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Mohamed Raef Smaoui¹, Remi Rabasa-Lhoret^2,3, Ahmad Haidar⁴

¹Computer Science Department, Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.

|December 17, 2020

Summary

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A cloud-based platform enables virtual clinical trials for artificial pancreas systems, accelerating the development of automated diabetes management solutions. This facilitates testing of single and dual-hormone algorithms for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Computational Biology
Endocrinology

Background:

Artificial pancreas systems require robust algorithm assessment for real-world application.
Virtual clinical trials offer a scalable solution for algorithm development and evaluation.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) management necessitates advanced automated solutions.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a clinically validated, cloud-based distributed platform for developing and testing artificial pancreas algorithms.
To support the comprehensive evaluation of single and dual-hormone control strategies for T1DM.
To facilitate the creation of automated and fault-tolerant diabetes management solutions.

Main Methods:

Object-oriented design and a multi-threaded, cloud-based infrastructure for real-time virtual trials.
User algorithms connect via plugins (Matlab, Python, Java) to a secure platform isolating proprietary data.
Graphical interface for designing experimental protocols, including meal variability and carbohydrate counting errors.

Main Results:

A 62% improvement in memory, speed, and CPU utilization through cloud-based ODE model solving.
Validated glucoregulatory ODE model parameterized with clinical data from 15 T1DM patients.
Platform enables debugging, code modification, strategy testing, and detailed performance reporting.

Conclusions:

The platform accelerates the development and testing of closed-loop algorithms for T1DM.
Utilizes a validated patient model for realistic virtual clinical trials.
Supports the creation of advanced, automated diabetes management systems.