• Marc D Breton, Lauren G Kanapka, Roy W Beck, Laya Ekhlaspour, Gregory P Forlenza, Eda Cengiz, Melissa Schoelwer, Katrina J Ruedy, Emily Jost, Lori Carria, Emma Emory, Liana J Hsu, Mary Oliveri, Craig C Kollman, Betsy B Dokken, Stuart A Weinzimer, Mark D DeBoer, Bruce A Buckingham, Daniel Cherñavvsky, R Paul Wadwa, and iDCL Trial Research Group.
• From the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology, Charlottesville (M.D.B., M.S., E.E., M.O., M.D.D., D.C.); the Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL (L.G.K., R.W.B., K.J.R., C.C.K.); the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford (L.E., L.J.H., B.A.B.), and Tandem Diabetes Care, San Diego (B.B.D.) - both in California; the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora (G.P.F., E.J., R.P.W.); and the Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (E.C., L.C., S.A.W.).
• N. Engl. J. Med. 2020 Aug 27; 383 (9): 836-845.

BackgroundA closed-loop system of insulin delivery (also called an artificial pancreas) may improve glycemic outcomes in children with type 1 diabetes.MethodsIn a 16-week, multicenter, randomized, open-label, parallel-group trial, we assigned, in a 3:1 ratio, children 6 to 13 years of age who had type 1 diabetes to receive treatment with the use of either a closed-loop system of insulin delivery (closed-loop group) or a sensor-augmented insulin pump (control group). The primary outcome was the percentage of time that the glucose level was in the target range of 70 to 180 mg per deciliter, as measured by continuous glucose monitoring.ResultsA total of 101 children underwent randomization (78 to the closed-loop group and 23 to the control group); the glycated hemoglobin levels at baseline ranged from 5.7 to 10.1%. The mean (±SD) percentage of time that the glucose level was in the target range of 70 to 180 mg per deciliter increased from 53±17% at baseline to 67±10% (the mean over 16 weeks of treatment) in the closed-loop group and from 51±16% to 55±13% in the control group (mean adjusted difference, 11 percentage points [equivalent to 2.6 hours per day]; 95% confidence interval, 7 to 14; P<0.001). In both groups, the median percentage of time that the glucose level was below 70 mg per deciliter was low (1.6% in the closed-loop group and 1.8% in the control group). In the closed-loop group, the median percentage of time that the system was in the closed-loop mode was 93% (interquartile range, 91 to 95). No episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis or severe hypoglycemia occurred in either group.ConclusionsIn this 16-week trial involving children with type 1 diabetes, the glucose level was in the target range for a greater percentage of time with the use of a closed-loop system than with the use of a sensor-augmented insulin pump. (Funded by Tandem Diabetes Care and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03844789.).Copyright © 2020 Massachusetts Medical Society.

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