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. 2018 Jul 19;2018(7):CD006732. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006732.pub4

NCT02663245.

Trial name or title INTEGRA Study: Primary care Intervention in Type 2 diabetes patients with poor glycaemic control
Methods NRCT
Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Diagnosis of Type 2 DM according to criteria of the World Health Organization of one or more years of disease duration

  • Age from 30 to 80 years

  • HbA1C ≥ 9% (DCCT) according to the last blood test carried out during the 12 months prior to inclusion in the study

  • No changes in the treatment that can influence the main variable during the 3 months prior inclusion in the study

  • Accepting to participate in the study and signing of the informed consent form


Exclusion criteria
  • Patient refuses to participate and any other condition that prevents signing the informed consent form

  • Other types of diabetes: Type 1 DM, gestational diabetes and diabetes secondary to other diseases

  • Pharmacological treatments that interfere with carbohydrate metabolism, such as steroids

  • Life expectancy under 2 years

  • Current treatment for cancer other than basocellular or epidermoid skin cancer

  • Severe mental disease and dementia

  • Heart failure Class III or IV (NYHA).

  • Renal transplant or current treatment with dialysis

  • Alcohol and drug abuse

  • Pregnancy or intention to get pregnant

  • Breastfeeding

  • Chronic treatment with steroids; treatment with steroids during the 2 months prior inclusion in the study

  • Pharmacological treatment for weight loss during the 2 months prior to inclusion in the ‐ study

  • Treatment with immunosuppressants

  • Haemoglobinopathies and chronic anemia

  • Body Mass Index > 45 mg/kg2 (1)

  • Participation in clinical trials for medicines.

  • Patients with conditions that prevent follow up and completion of protocol.

Interventions Experimental: intervention 1
Diabetes specific consultation + multicomponent intervention aimed at professionals and patients
Experimental: intervention 2
Multicomponent intervention aimed at professionals and patients minus the diabetes specific consultation.
No Intervention: control group
No intervention. Data of the control groups will be retrieved from the SIDIAP.
Outcomes Primary outcome
  • Glycaemic control measured by HbA1c


Secondary outcomes
  • Lipid profile control as measured by the mean concentration of LDL‐cholesterol, non‐HDL cholesterol and triglycerides

  • Measurement of systolic blood pressure and of diastolic blood pressure

  • Control of chronic complications associated with type 2 diabetes according to the protocol of the CIH

  • Patient self‐efficacy to implement changes in risk factors: Morisky‐Green questionnaire

  • Direct health costs of type 2 diabetic patients

  • Evaluation of patient satisfaction using Spanish version of diabetes treatment satisfaction questionnaire (DTSQ)

  • Control of risk factors, smoking and exercise: Patient Activation Measure questionnaire

  • Evaluation of therapeutic inertia: specific questionnaire created by Redgedaps

  • Evaluation of quality of life using Spanish version of diabetes quality of life questionnaire (EsDQOL)

Starting date December 2015
Contact information Esther Rubinat, PhD, RN, 646186720, rubinatesther@gmail.com
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