Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Malcolm Watters
ORCID ID
Contact details
The Great Western Hospital
Marlborough Road
Swindon
SN3 6BB
United Kingdom
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abc@email.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0247130746
Study information
Scientific title
An investigation into whether tight glucose control improves mortality in patients admitted to combined Intensive Therapy Unit/High Dependency Unit (ITU/HDU)
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Does intensive glucose control improve outcome in a population of Intensive Therapy Unit/High Dependency Unit (ITU/HDU) patients?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Not Applicable
Intervention
Group 1: Intensive insulin therapy - the blood glucose will be maintained between 4.4 and 6.1 mmol/L using intravenous insulin therapy
Group 2: Conventional insulin therapy - the blood glucose will be maintained between 10.0 and 11.1 mmol/L using intravenous insulin therapy
Intervention type
Drug
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Insulin
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
10/03/2003
Overall trial end date
30/06/2005
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
ITU/HDU patients
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
10/03/2003
Recruitment end date
30/06/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
The Great Western Hospital
Swindon
SN3 6BB
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list