Hospital based Multi-centric Diabetes Registry

Non-communicable chronic diseases, particularly Diabetes mellitus, a silent epidemic of this era, are rapidly on the rise in India. It is critical to devise strategies to ensure effective diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the increasing disease burden. Given the lack of large scale information on Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes mellitus, the pan-India diabetes registry is hugely pertinent to the Indian situation. The registry would be able to continuously provide data on real-world practices and standard of care for Diabetes mellitus in India. To ensure the correct blend in site selection, the centers have been chosen from different geographical regions across India with a combination of government and private sectors. All the sites will harmonize in terms of protocol, training, SOPs, and data management. This hospital-based observational cross-sectional registry will be carried out without any intervention. Patients who are known cases of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes mellitus visiting the outpatient departments (OPD) of all the seven Hospitals will be evaluated for eligibility and willingness to participate in future clinical trials after acquiring their informed consent or assent form (for minors). A common IT platform for entering and preserving registry data will be developed, which will enable us to establish a central database that could be utilized for future clinical trials. This will minimize the time and expense of setting up a Diabetes mellitus repository.