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NCT06848244Active, not recruiting

Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Black Emergent Adult

Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Black Emergent Adult Women At-Risk for Binge-Eating Disorder

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Black Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes, with nearly double the rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), compared to non-Hispanic White adults. Though numerous factors affect these disparities, one modifiable risk factor may be that of binge eating (BE), which increases risk for binge-eating disorder (BED), which is associated with severe obesity, and often precedes a T2DM diagnosis, beginning in childhood or adolescence. Nearly 30% of Black women with obesity report binge eating episodes. Furthermore, given that binge and overeating may disparately increase the odds of obesity in Black adults (15-fold increase vs. 6-fold increase in White adults), reducing this behavior will be critical to prevent continued disparities in T2DM diagnosis. Given that Black women have the highest rates of obesity in the nation (57%), report disparate rates of weight gain between young adulthood and mid adulthood, and report disparate rates of emotional eating in adolescence, which is a risk factor for BE, one pathway to reducing disparities in T2DM risk in Black women may be to reduce binge eating and prevent weight gain in emerging adulthood (ages 18-25).

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100 (estimated)
First submitted
14 Feb 2025
Start date
30 Jun 2025
Primary completion date
Dec 2030
Lead sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
NCT number
NCT06848244

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 100
  • From 30 Jun 2025 to the primary completion date, Dec 2030
  • 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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Prior treatment

  • Have received prior or planned bariatric surgery

Other

  • Have no internet access
  • Currently type 2 diabetic
  • Currently pregnant
  • Are in substance use treatment

Who the study is looking for

  • Black women
  • between 18-25 years of age
  • BMI ≥ 25 kg/m\^2
  • At least one binge eating episode weekly
  • Prediabetic
  • Have access to a smartphone

Age in the registry: 18 years to 25 years · Sex: Female · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
UNC- Chapel Hill
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Chapel HillUnited StatesUnknown status

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