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Diabetes MellitusDESIDENCT04272099

Social Determinants of Global Pediatric Diabetes

An observational study of Diabetes Mellitus, run by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre at 4 sites in 2 countries.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

There is little data from low-income countries on setting and culture specific perception of childhood diabetes and disease specific stressors including stigma, and how these may affect disease related quality of life, coping strategies, self-efficacy and glycemic control. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 0 to 25 years
Conditions the study is for
Diabetes Mellitus
What is being tested?
Administration of standardized questionnaires, Physical activity tracker and Dietary log
Type of treatment
Medical device
How many people
79 participants
Where
4 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
20 Jun 2017to Jun 2023
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 0 to 25 years
  • All sexes
  • Child, Adult

Study population: The study will take place at 2 sites: * Haiti, through the Kay Mackenson Clinic (KMC) in Montrouis (with a catchment area across the country), * Montreal, through the diabetes clinics of the Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH), the CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital (CHUSJ) and the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS) in Montreal, Canada. Participants will be enrolled from each local clinic.

Who may be able to join

  • Inclusion criteria for PG1 are age 0-25 years, be of Haitian ancestry defined as having both maternal and paternal grandparents being born in Haiti, have a diagnosis of diabetes, and are enrolled in one of the two study site clinics.
  • Inclusion criteria for PG2 are being the principal caregiver for a PG1.

Who cannot join

  • Exclusion criteria for PG1 and PG2 are inability to provide informed consent (if 18 years or older) or inability of a parent or legal guardian to provide informed consent (if younger than 18 years).

Trial locations and contacts

4 sites in 2 countries.

Julia von Oettingen, MD PhD MMSc contact

514-412-4400 ext. 22865

julia.vonoettingen@mcgill.ca

4 sites in 2 countries

Canada3 sites, 3 recruiting
  • Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

    Montreal, Quebec, H1T 2M4

    Laurent Legault, MD FRCP PhD, 514-412-4400 ext. 63872, laurent.legault@muhc.mcgill.ca

    Recruiting
  • CHU Sainte-Justine

    Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5

    Melanie Henderson, MD FRCPC PhD, 514-345-4735, melanie.henderson.hsj@gmail.com

    Louis Geoffroy, MD FRCPC PhD

    Recruiting
  • Montreal Children's Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1

    Julia von Oettingen, 514-412-4400 ext. 22865, julia.vonoettingen@mcgill.ca

    Not yet recruiting

Other trials in Canada

Haiti1 site
  • Kay Mackenson Pediatric Clinic

    Montrouis, Artibonite

    Completed

Other trials in Haiti

About this study

Official title: Individual and Social Determinants of Health in Global Pediatric Diabetes Care Delivery - a Participatory Search for Barriers and Opportunities

There is little data from low-income countries on setting and culture specific perception of childhood diabetes and disease specific stressors including stigma, and how these may affect disease related quality of life, coping strategies, self-efficacy and glycemic control.

The goal of this study is to understand how socioeconomic, psychosocial, cultural, and diet and activity related factors in children and adolescents with diabetes in Haiti relate to quality of life, self-efficacy and glycemic control, and comparing the factor analysis to immigrant children of Haitian ancestry with diabetes living in Montreal.

An innovative, participatory research approach will allow for a holistic evaluation of modifiable barriers to optimal pediatric diabetes care delivery in resource limited settings, while providing translational information for care delivery of diabetes in underserved, immigrant populations in high-income settings.

