Aggressive Versus Conservative Blood Glucose Control in Hospitalized Type 2 Diabetic Patients Using Detemir and Aspart Insulin

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Type 2 Diabetes

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether aggressive (goal pre-prandial blood glucose \<110 mg/dl) versus conservative (goal pre-prandial blood glucose \<180mg/dl) diabetes treatment of type 2 diabetic patients on the general medical wards has any effect on hospital outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00906529

Run by

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

People needed

0

Starts

2009-05-01

Expected to finish

2011-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Existing diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
• Admitted to a non-telemetry, non-ICU medicine inpatient bed.
• Willing and able to give informed consent.
• HgbA1c of any value will be accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• Type 1 diabetes
• Admitted to a telemetry, ICU, or non-medicine inpatient bed (e.g., surgery, neurosurgery, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry).
• Diabetic ketoacidosis (arterial ph <7.24, serum bicarbonate <15, positive serum ketones, anion gap >12)
• Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (blood glucose >200 mg/dl, serum osmolarity >320 mOsm/kg)
• Inability to cooperate with study personnel.
• Known allergy or intolerance to detemir or novolog.
• Admission to the hospital >24 hours from entry into the study.
• Admission to the hospital for inpatient hospice care.
• Admission/continued admission to the hospital for procurement of a guardian.
• Admission/continued admission to the hospital for rehabilitation.
• Patients admitted with the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome.
• Patients admitted with the diagnosis of acute cerebrovascular accident.
• Patients currently pregnant or breast-feeding.
• Patients not fluent in English or Spanish as it will be difficult to obtained written informed consent in another language.

Where it is running

• Parkland Memorial Hospital — Dallas, Texas, United States

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