Effect of Diabetes Control on Outcome in Hospitalized Patients: A National Israeli Study

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2011-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To test whether tight glucose control is associated with better clinical outcome compared to less-tight control, among diabetic patients hospitalized in internal medicine wards.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center
• Treatments: Insulin; Insulin, Globin Zinc

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age: >18 years

2. Fasting plasma glucose > 140 mg/dl or non-fasting plasma glucose >200 mg/dl in two separate blood tests if non-diabetic, or in a single blood test if have pre-diagnosed diabetes

3. Able to understand the study objective and methods and willing to provide a written informed consent

4. No significant liver disease

5. Serum creatinine <2.0 mg/dl

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Exclusion Criteria:

1. Significant cognitive impairment

2. History of hypoglycemia unawareness or clinical autonomic diabetic neuropathy

3. Known allergy to insulin analogues

4. Diabetic ketoacidosis or non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma on admission

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