Diabetes navigator boosts tech use in type 1 patients
NCT ID NCT06229236
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a Diabetes Navigator—a personal guide—helps people with type 1 diabetes use advanced devices like continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps more effectively. 148 participants were randomly assigned to get navigator support or standard care. The main goal was to see if their technology use score improved over 3 months.
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Study facts
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- 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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148 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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5 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Male or female aged 5 to 75 years. * Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes * Patient of Johns Hopkins Medicine adult or pediatric diabetes clinics * Not using or not optimally using diabetes technology. * Planned Diabetes technology intensification by diabetes provider. * If already on diabetes technology - must be using the specific device for a minimum of 14 days. Exclusion Criteria: * Optimally using Diabetes Technology * Pregnancy or lactation or planned pregnancy in the next 12 months. * Other types of diabetes (type 2 diabetes, Maturity Onset Diabetes in Youth, cystic fibrosis-related diabetes, steroid-induced diabetes, post total pancreatectomy, transplant-related diabetes) * Active participant of any other research study that may interfere with diabetes management.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
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