No more finger pricks? breath test for blood sugar moves forward
NCT ID NCT06614101
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study collects breath samples from 235 people with type 2 diabetes or obesity to improve a device that estimates blood sugar from exhaled air. Participants breathe into a portable analyzer that measures volatile organic compounds. The goal is to gather data to refine the device's algorithm, potentially offering a non-invasive alternative to traditional glucose monitoring.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Exhaled air analysis device (Module In a Box)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a painless, breath-based way to monitor blood sugar without finger pricks.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early data-collection study, not a treatment trial. The device is still in development and may not become accurate or widely available.
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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 235 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
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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18 years and older
- 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: * Patient living with type 2 diabete or non-diabetic individuals characterized by overweight/obesity (Body Mass Index \>= 25Kg/m²) , admitted in the two departments of the Toulouse University Hospital (Diabetology, Metabolic Diseases and Nutrition as well as Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Nutrition). * Aged 18 years or more. * Ability to sign informed consent. * Affiliation to a social security scheme. Exclusion Criteria: * Ongoing respiratory infection. * Pregnancy or breastfeeding. * Patient under guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fontaine Salée Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSalies-du-Salat, France, 31 260, France
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Rangueil Hospital
RECRUITINGToulouse, France, 31059, France
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