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NCT05669547Completed

Dual Hormone Closed Loop in Type 1 Diabetes

Dual Hormone Closed Loop in Type 1 Diabetes: a Randomized Trial (DARE)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study is a 12 month open-label, two-arm randomised parallel-group trial in adult type 1 diabetes patients executed in 14 centres in the Netherlands. The aim of this study is to determine the long-term clinical effectiveness of treatment with a dual-hormone (insulin and glucagon) fully closed loop system during 12 months compared to the current most used care and to the currently most advanced technological care. Secondary objectives include the assessment of cost-effectiveness, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), other glycaemic outcomes and safety.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
243 (actual)
First submitted
22 Nov 2022
Start date
3 Oct 2023
Primary completion date
15 Oct 2025
Lead sponsor
UMC Utrecht
NCT number
NCT05669547

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 243
  • From 3 Oct 2023 to the primary completion date, 15 Oct 2025
  • 14 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Actively participating in an investigational study (drug or device) wherein he/she has received treatment from an investigational study drug or device in the last 2 weeks before enrolment into this study, as per investigator judgment;

Other illness

  • Plan to change usual diabetes regimen in the next 3 months;
  • Current participation in another diabetes-related clinical trial;
  • Established history of allergy or severe reaction to adhesive or tape that must be used in the study;
  • Presence of a medical or psychiatric condition, longstanding serious adherence problems, anticipated problems in handing over diabetes control to a device or use of a medication that, in the judgment of the investigator, clinical protocol chair, or medical monitor, could compromise the results of the study or the safety of the participant.

Lab values

  • eGFR\<30 mL/min/1.73m2;
  • Use of oral glucose-lowering medication;
  • Daily use of acetaminophen during the trial (all arms), as this may influence the sensor glucose measurements. Incidental use with a maximum of e.g. 3 daily doses of 1000mg paracetamol for a maximum of 3 consecutive days is allowed

Other

  • Current use of non-approved HCL device;
  • BMI \>35 kg/m2;
  • Active retinopathy or painful neuropathy;
  • Limited ability to see, and to hear or feel alarm signals of the closed loop system;
  • Current pregnancy, breast feeding or planning to become pregnant in the 12 months of the trial or using ineffective birth control methods;

Who the study is looking for

  • Age between 18 and 75 years;
  • Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus at least one year ago;
  • HbA1c ≤ 91 mmol/mol;
  • Treated with either MDI with FGM/CGM or treated with HCL:
    • MDI+FGM/CGM for ≥ 3 months with an adequate sensor use during at least 70% of the time in the month prior to screening (based on sensor usage from the download summary report of the FGM/CGM);
    • HCL for ≥ 3 months with a frequency of use ≥ 70% of the time in auto mode over the previous month prior to screening;
  • Does not reach the treatment goals over the last 8 weeks:
    • for MDI+FGM/CGM: subject has a TIR \<80% or Time Below Range (TBR) \>4%;
    • for HCL: subject has a TIR \<80% or TBR \>4%;
  • Willing to take or switch to insulin Humalog when randomized to the intervention DHFCL arm;
  • Under treatment in one of the participating centres;
  • Willing and able to sign informed consent;
  • Access to internet at home (for DHFCL data upload).

Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (14)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Meander MC
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AmersfoortNetherlandsUnknown status
OLVG
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AmsterdamNetherlandsUnknown status
Amsterdam UMC, AMC
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AmsterdamNetherlandsUnknown status
Amsterdam UMC, VUmc
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AmsterdamNetherlandsUnknown status
Gelre ziekenhuis
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ApeldoornNetherlandsUnknown status
Rijnstate
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ArnhemNetherlandsUnknown status
Catharina Ziekenhuis
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EindhovenNetherlandsUnknown status
Martini Ziekenhuis
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GroningenNetherlandsUnknown status
UMC Groningen
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GroningenNetherlandsUnknown status
Tergooi Ziekenhuis
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HilversumNetherlandsUnknown status
LUMC
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LeidenNetherlandsUnknown status
St. Antonius
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NieuwegeinNetherlandsUnknown status
UMC Utrecht
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UtrechtNetherlandsUnknown status
Isala Klinieken
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ZwolleNetherlandsUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.