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Pilot Study Evaluating Safety of ExOlin® in Patients With Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes

An interventional study of ExOlin® and Insulin aspart in Type 1 Diabetes and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus With Hypoglycemia, sponsored by Defymed. Recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-07-27.

Sponsored by Defymed · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started May 2022; still recruiting 4 years 5 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
8
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

First in Human, pilot investigation An Open Label, Monocentric, Pilot Study Evaluating Safety of ExOlin® in Patients with Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes with High Glucose Fluctuations, Prone to Severe Hypoglycemia

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Conditions studied

  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus With Hypoglycemia

Keywords

  • Safety
  • Pilot
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • High glucose fluctuations
  • Severe Hypoglycemia
  • Hypoglycemia unawareness
  • Extraperitoneal
  • Insulin
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In context

Diabetes Mellitus

10,925 studies on the registry are indexed under Diabetes Mellitus; 1,319 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 8 is below the median of 80 across 8,367 interventional studies indexed under Diabetes Mellitus.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Defymed as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Adult men or women (age ≥ 18 years);
  2. Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) for more than 2 years at the start of screening;
  3. Body mass index (BMI) > 16 kg/m2 and \< 35 kg/m2;
  4. Well managed intensive SubCutaneous (SC) insulin therapy, i.e. patient using for at least 3 months:

    • CSII, whatever the insulin pump used, and
    • Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), by using Dexcom G6;
  5. 7.0% \< Serum HbA1c \< 12.0%;
  6. Patient characterized by one of the following conditions:

    • Unstable diabetes/poor glycemic control, meaning patient presenting:

      • at least one episode of severe hypoglycemia during the 12 months prior to study screening. Severe hypoglycemia is defined by American Diabetes Association (ADA) standards as "severe cognitive impairment requiring assistance from another person for recovery" (as per ADA's definition in "standards of care in diabetes");
      • or glycemic excursions (post-prandial hyperglycemic or nocturnal hypoglycemic episodes) considered as too frequent and of high amplitude by the investigator, during the previous month;
    • Presence of adverse side effects of SC insulin-therapy:

      • SC insulin resistance;
      • or severe acquired lipodystrophy resistant to pump treatment;
      • or genetic skin atrophy or lipodystrophy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Renal glomerular filtration rate \<30 mL/min/1.73m2 as per Chronic Kidney Disease - Epidemiology Collaboration (CDK-EPI) calculation;
  2. Immunocompromised patient;
  3. Local or systemic acute or chronic inflammation (rheumatoid arthritis, sclerodermia);
  4. Active infection or inflammation;
  5. Known history of skin affliction that could impact ExOlin® tolerance;
  6. Ongoing active anticoagulant therapy;
  7. Severe wound healing issues;
  8. Parietal reinforcement prostheses;
  9. Known allergy to one of the devices' components, including known allergy to fixation systems (e.g. patch, plaster) for SC administration devices such as external pumps and CGM, or chronic allergy related to prolonged wearing of such systems;
  10. Known allergy to insulin NovoRapid®;
  11. Known allergy to anesthetics, or products containing iodine and its derivates, or antibiotics used during surgery (cefazolin, and combination of clindamycin and gentamycin);
  12. Activity contraindicated as per external pump and CGM use recommendations;
  13. Patient willing to practice activities with risks of trauma or major change in the environment pressure such as combat sport or scuba diving;
  14. Cardiac condition incompatible with surgery requirements as per anesthesiologist's opinion;
  15. Unstable diabetic retinopathy (as per ophthalmologist's review within 6 months before screening);
  16. Current or history of unresolved malignancy within 5 years before screening (with exceptions for squamous and basal cell carcinomas of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or breast carcinoma without lymph node metastases, well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma or other non-invasive lesion that, in the opinion of the investigator, is considered as cured with minimal risk of recurrence within 5 years);
  17. Other surgical or medical condition that, in the judgment of the investigator, might warrant exclusion or be contraindicated, like for instance visual or hand-use symptoms;
  18. Mental handicap or psychiatric condition incompatible with appropriate handling of devices or compliance to treatment or investigation-related tasks;
  19. Known active alcohol or drug abuse;
  20. Having received corticoid treatment within 4 weeks prior to enrollment;
  21. Having received an investigational product within 12 weeks prior to enrollment, or currently participating in another clinical trial, with the exception of observational / non-interventional; registries, for which written prior approval of Defymed is needed;
  22. Women planning for pregnancy, being pregnant or breastfeeding or unwilling to use adequate contraceptive methods for the duration of the study (oral hormonal contraceptives, implants, injectables, hormonal or copper intrauterine device, or vasectomized partner);
  23. Person under guardianship, trusteeship or deprived of liberty;
  24. Person not affiliated to one of the French social security systems;
  25. Unwilling to give written informed consent to participation in the study, or unable to do so for psychiatric, cognitive or linguistic reasons.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
8 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    test arm

    All patients will be enrolled in same arm which contains the two interventions (device + drug) and follow mandatory phases of trial: screening, implantation, treatment with ExOlin, explantation.

