Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0237101835
Study information
Scientific title
Impact of integrated care pathway (ICP) on management of hospital in-patients with diabetes
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To develop a care pathway for in-patients with diabetes, and assess the impact of the pathway on the management of diabetes in hospital.
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
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine: Diabetes
Intervention
Patients with diabetes admitted to the medical unit will be randomised to either a ward using ICP or a control ward.
All nursing staff on the medical unit will be included in the study, as will all patients with diabetes randomised to either a control or intervention ward, over a period of one year.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Nurses' knowledge
2. Patient satisfaction
3. Standard of care compared to the Trust's Diabetes guidelines
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/07/1999
Overall trial end date
01/11/2003
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
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
01/07/1999
Recruitment end date
01/11/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Whiston Hospital
Prescot
L35 5DR
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
Hospital/treatment centre
Funder name
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals 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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary