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Can connecting teens to community resources improve diabetes care?

NCT ID NCT07216118

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests different ways to help teenagers and young adults with type 2 diabetes address social needs like food or housing. About 104 teens and their caregivers will try either tailored resource lists or a universal empowerment approach. The goal is to see which method is most acceptable and practical for clinics.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to
If successful, this could show how to better connect youth with type 2 diabetes to community resources, potentially improving their health and well-being.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study focused on feasibility, not on proving health outcomes. The strategies may not work as expected or may be hard to implement consistently.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 104 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Apr 2026

Expected to finish

Jul 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

13 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Adolescent-Caregiver Dyads will be recruited together. Adolescent Inclusion Criteria: * Age 13 to 22 years old * known diagnosis of type 2 diabetes * followed clinically at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh * able to provide assent/consent Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (18 years or older) identifying as a primary caretaker of an adolescent or young adult with type 2 diabetes * Has an adolescent/young adult who agrees to participate in the study * able to provide consent Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to complete study questionnaires in English

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

type 1 diabetes mellitus type 2 diabetes mellitus

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Diabetes in adolescence Social needs Type 2 diabetes

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

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