Can smartphone apps help control type 2 diabetes? new study aims to find out.
NCT ID NCT07322757
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether two digital apps can help adults with type 2 diabetes who are at high risk for complications. About 120 participants will use the apps alongside standard care, while 50-100 others receive standard care alone. The study lasts 12 months and measures changes in weight, blood sugar, and other health markers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- BitHabit digital application for behavioral lifestyle changes and Onnikka weight management digital application
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that adding digital lifestyle apps to standard care helps people with type 2 diabetes better manage their weight, blood sugar, and overall health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 200 participants in one region of Finland. The results may not apply to everyone, and the apps may not lead to meaningful health improvements.
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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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- 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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35 to 74 years
- 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: * Type 2 diabetes diagnosed * At least one of the following: 1. diagnosed coronary artery disease, 2. diagnosed periferal artery disease, 3. diagnosed heart failure, 4. diagnosed diabetic renal disease (GFR \<60 OR uACR ≥ 3 for at least three months), 5. diagnosed diabetic retinopathy, 6. previous stroke, 7. diagnosed atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter, 8. age ≥ 55 years and at least two of the following conditions: 1. smoker 2. uses antihypertensive medication or systolic blood pressure \>140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \> 80 mmHg, 3. uses lipid lowering medication or LDL-cholesterol \> 2.6 or 4. BMI \> 25 Exclusion Criteria: * eGFR \< 30 * uACR \> 200 * BMI \> 50 * heart ejection fraction EF \< 30 * active cancer or less than five years from cancer treatment at enrollment * blindness in both eyes * severe psychotic depression * inability to utilize digital applications
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Wellbeing services county of North Savo, Nursing and Physician Services
RECRUITINGKuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland
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