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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2NCT05541120

Effect of Remote Patient Monitoring and Patient Education on Patient Activation and Glycemic Control in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes

A study testing Remote Patient Monitoring in people with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, run by Tracy Jalbuena MD at 1 site in United States.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

This is a randomized controlled trial of the use of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) compared to usual care among rural patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Usual care is defined as participation in Living Well with Diabetes/Virtual Diabetes Self-Management Program and Primary Care Provider evaluation and… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
What is being tested?
Remote Patient Monitoring
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
18 Oct 2022to 31 Aug 2026
Phase
Interventional
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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Be enrolled in Living Well with Diabetes education program
  • Have an HbA1c% ≥ 8 in the prior 6 months
  • Be capable of providing consent
  • Be adults (age 18 or over)

Who cannot join

  • Primarily managed by endocrinology for their diabetes (> 1 visit with endocrinology in the previous 12 months)
  • Incarcerated
  • PCP not at one of the 30 primary care practices listed (see attachment List of PCP Practices)
  • Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
  • Candidate for continuous glucose monitoring, as defined by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as using at least three insulin injections per day, any combination of types of insulins
  • Pregnant
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  • Have previously participated in the Living Well with Diabetes/Virtual Diabetes Self-Management Program
  • Have previously used a remote patient monitoring device for diabetes management
  • Have a diagnosis of dementia or other clinical diagnosis that would impair participation capacity
  • Currently participating in any other clinical trial regarding diabetes care or management
  • Currently enrolled in hospice
  • Currently residing in a long term care or rehabilitation facility

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • PenBay Medical Center

    Rockport, Maine, 04856

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About this study

This is a randomized controlled trial of the use of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) compared to usual care among rural patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Usual care is defined as participation in Living Well with Diabetes/Virtual Diabetes Self-Management Program and Primary Care Provider evaluation and management at the providers' discretion, including medication adjustment or interventions, and other types of interventions depending on clinical judgement.

Read the detailed description

Effect of Remote Patient Monitoring and Patient Education on Patient Activation and Glycemic Control in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes

Summary

ABSTRACT

In 2021, the MaineHealth Telehealth team was awarded a five-year, $1.7 million "Evidence-Based Telehealth Network Program" grant (EB TNPG) from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This grant is aimed at improving patient access to educational and management services for patients with type 2 diabetes in the rural Maine primary care setting by implementing RPM. The RPM devices will be used to transmit a participant's home point-of-care blood glucose values directly into MaineHealth's electronic medical record in real time. While there is strong evidence for diabetes self-management programs such as Living Well with Diabetes, the importance of patient engagement in clinical outcomes, the validity of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13®) survey to measure patient activation, and the overall efficacy of remote patient monitoring, there have been no randomized controlled trials looking at patient activation in remote patient monitoring in this important patient group. The investigators aim to address this in this study by conducting a randomized controlled trial of the use of RPM among rural patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. The control group will have usual primary care provider care, including patient self-management tools, while the intervention group will have usual care + RPM.

The investigators hypothesize that participation in RPM will be associated with decreases in HbA1c, increases in patient activation as measured by PAM-13® survey, and that increases in patient activation will be associated with decreases in HbA1c.

STUDY PROCESS

The study will be conducted over 5 years, and participants will be enrolled on a continuous rolling basis, with 70 total RPM kits available at any one time from a 3rd party vendor, Health Recovery Solutions (HRS). The maximum total number of participants the study can accommodate is 700, with 350 participants in each arm. The study team hopes for total enrollment as close to 700 as possible, but understands that total enrollment may be significantly less than 700. Point-of-care blood glucose values from the RPM study arm will flow into MaineHealth's electronic medical record (Epic) in real time. Every other week, the values will be reviewed by a clinical pharmacist with expertise in diabetes management. If an intervention or adjustment in the patient's regimen is indicated, the pharmacist will reach out to the Primary Care Provider (PCP) team to make this recommendation. The RPM intervention for each participant will be 6 months, at which point HRS will collect the RPM electronic tablet, and the PAM-13® survey will be administered. At 9 months after enrollment, the third HbA1c value will be collected from the electronic medical record, and the third administration of PAM-13® will take place.

The PAM-13® survey will be administered through one of two methods 1) REDCap electronic form, the link for which will be sent to the participant by email, or 2) by telephone, administered by the Study Coordinator.

Recruitment of participants will continue through the early part of 2026. Data will be analyzed during spring and summer of 2026, and the grant's end date is August 31, 2026.

This study has been approved by MaineHealth's IRB as of Aug 5, 2022.

