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NCT04385888Completed

Effects of Low-calorie Sweetened Beverage Restriction in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Aug 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study will investigate whether low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) are helpful or harmful for preventing diabetes complications among children with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
62 (actual)
First submitted
8 May 2020
Start date
28 Oct 2020
Primary completion date
30 Dec 2023
Lead sponsor
Allison Sylvetsky (Meni)
NCT number
NCT04385888

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 62
  • From 28 Oct 2020 to the primary completion date, 30 Dec 2023
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Child has poorly managed chronic disease other than T1D or is taking medications other than insulin

Age

  • Child under 6 years of age
  • Child older than 12 years of age

Other

  • Child consumes foods with low-calorie sweeteners more than 3 times per week
  • Child consumes condiments with low-calorie sweeteners more than 3 times per week

Who the study is looking for

  • Child 6-12 years old
  • Report consumption of ≥ 12 oz. beverages with sucralose (+/- ace-K) or aspartame+ace-K per day
  • Child has had a diagnosis of T1D for at least one year
  • Parent/guardian has reliable phone and internet access
  • Parent/guardian and child both speak English
  • Child is enrolled in the Diabetes Program at Children's National Hospital

Age in the registry: 6 years to 12 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Children's National Hospital
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Washington D.C.United StatesUnknown status

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