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Diabetes MellitusPhase 1NCT00221455

The Potential of Technology to Improve Chronic Disease Management and Quality of Care

A Phase 1 study testing Patient diabetic self-management using the diabetic patient portal tools and A variety of educational interventions for non-adopters of the technology, and for non-compliant patients. in people with Diabetes Mellitus, run by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

We seek to determine if patient data entry, data entered based alerts, and data review in a secure patient portal may provide a sustainable approach to improve diabetic outcomes in a cost effective manner. We plan to study the extent to which the portal can improve diabetic outcomes and quality of care. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Diabetes Mellitus
What is being tested?
Patient diabetic self-management using the diabetic patient portal tools and A variety of educational interventions for non-adopters of the technology, and for non-compliant patients.
How many people
1,000 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2004to Sep 2007
Phase
Phase 1
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

Inclusion Criteria: Diabetic patients 18 years of age or older with an established primary care physician at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Exclusion Criteria: An individual not meeting the inclusion criteria

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

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About this study

We seek to determine if patient data entry, data entered based alerts, and data review in a secure patient portal may provide a sustainable approach to improve diabetic outcomes in a cost effective manner. We plan to study the extent to which the portal can improve diabetic outcomes and quality of care. We recognize, however, that some patients will be more predisposed to adopting technology and some will be more predisposed to improving their compliance than others. Hence, we will also develop and test interventions that may improve adoption and compliance. The goals of the proposed study are: 1) to assess whether a web portal will improve care outcomes in diabetic patients; 2a) to describe the characteristics of patients whose health behavior improves over the study period; 2b) to describe the characteristics of patients who adopt the web portal-based disease management technology; 3) to develop and test targeted interventions to increase the adoption of the web portal and improve patient health behavior; and 4) to monitor the ongoing costs associated with the web portal and patient healthcare resource utilization, and to monitor the incremental costs of the interventions designed to improve utilization of the technology and patient compliance with their diabetic regimens.

Read the detailed description

To date, limited research has been conducted to determine if health information technology (HIT) is effective in improving the outcomes for patients with chronic diseases. Research is required to determine if interventions facilitated by an institutional EMR platform can be implemented such that they support patients with chronic diseases to achieve improved outcomes in a cost effective fashion.

At the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) an ambulatory EMR has been implemented to foster patient safety and institutional best practice guidelines, to facilitate research, and to achieve efficiencies in practice management. Our EMR is the foundation of the CCF patient portal. One of the functions of the portal is to allow patients to enter specific data elements that become part of their permanent medical record. Diabetics can enter and review their home glucometer readings, and view alert messages based on their entries. The entries are transferred to the patient's primary care physician's EMR In-Basket for review.

We recognize that some patients will be more predisposed to technology adoption and some will be more health behavior compliant than others. Therefore, in addition to studying our portal's efficacy in positive diabetic behavior change, we will test if interventions can assist less predisposed and less compliant patients to become more compliant and more inclined to adopt the technology.

The goals of the proposed study are:

  1. to assess whether a web portal will improve care outcomes in diabetic patients; 2a) to describe the characteristics of patients whose health behavior improves over the study period; 2b) to describe the characteristics of patients who adopt the web portal-based disease management technology; 3) to develop and test targeted interventions to increase the adoption of the web portal and improve patient health behavior; 4) to monitor the ongoing costs associated with the web portal and patient healthcare resource utilization, and to monitor the incremental costs of the interventions designed to improve utilization of the technology and patient compliance with their diabetic regimens.
Being tested
Patient diabetic self-management using the diabetic patient portal tools, A variety of educational interventions for non-adopters of the technology, and for non-compliant patients.
Keywords
Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic disease management, Patient portal, Patient empowerment
Medical subject headings
Diabetes Mellitus, Patient Participation

What participants receive

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

  • Patient diabetic self-management using the diabetic patient portal toolsBehavioural

  • A variety of educational interventions for non-adopters of the technology, and for non-compliant patients.Behavioural

What is being measured

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

  1. Clinical Outcome Measures: HbA1c, LDL,and the presence or absence of clinically significant proteinuria.

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Technology Adoption will be measured by tracking the patient usage of the various portal features

Timeline

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

  1. First posted22 Sep 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2004
  3. Study completionSep 2007

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 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Crossover
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1,000 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00221455
Sponsor's protocol ID
51760
Other IDs
51760
Status last verified
Jul 2011
First submitted
15 Sep 2005
Last updated
27 Jul 2011
Results posted
No

Publications

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  • Avital, M., Vandenbosch, B., (2000) IT-Business Ownership: The Missing Link for IT-Driven Value, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada - 2000 Proceedings (Information Systems), Vol. 21(4): 116-125.