    Device: ExOlin® · Drug: Insulin aspart

Interventions

  • DeviceExOlin®

    Implantation of ExOlin® device, safety follow-up followed by a treatment period in which device is used to administer insulin. Device explanted with a safety follow-up.

  • DrugInsulin aspart

    Use of NovoRapid insulin during all periods of the clinical investigations

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety: Percentage of patients who will experience at least one relevant adverse event (AE) judged by the investigator as probably or highly probably related to ExOlin® for the duration of mandatory phases of the study

    Percentage of patients who will experience at least one relevant adverse event (AE) judged by the investigator as probably or highly probably related to ExOlin® for the duration of the study : * Linked to implantation (any unexpected or severe signs of cutaneous or extraperitoneal intolerance s.a. redness, edema or delayed healing, as per clinical exam of the skin and palpation in regard of the scar and SC port, associated to systemic signs s.a. fever, chills, abnormal biologic values \[including: complete blood count, C-reactive protein\]); * linked to therapeutic use of ExOlin (i.e. to administrate insulin: ExOlin® device failure or local infection); * other unexpected related AEs. The primary endpoint will be achieved when the device has been retrieved from all enrolled patients and post-explantation observation time (3 months post explantation) has been completed.

    Time frame: From implantation of the device (4 weeks after screening visit) till end of post-explantation safety follow-up (week 36), meaning a duration of 32 weeks.

  2. Safety: Percentage of patients who will experience at least one relevant adverse event (AE) judged by the investigator as probably or highly probably related to ExOlin® for the whole duration of the study (extension phase included)

    Percentage of patients who will experience at least one relevant adverse event (AE) judged by the investigator as probably or highly probably related to ExOlin® for the duration of the study : * Linked to implantation (any unexpected or severe signs of cutaneous or extraperitoneal intolerance s.a. redness, edema or delayed healing, as per clinical exam of the skin and palpation in regard of the scar and SC port, associated to systemic signs s.a. fever, chills, abnormal biologic values \[including: complete blood count, C-reactive protein\]); * linked to therapeutic use of ExOlin (i.e. to administrate insulin: ExOlin® device failure or local infection); * other unexpected related AEs. The primary endpoint will be achieved when the device has been retrieved from all enrolled patients and post-explantation observation time (3 months post explantation) has been completed.

    Time frame: From implantation of the device (4 weeks after screening visit) till end of post-explantation safety follow-up, meaning a duration up to of 168 weeks maximum for patients completing extension phase.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Safety : Percentage of patients who will experience at least one AE, according to its severity, seriousness, relation with the device or the surgery or the treatment, outcome, by system-organ-class and preferred term.

    Percentage of patients who will experience at least one AE, according to its severity, seriousness, relation with the device or the surgery or the treatment, outcome, by system-organ-class and preferred term.

    Time frame: From implantation of the device through study completion, meaning from 1 month after screening, duration of 8 months for mandatory phases and up to 3 years and 3 months for patients reaching end of extension phase

  2. Safety: Percentage of participants with abnormal vital signs or physical findings.

    Percentage of participants with abnormal vital signs (blood pressures, heart rate, body temperature) or physical findings (i.e. significant abnormal lab results s.a. WBC or observation of abnormal scar)

    Time frame: From implantation of the device through study completion, meaning from 1 month after screening, duration of 8 months for mandatory phases and up to 3 years and 3 months for patients reaching end of extension phase

  3. Early Performance: Glycemic control

    Glycemic control as measured by use of a Continuous Glucose Monitor (Dexcom G6): comparison of data collected when ExOlin® is used versus data collected during Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII)

    Time frame: 2nd month of treatment (meaning week 20) vs end of screening (week 4)

  4. Early Performance: Glycemic control

    Glycemic control as measured by use of a Continuous Glucose Monitor (Dexcom G6): comparison of data collected when ExOlin® is used versus data collected during Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII)

    Time frame: 3rd month of treatment (meaning week 24) vs end of screening (week 4)

  5. Early Performance: Glycemic control

    Glycemic control during the global Follow-Up (FU) of the patient across all study (monthly values, by use of Continuous Glucose Monitor Dexcom G6) by comparison of data collected when ExOlin® is used versus data collected during CSII

    Time frame: Every 4 weeks starting from 2nd month of treatment (meaning week 20) and till end of use of ExOlin (up to week 160) vs end of screening (week 4)

  6. Early Performance

    Glycemic control as per HbA1c

    Time frame: Baseline, then every 12 weeks up to end of use of ExOlin (up to week 160)

  7. Quality of Life: Overall score and subscores of the Diabetes Quality of Life (DQOL) questionnaire

    Overall score and subscores of the Diabetes Quality of Life (DQOL) questionnaire: scale from 0 to 100. The higher patient rates, the better the outcome is.

    Time frame: at the end of the Treatment phase (3rd month of treatment) versus data at the end of the Screening phase (1 month duration)

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
    Strasbourg, 67000, France
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 27, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05221359
Lead sponsor
Defymed
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 3, 2022
Start date
May 5, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 27, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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