UHDB announced as top recruiter in national diabetes study
Of the 256 participants enrolled into the national HbA1c diabetes study by 14 trusts, UHDB was the top recruiter, bringing 43 people into the study.
The study is gathering data to evaluate the relationship between HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin) and average glucose levels in people living with diabetes. It involves participants having HbA1c blood tests every two weeks and wearing two FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring sensors at a time for the six months duration of the study.
Particularly pleasing is that the study achieved the hoped-for diversity of age and background. 27% of participants were white and 73% were from a BAME heritage. A broad range of age distribution was also achieved with 48% of participants aged between 36 - 60, 22% and 21% respectively for age 61 and over and age 18 - 35, and 9% under 18s.
Dr Emma Wilmot, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham and Honorary Consultant in Diabetes at UHDB, is the Principal Investigator for the study.
Emma said: "We were delighted to be part of this important study. My particular thanks to our team, Dr Tom Crabtree and Samia Hussain and Richard Burnett, research practitioners who all had a central role in our successful recruitment."
Ramzi Ajjan, Professor of Metabolic Medicine and Chief Investigator of the study, commented: “We are very grateful for the efforts of Dr Emma Wilmot and her team; their dedication to the study helped us achieve recruitment targets in record time. Data from this work will help to understand the ethnic differences in the relationship between average glucose and HbA1c, which will have important clinical implications.”