Despite current treatments for type 1 diabetes, maintaining blood glucose levels within a good range is a difficult task. A primary source for poor glucose control in adolescents is skipping insulin boluses at mealtimes. Advances in glucose sensors have motivated the research towards closed-loop delivery systems to automatically regulate glucose levels. Closed-loop delivery (artificial pancreas) is composed of an insulin pump, a continuous glucose sensor and a dosing algorithm that calculates the insulin dose to infuse based on sensor readings. The performance of a closed-loop delivery after a missed bolus may be improved if the computer program that calculates the insulin is enhanced with a meal detection module. The meal detection module will automatically detect the meal (which had no bolus delivered), and signal the delivery of more insulin.~The aim of this study is to conduct a randomized, three-way, cross-over trial to compare the efficacy of closed-loop delivery, closed-loop delivery with a meal detection module, and conventional pump therapy. The study aims to compare these three interventions for 9 hours in adolescents with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes.~Each 9 hours will include two meals of different carbohydrate content, of which one will not have a carbohydrate-matched prandial bolus. This study will allow for the assessment of the safety and efficacy of closed-loop delivery with and without a meal detection module compared to conventional pump therapy in regulating post-prandial glycaemia.~The aim of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of a closed-loop delivery with and without meal detection module compared to conventional pump therapy in regulating post-prandial glycemic levels after omission of a meal bolus.~The primary hypothesis is that closed-loop delivery with no meal detection module will reduce the mean increase in postprandial glucose levels after a missed bolus compared to conventional pump therapy.~The secondary hypotheses are:~Closed-loop delivery with meal detection module will reduce the mean increase in postprandial glucose levels after a missed bolus compared to conventional pump therapy.~Closed-loop delivery with meal detection module will reduce the mean increase in postprandial glucose levels after a missed bolus compared to closed-loop delivery with no meal detection module.
Despite current treatments for type 1 diabetes, maintaining blood glucose levels within a good range is a difficult task. A primary source for poor glucose control in adolescents is skipping insulin boluses at mealtimes. Advances in glucose sensors have motivated the research towards closed-loop delivery systems to automatically regulate glucose levels. Closed-loop delivery (artificial pancreas) is composed of an insulin pump, a continuous glucose sensor and a dosing algorithm that calculates the insulin dose to infuse based on sensor readings. The performance of a closed-loop delivery after a missed bolus may be improved if the computer program that calculates the insulin is enhanced with a meal detection module. The meal detection module will automatically detect the meal (which had no bolus delivered), and signal the delivery of more insulin.~The aim of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of a closed-loop delivery with and without meal detection module compared to conventional pump therapy in regulating post-prandial glycemic levels after omission of a meal bolus.~The primary hypothesis is that closed-loop delivery with no meal detection module will reduce the mean increase in postprandial glucose levels after a missed bolus compared to conventional pump therapy.