RESULTS The mean preference score (1 being most preferred and 5 being least preferred) for group support was 1.5, compared to 3.4 for peer mentorship, 4.0 for telephone peer support and 4.0 for internet peer support. Three key themes were identified from the transcripts: 1. Components of an effective peer support group: discussions around group peer support were predominantly positive. It was suggested that an effective group develops from people who consider themselves similar to each other meeting face-to-face, leading to the development of a group identity that embraces trust and honesty. 2. Catalysing Motivation: participants discussed that a group peer support model could facilitate interpersonal motivations including encouragement, competitiveness and accountability. 3. Stepping Stones of Change: participants conceptualised change as a process, and discussed that, throughout the process, different models of peer support might be more or less useful. CONCLUSION A group-based approach was the preferred method of peer support to encourage a population at high risk of CVD to adhere to a MD. This finding should be recognised in the development of interventions to encourage adoption of a MD in a Northern European population.
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- Christina M. Erwin
- Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
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- UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
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- Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Talbot Campus, Poole, Dorset, Bournemouth, BH12 5BB UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 6BJ UK
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Naik PC, Lawton J, Brownell LW. Comparing general practitioners and specialist alcohol services in the management of alcohol withdrawal. Psychiatr bull 2018. [DOI: 10.1192/pb.24.6.214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Aims and MethodA postal questionnaire was used to compare the pharmacological management of alcohol withdrawal as carried out by a group of general practitioners and specialist alcohol services.ResultsGeneral practitioners were significantly more likely to prescribe chlormethiazole, less likely to use B vitamins and less likely to admit patients with a history of withdrawal complications.Clinical ImplicationsGeneral practitioners need training in order to improve their management of alcohol withdrawal.
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Moore SE, McEvoy CT, Prior L, Lawton J, Patterson CC, Kee F, Cupples M, Young IS, Appleton K, McKinley MC, Woodside JV. Barriers to adopting a Mediterranean diet in Northern European adults at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease. J Hum Nutr Diet 2017; 31:451-462. [PMID: 29159932 DOI: 10.1111/jhn.12523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Strong evidence links the consumption of a Mediterranean diet (MD) with a reduced cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk; however, there is uncertainty as to whether non-Mediterranean regions will adopt this diet. The present qualitative research aimed to investigate attitudes towards a MD in individuals at high CVD risk in a Northern European population. This information is needed to inform development of MD interventions in non-Mediterranean high-risk populations. METHODS Focus groups (n = 12) were held with individuals at high CVD risk from Northern Europe (≥2 CVD risk factors, aged ≥50 years, no established CVD/type 2 diabetes). Attitudes to dietary change towards a MD were explored. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS Sixty-seven adults participated (60% female, mean age 64 years). There was some awareness of the term MD but limited knowledge of its composition. Barriers to general dietary change were evident, including perception of expense, concern over availability, expectation of time commitment, limited knowledge, lack of cooking skills, amount and conflicting nature of media information on diets, changing established eating habits and resistance to dietary change. Barriers specific to MD adoption were also identified, including perceived difficulty living in a colder climate, perceived impact on body weight, acceptability of a MD and cultural differences. CONCLUSIONS Knowledge of a MD was limited in this Northern European sample at high CVD risk. In addition to general barriers to dietary change, barriers specific to a MD were identified. These findings have implications for the development of interventions aiming to promote MD adoption in non-Mediterranean populations.
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- S E Moore
- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.,UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.,UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.,UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.,UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.,UK Clinical Research Collaboration Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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Hallowell N, Badger S, Richardson S, Caldas C, Hardwick RH, Fitzgerald RC, Lawton J. High-risk individuals' perceptions of reproductive genetic testing for CDH1 mutations. Fam Cancer 2017; 16:531-535. [PMID: 28204904 PMCID: PMC6061929 DOI: 10.1007/s10689-017-9976-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Reproductive genetic testing- PreNatal Diagnosis (PND) and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)-for CDH1 mutations associated with Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC)is available in the UK. This qualitative interview study examined high-risk individuals' (n = 35) views of CDH1 reproductive genetic testing. Interviewees generally regarded reproductive genetic testing as an acceptable form of HDGC risk management. However, some were concerned that their genetic risks required them to plan reproduction and anticipated difficulties communicating this to reproductive partners. Individuals had a preference for PGD over PND because it avoided the need for a termination of pregnancy. However, those who had not yet had children expressed concerns about having to undergo IVF procedures and worries about their effectiveness and the need for embryo selection in PGD. It is suggested that high-risk individuals are provided with access to reproductive genetic counselling.
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- Nina Hallowell
- Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- PHG Foundation and Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- PHG Foundation and Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- MRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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