DarioHealth has entered into an agreement with Attain Health to pilot the DarioEngage platform for the management of cystic fibrosis related diabetes (CFRD). CFRD is a unique from of diabetes that occurs in a subset of the estimated 30,000 Americans and 70,000 people worldwide living with cystic fibrosis.
The focus of the study will be to partner with clients and their care teams to more efficiently manage hyperglycemia in people living with cystic fibrosis. The goal of this pilot is to reduce the risk of bacterial infections in the lungs, improve the overall prognosis of the individual. Prior published studies have shown a correlation between high blood sugars and lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. The 3 month pilot program will track 12 patients with CFRD. Real-time, patient-specific data through DarioEngage is expected to help clinics identify blood glucose trends that may lead to accelerated disease progression. DarioHealth's ability to push health education content through the app is expected to further improve disease management. Attain Health has committed to the pilot by paying for access to the DarioEngage Dashboard to help monitor the DarioHealth sponsored patients.
Attain Health and DarioHealth plan to jointly present preliminary findings from the pilot study in at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference on October 18-20, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. Final results from the study are expected in December 2018.
"Effective diabetes management in cystic fibrosis patients is critical, as there is a 6-fold increase in mortality amongst cystic fibrosis patients who have diabetes, as compared to those who don't. The increased risk of mortality from lung infections is correlated with hyperglycemic events," said Kat Quinn Porco, Founder of Attain Health and a Key Opinion Leader in cystic fibrosis patient coaching and care. "We are very excited to move forward with DarioHealth in exploring the benefits of digital health solutions for patients living with cystic fibrosis. We chose to work with DarioHealth because of their platform's patient-centric approach, ease of use, real time actionable data, and their very favorable reputation in the diabetes market."
"By piloting this study in partnership with Attain Health, DarioHealth is taking a leadership position in addressing CFRD by deploying what we believe are the best digital health management tools on the market today. This agreement and pilot study mark DarioHealth's foray into chronic disease treatment markets that overlap with and expand beyond the treatment of diabetes, our company's first treatment indication," said Erez Raphael, President and CEO of DarioHealth.