  • Hogan P, Dall T, Nikolov P; American Diabetes Association. Economic costs of diabetes in the US in 2002. Diabetes Care. 2003 Mar;26(3):917-32. doi: 10.2337/diacare.26.3.917.

    PubMed 12610059
  • Beckles GL, Engelgau MM, Narayan KM, Herman WH, Aubert RE, Williamson DF. Population-based assessment of the level of care among adults with diabetes in the U.S. Diabetes Care. 1998 Sep;21(9):1432-8. doi: 10.2337/diacare.21.9.1432.

    PubMed 9727887
  • Biermann E, Dietrich W, Standl E. Telecare of diabetic patients with intensified insulin therapy. A randomized clinical trial. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2000;77:327-32.

    PubMed 11187566
  • Chang S., Ryoo S., Yu S., Ahn B., (1999) Development of an Internet-Based Home Monitoring System for Diabetes Mellitus, Proceeding of the 4th IEEE Malaysia International Conference on Communications and 4th IEEE Asia Pacific International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, Maleka, Malaysia, November 1999.

  • Chase HP, Pearson JA, Wightman C, Roberts MD, Oderberg AD, Garg SK. Modem transmission of glucose values reduces the costs and need for clinic visits. Diabetes Care. 2003 May;26(5):1475-9. doi: 10.2337/diacare.26.5.1475.

    PubMed 12716807
  • Eisenberg JM. Ten lessons for evidence-based technology assessment. JAMA. 1999 Nov 17;282(19):1865-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.282.19.1865. No abstract available.

    PubMed 10573279
  • Fishbein M., Ajzen I., (1975) Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

  • Friedman RH, Stollerman JE, Mahoney DM, Rozenblyum L. The virtual visit: using telecommunications technology to take care of patients. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1997 Nov-Dec;4(6):413-25. doi: 10.1136/jamia.1997.0040413.

    PubMed 9391929
  • Friedman RH, Stollerman J, Rozenblyum L, Belfer D, Selim A, Mahoney D, Steinbach S. A telecommunications system to manage patients with chronic disease. Stud Health Technol Inform. 1998;52 Pt 2:1330-4.

    PubMed 10384677
  • Gallagher, K., Vandenbosch, B., (2000) A Systemic View of Continual Change. Best Paper Proceedings of the Sixtieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 2000.

  • Hailey D, Roine R, Ohinmaa A. Systematic review of evidence for the benefits of telemedicine. J Telemed Telecare. 2002;8 Suppl 1:1-30. doi: 10.1258/1357633021937604.

    PubMed 12020415
  • Hersh WR, Helfand M, Wallace J, Kraemer D, Patterson P, Shapiro S, Greenlick M. Clinical outcomes resulting from telemedicine interventions: a systematic review. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2001;1:5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-1-5. Epub 2001 Nov 26.

    PubMed 11737882
  • Kwon H., Cho J, Kim H., Song B., Ko S., Lee J., Kim S., Chang S., Kim H., Cha B., Lee K., Son H., Lee J., Lee W., Yoon K., (2004) Establishment of Blood Glucose Monitoring System Using the Internet, Diabetes Care, Vol. 27(2):478-83. Mease A, Whitlock W, Brown A, (2000) Telemedicine Improved Diabetic Management. Military Medicine, Vol. 165:279-284. Neubauer A., Priglinger S., Ehrt O., (2001) Electronic Versus Paper-Based Patient Records: a Cost-Benefit Analysis, Ophthalmologe, Vol. 11:1083-8. Norris S., Engelgau M., Narayan K., (2001) Effectiveness of Self-Managed Training in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials, Diabetes Care, Vol. 24/3.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing Patient diabetic self-management using the diabetic patient portal tools and A variety of educational interventions for non-adopters of the technology, and for non-compliant patients. in people with Diabetes Mellitus, run by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 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?

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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Jul 2011. 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.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Clinical Outcome Measures: HbA1c, LDL,and the presence or absence of clinically significant proteinuria.. 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 NCT00221455, which also lists 33 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 27 Jul 2011; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.

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