Hospital Insulin Protocol Aims for Glucose Control in Corticosteroid-induced Hyperglycemia

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Hyperglycemia

In brief

The objective of this study is to determine the best insulin regimen for hospitalized patients who receive high doses of steroids who have high blood glucose.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01184014

Run by

HealthPartners Institute

People needed

72

Starts

2010-08-01

Expected to finish

2012-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Men or women aged ≥18 years who receive steroids in doses greater than physiologic replacement levels of ≥ 10 mg Prednisone or its equivalent of dexamethasone or methylprednisolone.
• Have signed the consent form for the study
• Have a BG > 180 mg/dL any time during the first 24 hour of steroid administration that is above physiological replacement ( ≥ 10 mg Prednisone or equivalent)
• Are scheduled to be in hospital ≥ 2 days.

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to read or understand English
• History of psychiatric disability affecting informed consent or compliance with drug intake
• Type 1 diabetes
• Acute or chronic renal failure (creatinine clearance < 30 mL/min estimated by method of Cockcroft and Gault)
• Patients in Hospice Care
• Age <18 years
• Previously enrolled in this study.
• Not appropriate for the steroid protocol in judgment of the principal investigator and/or attending physician.

Where it is running

• Park Nicollet Health Services Methodist Hospital — Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States

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