Being tested
Remote Patient Monitoring
Keywords
remote patient monitoring, glycemic control
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

What participants receive

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

  • Remote Patient MonitoringDevice

    Remote patient monitoring as the intervention is defined as a tablet and Bluetooth-enabled glucometer technology that collects point-of-care (POC) blood glucose data from a patient outside of a traditional clinical setting, and securely transmits this data to Epic for review and potential intervention.

Study groups in NCT05541120
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Living Well with DiabetesNo interventionUsual care is defined as participation in Living Well with Diabetes/Virtual Diabetes Self-Management Program, PCP evaluation and management, including medication adjustment or interventions, and other types of interventions depending on clinical judgement. This may include eConsults between the provider and a pharmacist, in-person visits between the provider and the patient, synchronous telemedicine visits between the provider and the patient, and synchronous telemedicine visits between the pharmacist and the patient.
Living Well with Diabetes + Remote Patient MonitoringExperimentalRemote patient monitoring as the intervention is defined as a tablet and Bluetooth-enabled glucometer technology that collects point-of-care (POC) blood glucose data from a patient outside of a traditional clinical setting, and securely transmits this data to Epic for review and potential intervention.
Receives: Device: Remote Patient Monitoring

What is being measured

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

  1. Mean HbA1c%

    Average glycated hemoglobin

    Measured: 6 months after enrollment

  2. Mean HbA1c%

    Average glycated hemoglobin

    Measured: 9 months after enrollment

  3. Mean change in HbA1c%

    Average change in percentage of HbA1c from baseline to 6 months after enrollment

    Measured: 6 months after enrollment

  4. Mean change in HbA1c%

    Average change in percentage of HbA1c from baseline to 9 months after enrollment

    Measured: 9 months after enrollment

  5. Percentage of participants in each group who have HbA1c < 7%

    Percentage of participants in each group with HbA1c < 7%

    Measured: 6 months after enrollment

  6. Percentage of participants in each group who have HbA1c < 7%

    Percentage of participants in each group with HbA1c < 7%

    Measured: 9 months after enrollment

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. PAM-13 at 6 months after enrollment

    PAM-13 Patient Activation Measure Survey

    Unabbreviated scale title: Patient Activation Measure 13-Item Survey Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 100 Higher values are associated with better health outcomes

    Measured: 6 months after enrollment

  2. PAM-13 at 9 months after enrollment

    PAM-13 Patient Activation Measure Survey

    PAM-13 Patient Activation Measure Survey

    Unabbreviated scale title: Patient Activation Measure 13-Item Survey Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 100 Higher values are associated with better health outcomes

    Measured: 9 months after enrollment

  3. Mean change in PAM-13 at 6 months

    Average change in PAM-13 Patient Activation Measure Survey score from baseline to 6 months after enrollment

    Unabbreviated scale title: Patient Activation Measure 13-Item Survey Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 100 Higher values are associated with better health outcomes

    Measured: 6 months after enrollment

  4. Mean change in PAM-13 at 9 months

    Average change in PAM-13 Patient Activation Measure Survey score from baseline to 9 months after enrollment

    Unabbreviated scale title: Patient Activation Measure 13-Item Survey Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 100 Higher values are associated with better health outcomes

    Measured: 9 months after enrollment

Timeline

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

  1. First posted15 Sep 2022
  2. Study start18 Oct 2022
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Aug 2026 (estimated)

Why it stopped: Lack of participants eligible for study

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
This study is a randomized controlled trial of the use of RPM compared to usual care among MaineHealth's rural patients with poorly controlled diabetes, where the participant's diabetes is managed primarily by primary care (as opposed to endocrinology). Usual care is defined as participation in Living Well with Diabetes/Virtual Diabetes Self-Management Program, PCP evaluation and management at the providers' discretion, including medication adjustment or interventions, and other types of interventions depending on clinical judgement. This may include eConsults between the provider and a pharmacist, in-person visits between the provider and the patient, synchronous telemedicine visits between the provider and the patient, and synchronous telemedicine visits between the pharmacist and the patient.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05541120
Sponsor's protocol ID
00000
Status last verified
Feb 2023
First submitted
30 Aug 2022
Last updated
16 Feb 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Almutairi N, Hosseinzadeh H, Gopaldasani V. The effectiveness of patient activation intervention on type 2 diabetes mellitus glycemic control and self-management behaviors: A systematic review of RCTs. Prim Care Diabetes. 2020 Feb;14(1):12-20. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2019.08.009. Epub 2019 Sep 20.

    PubMed 31543458
  • American Diabetes Association. Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2017. Diabetes Care. 2018 May;41(5):917-928. doi: 10.2337/dci18-0007. Epub 2018 Mar 22.

