Feasibility of novel glycaemic monitoring
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Improving glucose control in patients with diabetes following elective surgical intervention: the role and accuracy of novel glycaemic monitoring
IRAS ID
353154
Contact name
Simon Howell
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leeds
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
127930, University of Leeds award number
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 1 days
Research summary
This feasibility study will allow the research team to establish potential barriers to completing a larger study regarding perioperative diabetes management and continuous glucose monitoring. This study will help establish both patient and staff acceptability of the implementation of continuous blood glucose monitoring in the perioperative period. This method of blood glucose monitoring is currently not routine practice in the NHS for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and there may be barriers not yet identified which would prevent it becoming routine.
A total of 30 eligible adult participants undergoing urological or gynaecological-oncology surgery will be recruited and established on a Freestyle Libre 2 system (a non-invasive glucose sensor that is replaced every fortnight and provides 96 glucose readings/day). Patients (and/or nursing staff) will monitor their own blood glucose as per their normal protocol using fingerpick capillary blood glucose readings. Blood glucose readings will be compared to determine the accuracy of both methods, as well as recordings of in-patient Hospital outcomes.REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2
REC reference
25/NS/0029
Date of REC Opinion
27 Mar 2025
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion