NCT05420051Recruiting
Boosting Emotional Well-being and Happiness in Outpatients Living With Diabetes
A Novel Psychological-behavioral Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The focus of this study is to test the efficacy of an 8-week, remotely delivered, positive-psychology-motivational interviewing (PP-MI) intervention, with additional twice weekly text messages for a total of 16 weeks (with interactive, algorithm-driven, goal-focused text messages in the final 8 weeks), compared to MI-alone, in a randomized trial of 280 individuals with type 2 diabetes and low baseline physical activity.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 280 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 10 Jun 2022
- Start date
- 12 Oct 2022
- Primary completion date
- 1 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Type 2 diabetes
- NCT number
- NCT05420051
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 280
- From 12 Oct 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Dec 2027
- 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
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Other illness
- Medical conditions likely to lead to death within 6 months.
- Pre-existing coronary artery disease
- Inability to participate in physical activity due to another medical condition
Other
- Cognitive deficits impeding a participant's ability to provide informed consent or participate
- Moderate-severe depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 \[PHQ-9\] score ≥15)
- Use of non-basal insulin
- Inability to receive text messages
- Inability to read, write, or speak in English
- Current participation in another intervention or program that has been designed to promote well-being or physical activity
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
- Low physical activity (\<150 minutes/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity)
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
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