NCT06598345

Impact of Integrated Pet Care on Glycemic Control and Diabetes Responsibility

• Status: Enrolling By Invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 13 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if incorporating the structured care of a pet fish into a family-based diabetes self-care routine combined with communication skills training works to improve glycemic control, blood glucose monitoring frequency and blood glucose review in early adolescents with suboptimal control of type 1 diabetes.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Routine Pet Fish Care	Participants in the Routine Group will be provided specific instructions for coupling the daily and weekly fish care and diabetes care throughout the 12-week intervention They will also be told to monitor BG four times daily, review BG readings with their parent weekly and document the BG checks and weekly reviews on their device's software.
BEHAVIORAL	Collaborative Communication	Parents and participants in the Collaborative Communication group will be given recommendations for how to conduct weekly meetings in a collaborative approach based on a modified version of the Minute Meeting protocol.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-16
• Primary completion: 2027-06-30
• Completion: 2027-08-31
• First posted: 2024-09-19
• Last updated: 2026-04-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States