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A Participatory Approach to Support Glucose Tolerance Tracking in Real-Life of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Apr 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Recent studies show that lifestyle interventions, such as exercise, healthy diet, and education, can help prevent type 2 diabetes in high-risk individuals, and even reverse the disease in its early stages. However, not many methods have been developed to use modern technology to help people manage their diabetes in a more active way, in line with participatory medicine, where patients play a key role in their treatment. In this study, the investigators propose an e-health approach to automatically collect health data from patients, including information from continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and other health tracking devices, in real-life conditions. The investigators will also develop a simple and easy-to-understand tool to track patient's metabolic status and will analyze how it relates to lifestyle changes using the data collected during the study. Twenty sedentary individuals with type 2 diabetes, not on insulin treatment, will take part in the trial. All patients will be monitored for two weeks using a CGM device and an activity tracker. During the first week, participants will follow their normal daily routine, while in the second week, subjects will be asked to engage in moderate physical activity every day, consisting of walking. At the end of each week, patients will take a meal tolerance test. The main goal of the study is to measure how blood sugar levels change over the two weeks, also evaluating the impact of individuals' daily activities like exercise on it. The research team will develop and use mathematical models to measure this change. A secondary goal is to evaluate the ease of use of the e-health system for data collection.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20 (estimated)
First submitted
3 Mar 2025
Start date
May 2025
Primary completion date
Dec 2025
Lead sponsor
Enea Parimbelli
NCT number
NCT06864546

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 20
  • From May 2025 to the primary completion date, Dec 2025
  • 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

  • Diabetes diagnosis less than 3 years before the study initiation;
  • Symptomatic heart disease, e.g. history of myocardial infarction, coronary bypass, stenting procedure, angina, or any ischemic cerebrovascular event;

Lab values

  • Use of a medication that significantly impacts glucose metabolism (oral steroids);
  • Use of a medication that significantly lowers heart rate (beta blockers, reserpine, guanethidine, methyldopa, clonidine, cimetidine, digitalis, calcium channel blockers, amiodarone, antiarrhythmic drugs, or lithium);

Other

  • Pregnancy;
  • Atrial fibrillation;
  • Use of an electronic pacemaker.

Who the study is looking for

  • Non-insulin treated T2D diagnosis (not treated at all or only with metformin);
  • Physically inactive (less than 150 minutes/week of moderate physical activity);
  • Age between 40 and 70;
  • HbA1c below 8.5%.

Age in the registry: 40 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri di Pavia
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PaviaItalyRecruiting

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