Read the detailed description

Pediatric diabetes is a lifelong condition that affects an estimated 542,000 children under the age of 14 years worldwide, of whom the majority live in low- and middle-income countries. Epidemiological data from Haiti on the incidence and prevalence of diabetes in childhood are currently being collected. In Haiti, as in many other low-income countries, there is likely to be incomplete case ascertainment due to a lack of accurate and timely diagnosis. The investigators' group as well as others have observed remarkable differences in clinical presentation of childhood diabetes as compared to Caucasian patients. Presentations reminiscent of "atypical" diabetes, fibrocalculous pancreatitis, and malnutrition related diabetes seem to be more frequent. Many patients retain low exogenous insulin requirements past 5-10 years after initial diagnosis, suggesting much longer periods of residual endogenous insulin production as compared to Caucasian patients. Further, while complications of diabetes are considered a rarity in Caucasian patients, up to 20% of Haitian children and adolescents presenting with diabetes have eye complications (cataract and/or retinopathy) at the time of or within 2-3 years of diagnosis (unpublished data). Although genetic, environmental and immune factors have been hypothesized, the investigators do not currently understand the underlying etiology of these unusual phenotypes, and how those relate to glycemic control.

Limited data from sites in low-income countries where pediatric diabetes care has been established (including from Haiti) concerningly show that even when patients are regularly followed and insulin and diabetes care supplies are provided free of charge, glycemic control remains suboptimal. While psychosocial, sociocultural, educational and economic factors (including diet habits and food insecurity) are known to be associated with glycemic control, detailed evaluations from low-income countries on these factors and how they related to diabetes management in children are lacking. Similarly, there is little data from low-income countries on setting and culture specific perception of childhood diabetes and disease specific stressors including stigma, and how these may affect disease related quality of life, coping strategies, self-efficacy and glycemic control.

Child and parent health literacy, defined as "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions" has been shown to impact diabetes self-efficacy, including improved diabetes management and glycemic control. However, little is known about health literacy in children with diabetes and their families in resource limited settings, and its effect on diabetes care has not been evaluated in Haiti. The degree to which these complex, interrelated and dynamic factors affect long-term outcomes is not known.

Lastly, community, family and peer support is known to impact health outcomes in children with chronic disease. However, in many resource limited settings local support groups are not available, or are only offered at the diabetes clinic, which can be remote from the patient's home (many patients travel several hours to get to the diabetes clinic). It is unknown if the use of social networks for patients with diabetes in resource limited settings can improve perceived and objective health related outcomes.

The specific aims of this research project are:

  1. To evaluate the socioeconomic status (SES) of children with diabetes and their families in Haiti, and of Haitian immigrant children with diabetes in Montreal.
  2. To conduct a detailed psychosocial evaluation of participating children.
  3. To analyze macro- and micronutrient intake, dietary patterns, food security and physical activity patterns in participating children.
  4. To investigate perceptions and explanations of illness and health, and to assess health literacy and diabetes self-efficacy in participating children and caregivers.
  5. To evaluate how SES, psychosocial well-being, illness perception, health literally, self-efficacy and lifestyle habits relate to glycemic control and quality of life and clinical phenotypes.

The investigators will also assess how results compare between the two study sites.

Being tested
Administration of standardized questionnaires, Physical activity tracker, Dietary log
Keywords
Adolescent, Child, Quality of Life, Self Efficacy, Haiti, Emigrants and Immigrants, Canada
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Administration of standardized questionnairesOther

    Administration of questionnaires assessing subjective socioeconomic status (SES), health literacy, perceived health, health related quality of life, self-esteem and diabetes self-efficacy

  • Physical activity trackerDevice

    PG1 will be asked to wear a physical activity tracker for one week to monitor activity patterns including walking distance, calorie expenditure, sedentary time and sleep.

  • Dietary logOther

    PG1 (or PG2 as proxies when appropriate) will report to a study coordinator via phone a full dietary log of PG1 once per week on rotating days of the week for three weeks.

Study groups in NCT04272099
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
PG1 (patients with diabetes 0-25 years of age)Patients 0 to 25 years of age, with a diagnosis of diabetes that are either followed at Kay Mackenson Pediatric Clinic, Haiti, or who are of Haitian ancestry, defined as both maternal and paternal grandparents being born in Haiti, and attend one of the three diabetes clinics in Montreal.
Receives: Other: Administration of standardized questionnaires; Device: Physical activity tracker; Other: Dietary log
PG2 (patient's principal caregiver)The patient's principal caregiver (a parent of legal guardian).
Receives: Other: Administration of standardized questionnaires

