An artificial pancreas has proven 'life-changing' for very young children with Type 1 diabetes, experts have said
is challenging in very young children owing to variability in the levels of insulin required and how each child responds to treatment, as well as unpredictability around how much they eat and exercise.
However, the app, combined with a glucose monitor and insulin pump, acts as an artificial pancreas, automatically adjusting the amount of insulin it delivers based on predicted or real-time glucose levels.Sam Wright, mother to six-year-old Sofia, used to have to do finger-prick blood tests on her daughter and set alarms at night to check her glucose levels.Ms Wright said:"I have full trust in the CamAPS FX app and I feel like for the first time since the diagnosis I can relax.
Working in seven centres in the UK and Europe, Prof Hovorka and an international team of researchers recruited 74 children with Type 1 diabetes, aged one to seven, to take part in their clinical trial. On average, children spent around three-quarters of their day in the target range for their glucose levels when using CamAPS FX - almost nine percentage points higher than the current technology.
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