    PubMed 29567642
  • Andersen JA, Scoggins D, Michaud T, Wan N, Wen M, Su D. Racial Disparities in Diabetes Management Outcomes: Evidence from a Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Telemed J E Health. 2021 Jan;27(1):55-61. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2019.0280. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

    PubMed 32302521
  • Bahrom NH, Ramli AS, Isa MR, Baharudin N, Badlishah-Sham SF, Mohamed-Yassin MS, Abdul-Hamid H. Validity and reliability of the Patient Activation Measure(R) (PAM(R))-13 Malay version among patients with Metabolic Syndrome in primary care. Malays Fam Physician. 2020 Nov 10;15(3):22-34. eCollection 2020.

    PubMed 33329860
  • Bomba F, Markwart H, Muhlan H, Menrath I, Ernst G, Thyen U, Schmidt S. Adaptation and validation of the German Patient Activation Measure for adolescents with chronic conditions in transitional care: PAM(R) 13 for Adolescents. Res Nurs Health. 2018 Feb;41(1):78-87. doi: 10.1002/nur.21831. Epub 2017 Dec 20.

    PubMed 29266283
  • Boren SA, Fitzner KA, Panhalkar PS, Specker JE. Costs and benefits associated with diabetes education: a review of the literature. Diabetes Educ. 2009 Jan-Feb;35(1):72-96. doi: 10.1177/0145721708326774.

    PubMed 19244564
  • Boyle JP, Thompson TJ, Gregg EW, Barker LE, Williamson DF. Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and prediabetes prevalence. Popul Health Metr. 2010 Oct 22;8:29. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-8-29.

    PubMed 20969750
  • Brenk-Franz K, Hibbard JH, Herrmann WJ, Freund T, Szecsenyi J, Djalali S, Steurer-Stey C, Sonnichsen A, Tiesler F, Storch M, Schneider N, Gensichen J. Validation of the German version of the patient activation measure 13 (PAM13-D) in an international multicentre study of primary care patients. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 30;8(9):e74786. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074786. eCollection 2013.

    PubMed 24098669
  • Chrvala CA, Sherr D, Lipman RD. Diabetes self-management education for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review of the effect on glycemic control. Patient Educ Couns. 2016 Jun;99(6):926-43. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.11.003. Epub 2015 Nov 22.

    PubMed 26658704
  • Cunha CM, da Cunha DCPT, Manzato RO, Nepomuceno E, da Silva D, Dantas RAS. Validation of the Brazilian Version of the Patient Activation Measure 13. J Nurs Meas. 2019 Apr 1;27(1):97-113. doi: 10.1891/1061-3749.27.1.97.

    PubMed 31068494
  • Dieleman JL, Baral R, Birger M, Bui AL, Bulchis A, Chapin A, Hamavid H, Horst C, Johnson EK, Joseph J, Lavado R, Lomsadze L, Reynolds A, Squires E, Campbell M, DeCenso B, Dicker D, Flaxman AD, Gabert R, Highfill T, Naghavi M, Nightingale N, Templin T, Tobias MI, Vos T, Murray CJ. US Spending on Personal Health Care and Public Health, 1996-2013. JAMA. 2016 Dec 27;316(24):2627-2646. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.16885.

    PubMed 28027366
  • Egede LE, Williams JS, Voronca DC, Knapp RG, Fernandes JK. Randomized Controlled Trial of Technology-Assisted Case Management in Low Income Adults with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2017 Aug;19(8):476-482. doi: 10.1089/dia.2017.0006. Epub 2017 Jun 5.

    PubMed 28581821
  • Fowles JB, Terry P, Xi M, Hibbard J, Bloom CT, Harvey L. Measuring self-management of patients' and employees' health: further validation of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) based on its relation to employee characteristics. Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Oct;77(1):116-22. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.02.018. Epub 2009 Apr 7.

    PubMed 19356881
  • Glasgow RE, Wagner EH, Schaefer J, Mahoney LD, Reid RJ, Greene SM. Development and validation of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC). Med Care. 2005 May;43(5):436-44. doi: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000160375.47920.8c.

    PubMed 15838407
  • Greene J, Hibbard JH. Why does patient activation matter? An examination of the relationships between patient activation and health-related outcomes. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 May;27(5):520-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1931-2.

    PubMed 22127797

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Remote Patient Monitoring in people with Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, run by Tracy Jalbuena MD at 1 site in United States.

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 4 inclusion and 12 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: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Feb 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. 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?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

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

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Mean HbA1c% (time frame: 6 months after enrollment). The study lists 6 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 NCT05541120, which also lists 53 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 16 Feb 2023.

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