Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Keeping in Touch (KiT) With Youth as They Transition to Adult Type 1 Diabetes Care
Lead Sponsor:
The Hospital for Sick Children
Collaborating Sponsors:
Trillium Health Partners
University Health Network, Toronto
Conditions:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Eligibility:
All Genders
17-18 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators are testing the effectiveness of an eHealth digital tool co-designed with patients and providers to improve diabetes self-efficacy in young adults as they transition to adult type 1 ...
Detailed Description
The intervention is an eHealth digital solution co-designed with patients and providers. The intervention is a text message based algorithm that operates similar to a chatbot and will send SMS message...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, ascertained from patient's medical chart
- Receiving out-patient care for T1D at a pediatric diabetes center participating in this study
- Is within 6 months of either planned transfer or 18th birthday so research coordinator can approach patient and inform them about the study, and then can be re-approached for consenting and enrollment only within 3-4 months of either: planned transfer to adult diabetes care OR 18th birthday
- Proficient in written and spoken English or French
- Possession of their own personal mobile device that can support SMS with sufficient capacity to send and receive SMS/texts
- Valid and working mobile phone number
- Valid email address
- Willing to engage with intervention if randomized to intervention arm
- Willing to complete study outcome measures (questionnaires) at all study time-points regardless of which arm they are randomized to: baseline, 6 months, and 12 months
- Willing to provide informed consent
Exclusion
- Unable to carry out their diabetes care independently due to an intellectual or neurocognitive disability; discerned from medical chart during pre-screening
- Non-resident of Ontario or Quebec
- Planning to move out of either province in the next 6-12 months and after moving, will not be receiving diabetes care in either province and/or will not have a valid and working mobile number
- Currently enrolled in any other clinical research trial with an SMS-based intervention
- Currently enrolled in another diabetes intervention trial that will continue beyond the final pediatric diabetes visit
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 16 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
234 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05434754
Start Date
January 16 2022
End Date
September 1 2025
Last Update
April 24 2025
Active Locations (6)
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1
Oak Valley Health
Markham, Ontario, Canada, L9P1S4
2
Trillium Health Partners
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L5B2V2
3
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H8L1
4
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G1X8