Implementation of Team Clinic for Type 2 Diabetes (TCT2)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age12-18
SponsorChildren's Hospital Los Angeles

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if shared medical appointment is an acceptable way to deliver care to youth with type 2 diabetes.

The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are:

* Is shared medical appointments an acceptable care delivery model for this population? * Does shared medical appointment improve psychosocial outcomes for this population?

Participants will attend quarterly clinic appointments and group activities and take surveys. Researchers will compare this intervention to standard of care.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Receives care for type 2 diabetes at either CHLA or UCSF

English speaking youth

Youth prescribed medication for type 2 diabetes

English or Spanish speaking caregivers

Disqualifiers

Participants who are non-verbal or unable to participate in group activities and discussions

Pregnancy

Inability or unwillingness of individual or legal guardian/representative to give written informed assent/consent

Has a child between the ages of 12 and up to 18 at the time of enrollment who receives care for T2D in the endocrinology clinic at CHLA. The child must provide consent/assent to participate as a youth participant.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Standard of Care

    Other intervention

    Multidisciplinary team based care every 3 months.

  • Shared Medical Appointments

    Behavioral

    Participants will attend 4 quarterly appointments. In additionto time with their clinician, they will also have groupactivities that address relevant topics.

Treatment groups

160 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Standard CarePlacebo comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Shared Medical AppointmentActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Average number of clinics attended over 1 year period to be recorded by Study Coordinator

Data collected is the number of patient visits to the clinic.

Time frame
1 year
2

Change in HbA1c for patients from baseline to end of study

Patients' glycemic outcomes will be taken every session (Visit 0 (baseline) - Visit 4) over a one-year period

Time frame
1 year
3

Clinic Satisfaction

Patient participants will complete satisfaction survey at the end of each visit using a 5-point Likert scale; "Strongly disagree" is 1, "disagree" is 2, "neutral" is 3, "agree" is 4, "strongly agree" is 5.

Time frame
1 year

Secondary outcomes

1

Depression score

The patient health questionnaire-8 is a measure of depression severity that will be administered at baseline and again at the end of the study.

Time frame
1 year
2

Mean time-in-range from blinded 14-day continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for Patients between baseline and 1 year

A blinded CGM device will be applied to patients at enrollment and at the final study visit to capture glycemic control

Time frame
1 year
3

Diabetes distress for patients over 1 year period

The Diabetes Distress Scale 2 is a 2 question prescreen that will be used to prescreen emotional burden. A score of 3 or higher on the DDS-2 will lead to the use of the 17-item survey.

Time frame
1 year
4

Change in dietary intake for patients before and after delivery of the dietary intervention

The Dietary Screen Questionnaire (DSQ) will be administered to track changes in food habits before and after delivery of the intervention (session 2).

Time frame
three months

Other outcomes

1

Patient experience for patient and parent/caregiver

The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers \& Systems survey (CAHPS)assesses patient-clinician communication, experiences of discrimination based on race/ethnicity, insurance, and experiences leading to trust or distrust. Patient experience will be compared between control and intervention groups, both at baseline and at one year.

Time frame
1 year
2

Demographic for Patients and Parents/Caregivers

Self-reported demographic history (date of birth, gender, race and/or ethnicity, education, etc) will be collected.

Time frame
baseline
3

Sociodemographic History for Parents/Caregivers

Self-reported sociodemographic history (work status, marital members, household income, etc)

Time frame
baseline
4

Implementation Outcome Measures for Research Staff

Implementation Outcome measure is used in behavioral health care as a psycho metric quality and will be used to assess how effectively clinic is being implemented.

Time frame
At end of study (end of 1 year)

Sponsors and contacts

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Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Lead sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborator

American Diabetes Association

Collaborator