Type I Diabetes

The objective of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effect of novel Food is Medicine Programming in the form of medically tailored pre-packaged meals for pediatric patients with Type 1 Diabetes. The provision of medically-tailored meals to children and adolescents with diabetes that have potential food security or access concerns in addition to nutrition counseling will improve clinical outcomes, decrease healthcare utilization, and improve health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Consulting with a Registered Dietician is the established multidisciplinary standard of care for pediatric patients with diabetes at UMass. Community Servings provides a medically-tailored pre-packaged meal plan designed for pediatric patients with Type 1 Diabetes. The addition of Community Servings to the current standard of care in pediatric patients with potential food security or access concerns will further improve clinical, decrease healthcare utilization, and improve HRQOL outcomes in pediatric patients with Type 1 Diabetes.

This study will examine the safety of three times weekly SC injections of OPT101 at each of three dose levels over two weeks as well as one year of treatment with SC OPT101 or placebo to match at a single dose level.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical performance of the Medtronic Implantable Insulin Pump System (MIIPS 2020) in adult patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus that cannot be controlled with subcutaneous insulin therapy (including external pump), and presenting with frequent, otherwise unexplained severe hyper- and/or hypoglycemia.