Rural diabetes study tackles food and housing to improve health
NCT ID NCT07196007
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether screening diabetes patients for unmet social needs (like food, housing, or transportation) and connecting them to community resources can improve their health. It will involve 12,000 adults with diabetes in rural Kentucky. The goal is to see if this approach helps patients access services and manage their condition better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Community-Clinical Intervention (behavioral: screening and referral to community health workers)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that helping patients with diabetes address social needs like food or housing improves their health and reduces complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage implementation study, not a drug trial. Results may vary by community and may not be generalizable to other settings.
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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 12,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Clinic/Staff Inclusion Criteria: * staff at the intervention or comparison clinic Participant Inclusion Criteria: * age 18 or older, * is a patient at the intervention or comparison clinic * diagnosed with diabetes Clinic/Staff Exclusion Criteria: * staff not at the intervention or comparison clinic Participant Exclusion Criteria: * being under the age of 18, * not a patient at the intervention or comparison clinic * not diagnosed with diabetes
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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University of Kentucky
RECRUITINGLexington, Kentucky, 40506, United States
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