Status:
COMPLETED
Northern Manhattan Diabetes Community Outreach Project
Lead Sponsor:
Columbia University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Conditions:
Diabetes
Eligibility:
All Genders
35-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a community health worker intervention at helping to control diabetes among Latinos with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes. Hypothesis: ...
Detailed Description
The objective of this project is to examine the effectiveness of a community health worker (CHW) intervention at addressing glycemic control among Latinos with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes. Our g...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patients age 35-70 years\*
- Receiving care at our clinic (2 visits with a primary care provider in the previous year)
- Living in Northern Manhattan or Western Bronx (based on zip codes)
- Had a hemoglobin A1C-done within the past year, with the latest value being \> or = 8.0
Exclusion
- Patients whose primary care physician (PCP) believes are not appropriate candidates for participation
- Type 1 diabetics (identified by PCP), as their care is quite distinct from that of Type II patients, and there are very few such patients in our clinic
- Patients with diabetes diagnosed when under age 25 ("new-onset" Type I diabetes) as such patients are extremely rare in our primary care clinics
- Patients who do not self-identify as Hispanic (Hispanics can be of any race e.g. white, black, mixed)
- Any life-threatening or extreme medical co-morbidity, such as an active cancer diagnosis, paraplegia, or end stage cardio-pulmonary disease
- Having a diabetes diagnosis for \< 1 year, to ensure the stability of hemoglobin A1C values above 8.0
- Planning to move out of the neighborhood during the next year
- Planning to travel out of the neighborhood for more than three consecutive months
- Enrollment in any other cardiovascular disease (CVD) or diabetes intervention study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
360 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00787475
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
February 1 2014
Last Update
February 4 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, United States, 10032