NCT04589533

Brief Summary

This is a national multicenter study that involves 54 Internal Medicine Units throughout Italy. It is designed as a replicate of two cross-sectional surveys interspersed with an educational program. The study is composed by three steps. Phase 1 concerns a retrospective data collection pertaining to patients with known diagnosis of T2DM. In phase 2 an educational training (focused on current Diabetes Guidelines recommendations and based on possible deviations from the best clinical practice observed during phase1) will be conducted in 36 randomized centres out of the 54 ones enrolled (cluster randomization). The ratio 2:1 has been selected in order to offer to the majority of Centres the opportunity to undergo a program of training and maximize the potential positive effect of the educational program on patient management. Randomization will be performed at the beginning of the study. Centres will be selected according to their ability to prescribe all classes of antidiabetic drugs. Phase 3 will occur around 6 months after the training and concerns a new data collection mirroring the previous one. In the phase 1, as well as in the phase 3, the data collection will be based on the review of the medical records of the last 40 consecutive patients with T2DM hospitalized in each Centre of Internal Medicine (in total, 80 patients for each Centre). After a period of 6 months from the hospitalization, a phone call follow up will be performed to know the clinical status of the patient enrolled, if he/she has been re-hospitalized after the index admission and current diabetes treatment.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
4,320

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2019

Typical duration for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

6 active sites

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 19, 2019

Completed
1.1 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 7, 2020

Completed
12 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 19, 2020

Completed
2 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

November 1, 2022

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 31, 2022

Completed
Last Updated

February 25, 2022

Status Verified

February 1, 2022

Enrollment Period

3.1 years

First QC Date

October 7, 2020

Last Update Submit

February 9, 2022

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Variation in fasting glycemia between the two groups of Centres during phase 3 of the study

    The primary measure will be the variation in fasting glycemia (i.e. calculated by the difference between the fasting glicemia measured ad the admission and the fasting glicemia measured at the hospital discharge) during hospitalization between the two groups of Centres (those receiving and not receiving the educational program) during phase 3 of the study

    18 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • Variation in fasting glycemia during hospitalization between the phase 1 and phase 3

    18 months

  • Description of characteristics of patients with T2DM hospitalized in Internal Medicine

    18 months

Study Arms (2)

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM GROUP

This group will receive an educational program based . This group, as the other group, during phase 1 and phase 3, will review the medical records of the last 40 patients (for each phase) with known T2DM and hospitalized for any cause.

Other: educational program

CONTROL GROUP

Control group will not receive educational program. This group, as the other group, during phase 1 and phase 3, will review the medical records of the last 40 patients (for each phase) with known T2DM and hospitalized for any cause.

Interventions

The educational program will be based on: a outreach visit (a 3-h face-to-face meeting between a trained diabetes specialist from outside the Center and the staff of the Center itself) and a distance learning (FAD).The educational programme will be focused on current Diabetes Guidelines recommendations and based on possible deviations from the best clinical practice observed during phase1

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM GROUP

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample
Study Population

Patients hospitalized in Internal Medicine and with known diagnosis of diabetes.

You may qualify if:

  • Age ≥18 years
  • Known diagnosis of type-2 diabetes
  • Informed Consent

You may not qualify if:

  • Current treatment with insulin
  • Patients treated with rapid acting insulin during the hospitalization
  • Patients hospitalized for less than 5 days.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (6)

Azienda Toscana Nord Ovest, Cecina

Cecina, Italy

RECRUITING

Po Nord "S. Maria Goretti"

Latina, Italy

RECRUITING

ASST Sette Laghi, Ospedale Confalonieri di Luino

Luino, Italy

RECRUITING

Ospedale Fatebenefratelli

Napoli, Italy

RECRUITING

Usl Toscana Sud Est, Petruccioli

Pitigliano, Italy

RECRUITING

Presidio di Passirana ASST RHODENSE

Rho, Italy

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Diabetes MellitusGlucose Metabolism DisordersMetabolic DiseasesNutritional and Metabolic DiseasesEndocrine System Diseases

Study Officials

  • ANDREA FONTANELLA

    FADOI FOUNDATION

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
OTHER
Time Perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 7, 2020

First Posted

October 19, 2020

Study Start

September 19, 2019

Primary Completion

November 1, 2022

Study Completion

December 31, 2022

Last Updated

February 25, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-02

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations