Smartphone app and glucose sensor aim to boost weight loss
NCT ID NCT07395466
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a smartphone app called eTRIP, which uses artificial intelligence to help people with overweight or obesity make healthier food choices and stick to their weight loss goals. Some participants also wear a continuous glucose monitor for 10 days to see how their blood sugar responds to meals. The goal is to see if these tools help people lose weight and improve their eating habits over 10 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioural intervention (eTRIP smartphone app and continuous glucose monitoring)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a practical, tech-based tool to help people lose weight and improve eating habits.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with no control group comparison for the app alone, and results may not apply to everyone. Weight loss can be hard to sustain long-term.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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21 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. are 21-65 years old 2. have BMI ≥23 kg/m2 3. can comprehend the English language 4. uses a smartphone that can download apps 5. are willing to perform continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) using the Dexcom continuous glucose monitoring system 6. willing to travel to the National University of Singapore (NUS) 7. able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. are using/intend to use other apps for weight loss; 2. are pregnant or lactating (as it would affect weight change and caloric needs) 3. are diagnosed severe mental disorders (e.g. major depressive disorder and schizophrenia) 4. are on prescribed meal replacements or pharmacotherapy 5. have serious medical conditions 6. are scheduled for any kind of surgery within the next 6 months
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National University of Singapore
Singapore, 117597, Singapore
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