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Socioeconomic status, health literacy level, and diabetes self-efficacy in PG1 and PG2

    ZIP code-based SES indicators and questionnaires on health literacy, and diabetes self-efficacy

    Measured: These variables will be assessed cross-sectionally at time of enrolment

  2. The psychosocial and physical health status of PG1

    Questionnaires on perceived health, health-related quality of life, and self-esteem

    Measured: These variables will be assessed cross-sectionally at time of enrolment

  3. Diet and activity related lifestyle habits of children with diabetes of PG1

    Collection of data on dietary composition, meal distribution pattern, and activity patterns including walking distance, calorie expenditure, sedentary time and sleep.

    Measured: These variables will be assessed prospectively over three months during follow-up from time of enrolment

  4. Glycemic control, health related quality of life and clinical phenotypes of PG1

    Extraction of clinical records, data on the date of diagnosis, clinical presentation at diagnosis, hemoglobin A1C measurements over time, most recent weight, height, body mass index (BMI) and total daily insulin dose. Questionnaire on health-related quality of life. Data collection on blood glucose monitoring frequency and distribution, blood glucose values, as well as insulin dosing and injections.

    Measured: Retrospective data from time of diagnosis, cross-sectional at time of enrolment and prospective monitoring over three months from time of diabetes diagnosis and over three months from time of enrolment

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Psychometric evaluation of the health literacy, health-related quality of life, self-esteem and self-efficacy questionnaires in PG1

    Standardized questionnaires

    Measured: Cross-sectional assessment at time of enrolment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted17 Feb 2020
  2. Study start20 Jun 2017
  3. Primary completionMay 2023 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2023 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Other
Enrolment
79 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04272099
Sponsor's protocol ID
2018-3350
Acronym
DESIDE
Status last verified
Oct 2022
First submitted
13 Feb 2020
Last updated
24 Oct 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Marshall SL, Edidin D, Sharma V, Ogle G, Arena VC, Orchard T. Current clinical status, glucose control, and complication rates of children and youth with type 1 diabetes in Rwanda. Pediatr Diabetes. 2013 May;14(3):217-26. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12007. Epub 2012 Dec 28.

    PubMed 23279222
  • Marshall SL, Edidin DV, Arena VC, Becker DJ, Bunker CH, Gishoma C, Gishoma F, LaPorte RE, Kaberuka V, Ogle G, Sibomana L, Orchard TJ. Glucose control in Rwandan youth with type 1 diabetes following establishment of systematic, HbA1c based, care and education. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2015 Jan;107(1):113-22. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.045. Epub 2014 Oct 7.

    PubMed 25458328
  • Beaton DE, Bombardier C, Guillemin F, Ferraz MB. Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 Dec 15;25(24):3186-91. doi: 10.1097/00007632-200012150-00014. No abstract available.

    PubMed 11124735
  • Piloya-Were T, Sunni M, Ogle GD, Moran A. Childhood diabetes in Africa. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2016 Aug;23(4):306-11. doi: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000262.

    PubMed 27228228
  • Adler NE, Epel ES, Castellazzo G, Ickovics JR. Relationship of subjective and objective social status with psychological and physiological functioning: preliminary data in healthy white women. Health Psychol. 2000 Nov;19(6):586-92. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.19.6.586.

    PubMed 11129362
  • Goodman E, Adler NE, Kawachi I, Frazier AL, Huang B, Colditz GA. Adolescents' perceptions of social status: development and evaluation of a new indicator. Pediatrics. 2001 Aug;108(2):E31. doi: 10.1542/peds.108.2.e31.

    PubMed 11483841

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Diabetes Mellitus, run by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre at 4 sites in 2 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Oct 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 4 sites in Canada, Haiti. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Julia von Oettingen, MD PhD MMSc (514-412-4400 ext. 22865, julia.vonoettingen@mcgill.ca), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Socioeconomic status, health literacy level, and diabetes self-efficacy in PG1 and PG2 (time frame: These variables will be assessed cross-sectionally at time of enrolment). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04272099, which also lists 6 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Oct 2022; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.

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