Table 2

Schedule of study visits/phone contacts when the participant is randomised to day-and-night closed -loop combined with pump suspend feature (intervention group)

Visit/contactDescriptionStart relative to previous/next visit/activityDuration, hours
Visit 1Recruitment visit: consent,
HbA1c, screening bloods and questionnaires, urine pregnancy test
-1–4
Training and
run-in
(4 weeks)
Visit 2Insulin pump training and the initiation of study pump, competency assessmentWithin 1–3 weeks of visit 13–4
Visit 3CGM training, initiation of CGM, weekly contact via phone/email, competency assessmentWithin 3–7 days of visit 22–3
Visit 4*Review pump and CGM data, optimisation of treatment, compliance assessment, randomisationAfter 4 weeks of visit 3<1
ContactQualitative interview (with a subset of participants/family members)After randomisation but before visit 5<1
CL + LGS
intervention
(3 months)
Visit 5CL initiation at clinic/home: urine pregnancy test, CL and suspend feature training, competency assessment, HbA1cWithin 1 week of visit 42–6
Visit 6*Review use of study devicesAfter 24–48 hours of visit 5<1
Visit 7†Review use of study devicesAfter 1 week of visit 5<1
Visit 8*Review pump and CGM dataAfter 1 week of Visit 7<1
Visit 9*End of first month: review pump and CGM dataAfter 2 weeks of visit 8<1
Visit 10*End of second month: review pump and CGM dataAfter 4 weeks of visit 9<1
Visit 11End of closed-loop treatment arm (3 months): HbA1c, complete questionnaires and follow-up qualitative interviewsAfter 4 weeks of visit 101–3
  • *Could be done via phone/e-mail in the UK. Follow-up by phone is mandatory in the USA only.

  • †Could be done via phone/e-mail in the UK. In-person visit mandatory in USA only.

  • CGM, continuous glucose monitoring; CL, closed loop; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin; LGS, low glucose suspend.