Management of Diabetes in the Emergency Room: a Randomized Trial of an Insulin Protocol.

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

176

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2008

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2009

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2009

Conditions
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Interventions
DRUG

insulin aspart

"insulin aspart: insulin aspart will be given every 2 hours dosed from 0.05 to 0.15 units per kg weight to patients with a prior history of diabetes if blood glucose is more than 200 mg/dl in the ER.~If subjects are admitted to hospital then they will receive insulin detemir 0.3 units/kg daily and insulin aspart 0.1 units/kg per meal if they are eating."

DRUG

insulin detemir

"insulin detemir: insulin aspart will be given every 2 hours dosed from 0.05 to 0.15 units per kg weight to patients with a prior history of diabetes if blood glucose is more than 200 mg/dl in the ER.~If subjects are admitted to hospital then they will receive insulin detemir 0.3 units/kg daily and insulin aspart 0.1 units/kg per meal if they are eating.If subjects are admitted to hospital then they will receive insulin detemir 0.3 units/kg daily and insulin aspart 0.1 units/kg per meal if they are eating."

Trial Locations (1)

60612

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Novo Nordisk A/S

INDUSTRY

lead

Rush University Medical Center

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