Support-t, an Online Training and Peer Support Platform to Accompany Youth Living With Type 1 Diabetes Transitioning to Adult Healthcare
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (4) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine how an online training and peer support platform could help the preparation to transition to adult care. Among 14-16 year old youth with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), the investigators aim to assess the effect of an online training and peer support platform (Support-t) integrated in usual care, compared with usual care on Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), adverse outcomes and psychosocial measures during the preparation for transition to adult care. The investigators will conduct a multi-site, parallel group, blinded (outcome assessors, data analysts), superiority RCT of adolescents with T1D (14-16 years of age) followed at one of 4 university teaching hospital-based pediatric diabetes clinics in the province of Quebec.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 14
Maximum Age: 16
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Adolescents with a clinical diagnosis of T1D
• 14-16 years of age
• Receiving diabetes care at one of 4 university teaching hospital-based pediatric diabetes clinics in Quebec: Montreal Children's Hospital-McGill University Health Centre, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Le Copain-Hôpital de Gatineau, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec
• Having access to internet
• Having an active email address
• Fluent in English or French
Locations
Other Locations
Canada
Clinique de pédiatrie Le Copain-Hôpital de Gatineau
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Gatineau
Montreal Children's Hospital - McGill University Health Centre
RECRUITING
Montreal
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Québec
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sherbrooke
Contact Information
Primary
Anne-Sophie Brazeau, PhD
anne-sophie.brazeau@mcgill.ca
(514) 398-7848
Backup
Amelie Roy-Fleming, MSc
amelie.roy-fleming@mcgill.ca
Time Frame
Start Date:2024-10-07
Estimated Completion Date:2027-10
Participants
Target number of participants:200
Treatments
Experimental: Support-t plus usual diabetes care
Access to the Support-t online training and peer support platform in addition to usual diabetes care for 18 months. Support-t contains 3 components: 1) Educational material, 2) News blog and 3) Patients' discussion forum. Health care providers from the pediatric diabetes clinics will receive Support-t training and will be encouraged to recommend the Support-t platform during routine care with their patients from the active arm.
No_intervention: Usual diabetes care only
Usual diabetes care for 18 months, which consists of visits with their health care provider and ad-hoc diabetes education with nurses and dietitians. Health care providers from the pediatric diabetes clinics will be instructed not to discuss or refer to the Support-t platform with patients from the control arm. Control arm participants will have the option to use the Support-t platform after the 18-month study.
Collaborators: CSSS de Gatineau, Centre de recherche du CHU de Sherbrooke, CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval, McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre