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Comparing Personalized Nutrition Guided by Glucose Monitors in Type 2 Diabetes
Tests nutrition advice personalized with continuous glucose monitor feedback in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Minnesota
- Where
- Minneapolis, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Individualized Diabetes Education Assisted by CGM (IDEA-CGM)
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 72 people, planned
- Started
- 14 Jul 2025
- Expected to end
- 15 Sept 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 4 groups
- Treatments tested
- Unblinded CGM/Nutrition Therapy
- Blinded CGM/Nutrition Therapy
- Unblinded CGM/No Nutrition Therapy
- Blinded CGM/No Nutrition Therapy
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with type 2 diabetes and a blood sugar marker (HbA1c) between 6.8-8.5% (51–69 mmol/mol). It tests nutrition advice guided by a glucose monitor.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Previous diagnosis of type 2 diabetes; HbA1c of 6.8-8.5% (51–69 mmol/mol)
- Earlier treatment
- Cannot be on insulin, sulfonylurea, or meglitinide. No change in glucose-lowering medicines or their dose in the 3 months before joining.
- Biomarker or test result
- HbA1c of 6.8-8.5% (51–69 mmol/mol)
Main reasons for not taking part
- Type 1 diabetes
- Treatment with insulin, sulfonylurea, or meglitinide
- Medicines that affect blood sugar, such as corticosteroids
- BMI under 25 kg/m2 (under 23 kg/m2 for people who self-identify as Asian)
- Pregnancy, plans to become pregnant soon, or breastfeeding
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- at least 18 years of age
- previous diagnosis of T2DM
- HbA1c of 6.8-8.5%
Who cannot take part
- treatment with insulin, sulfonylurea, or meglitinide
- weight change >5 pounds in the 3 months prior to study enrollment
- type 1 diabetes mellitus
- use of nondiabetic medications that affect blood glucose control (such as corticosteroids)
- pregnancy or immediate plans to become pregnant 8) breastfeeding 9) anemia (which would affect measurement of HbA1c) 10) changes to glucose lowering medications, including change in dose, in the 3 months prior to enrollment 11) presence of any disease that would make adherence to the protocol difficult."
- BMI <25 kg/m2 or <23 kg/m2 for participants who self-identify as Asian
- estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 ml/minute/1.73 m2
Where in United States
- University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, United StatesContact: Anne BantleTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This project will compare medical nutrition therapy personalized by continuous glucose monitor (CGM) feedback to control interventions in participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
The 4 groups in the trial
- Unblinded CGM/Nutrition TherapyTreatment being tested
- Blinded CGM/Nutrition TherapyTreatment being tested
- Unblinded CGM/No Nutrition TherapyTreatment being tested
- Blinded CGM/No Nutrition TherapyTreatment being tested
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Individualized Diabetes Education Assisted by CGM (IDEA-CGM)
- Plain-language title
- Comparing Personalized Nutrition Guided by Glucose Monitors in Type 2 DiabetesGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026