ED Management of Severe Hyperglycemia: A Clinical Trial

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hyperglycemia, Diabetes Mellitus, Complications of Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes-Related Complications, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

In brief

Emergency Department (ED) patients with severe hyperglycemia will be randomized to two treatment goals: discharge glucose less than 600 mg/dL or less than 350 mg/dL. Randomization is stratified by whether the chief complaint is "High Blood Sugar" in the electronic medical record or other.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02478190

Run by

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

People needed

110

Starts

2015-06-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-03-21

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Glucose of more than 400mg/dL but less than 600 mg/dL at any point in the ED
• Working phone number and willing to discuss health status at 7-10 days via phone

You may not qualify if…

• Plan for hospital admission
• Already received insulin during the ED stay
• Type 1 diabetes
• Less than 18 years old
• Non-English speaking
• Altered mental status or encephalopathy (unable to provide informed consent)
• DKA, as determined clinically by the treating physician, without a lab requirement.
• Critically ill, as determined by the treating physician.
• Unable to provide informed consent
• Prisoners
• Pregnant women

Where it is running

• Hennepin County Medical Center — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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