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Can a smartphone app help reverse type 2 diabetes?
NCT ID NCT07361640
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study is testing a Norwegian e-health program called DiaMester for adults with type 2 diabetes. The program includes digital education, coaching, and a low-calorie diet to help participants lose weight and potentially achieve diabetes remission. About 99 people will take part, and the main goal is to see how much weight they lose over the study period.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- e-health lifestyle program (digital education, coaching, and diet replacement)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a scalable digital tool to help people with type 2 diabetes achieve significant weight loss and possibly remission without needing lifelong medication.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study, so results may not be generalizable. Weight loss and remission are challenging to maintain long-term, and the program requires high participant commitment.
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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 99 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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: * Written informed consent * Men and women aged ≥ 18 years * Type 2 diabetes of duration 0-6 years (diagnosis based on 2 recorded diagnostic-level tests, HbA1c and/or blood glucose) * HbA1c ≥ 48 mmol/mol at the last routine clinical check, within last 12 months if on diet alone * HbA1c ≥ 43 mmol/mol if on treatment with oral hypoglycaemic agents or GLP-1 RA treatment * Body Mass Index (BMI) \>27 kg/m2 * Stable body weight during the last 6 months with or without the use of weight-reducing drugs * Self-reported desire to lose weight * Owns a smartphone Exclusion criteria: * Current insulin use * \> 5% weight change or started treatment with weight reducing drugs\* within the last 6 months. \*orlistat (Xenical), bupropion-naltrekson (Mysimba), fenteramin-topiramat (Qsimba), semaglutid (Wegovy, Ozempic), tirzepatid (Mounjaro), liraglutid (Saxenda, Victoza), dulaglutid (Truicity). * Recent routine HbA1c ≥108 mmol/mol * Recent eGFR \<30 ml/min/1.73 m\^2 * Known cancer * Myocardial infarction within previous 6 months * Severe heart failure defined as equivalent to the New York Heart Association grade 3 (NYHA) * Pregnancy/considering pregnancy or exclusively breastfeeding * Substance abuse (drugs, alcohol) * Diagnosed eating disorders or suspected ED based on screening questionnaire * Learning difficulties or unable to understand, speak and read Norwegian or English * Patients who have required hospitalization for depression or are on antipsychotic drugs * People currently participating in another clinical research trial
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Oslo University Hospital
RECRUITINGOslo, 0424, Norway
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