Does real-time glucose tracking before surgery cut complications? a massive trial puts it to the test.
NCT ID NCT06331923
First seen Jul 29, 2026 · Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) before and after major surgery can reduce complications in adults with diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance. Participants wear the device for at least 6 hours before surgery and up to 7 days after, while a comparison group receives standard glucose checks. The goal is to see if CGM leads to fewer and less severe complications within 30 days after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device
- What this could lead to
- If effective, CGM could become a standard tool to reduce post-surgical complications in people with diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large pragmatic trial, but the benefit of CGM over conventional monitoring in surgical settings is not yet proven, and device calibration or patient adherence may affect results.
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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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9,877 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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May 2026
- 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: 1. Patients aged above 18 years; 2. Patients with diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance; 3. Expected major thoracic and abdominal surgery (except cardiac surgery; including endoscopic surgery and robotic surgery), open orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery; 4. Volunteered for this study and written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. The patient refused; 2. The time between wearing CGM sensor and surgical skin incision cannot meet 6 hours or more; 3. Expected monitoring time less than 72 hours in CGM group; 4. Patients had comorbidities that affected the evaluation of endpoints; 5. The attending physician thought that the patient had inappropriate indications for enrollment; 6. Participants were involved in other studies that interfered with the evaluation of the results of this study.
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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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Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 102218, China
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Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency General Hospital
Beijing, China
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Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University International Hospital
Beijing, China
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Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University Shougang Hospital
Beijing, China
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Department of Anesthesiology, Yueyang Central Hospital
Hunan, China
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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fuzhou First General Hospital Affiliated with Fujian Medical University
Fuzhou, China
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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
Shanxi, China
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Department of Endocrinology, Jilin Chemical Hospital
Jilin City, China
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