Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03182569
Flexible Catheter for Insulin in Diabetes
Use of a Flexible Catheter for the Administration of Subcutaneous Insulin in Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 5 Years – 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Use of a flexible subcutaneous catheter improves comfort in patients with DKA compared to the usual treatment with a metal needle.
Detailed description
Assess whether the use of a flexible subcutaneous catheter improves comfort in patients with DKA compared to the usual treatment with a metal needle. Compare the metabolic evolution of patients with DKA using a flexible subcutaneous catheter for insulin administration vs. a metal needle.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | FLEXIBLE CATHETER | |
| DEVICE | hourly rigid needle puncture |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-12-11
- Primary completion
- 2018-04-09
- Completion
- 2018-04-09
- First posted
- 2017-06-09
- Last updated
- 2018-04-12
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Argentina
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03182569. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.