10,000-Patient trial tests smartphone app to manage diabetes with ancient and modern medicine
NCT ID NCT07265037
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will test a new digital platform that combines traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine to help people with type 2 diabetes manage their condition remotely. The platform includes a smartphone app, connected glucose monitors, and support from both TCM and Western medicine experts. Researchers aim to see if this approach improves blood sugar control and reduces complications over six months in 10,000 participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Integrated TCM-Western Medicine Intelligent Diabetes Management Platform (digital platform with connected devices, app, and cloud services)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a scalable, low-cost way to manage diabetes long-distance, potentially reducing complications and improving quality of life for millions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large but early-stage feasibility study without a control group, so results may not prove the platform is better than standard care. Success depends on patient engagement and technology reliability.
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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 10,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 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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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: * Presence of typical diabetes symptoms (polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and unexplained weight loss) AND meeting any one of the following laboratory criteria: Fasting venous plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L, or Random plasma glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L, or Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥ 6.5%. * OR, meeting the following oral glucose tolerance test criteria:Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L AND 2-hour plasma glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L after a 75g glucose load. Exclusion Criteria: * Comorbidities that may prevent compliance with the study protocol, including but not limited to: active malignancy, rheumatic autoimmune diseases, severe infections, multiple organ failure, or psychiatric disorders.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shanxi Bethune Hospital
RECRUITINGTaiyuan, Shanxi, 030000, China
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