Effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring in a clinical care environment: evidence from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation continuous glucose monitoring (JDRF-CGM) trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is effective in the management of type 1 diabetes when implemented in a manner that more closely approximates clinical practice.

Research design and methods

After completion of a 6-month randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating CGM in children, adolescents, and adults with type 1 diabetes, CGM was initiated in the trial's control group with less intensive training and follow-up than was included in the RCT. Subjects had an outpatient training session, two follow-up phone calls, and outpatient visits at 1, 4, 13, and 26 weeks. For subjects with baseline A1C > or =7.0%, the primary outcome was change in A1C at 6 months.

Results

CGM use decreased from a median of 7.0 days/week in the first month in th

SUBMITTER: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2797966 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature