New digital coach aims to transform type 2 diabetes care
NCT ID NCT04880005
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests a digital system that gives general practitioners personalized treatment recommendations and provides patients with lifestyle coaching through an app. The goal is to improve heart health and quality of life for people with type 2 diabetes. The trial will include 400 patients and compare the digital approach to usual care over one year.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Clinical decision support and eHealth lifestyle coaching
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a scalable, personalized approach to managing type 2 diabetes in primary care, potentially reducing cardiovascular risk and improving patient engagement.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small trial (400 participants) testing a behavioral intervention, not a drug. Results may not generalize to all populations, and the effect may be modest.
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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 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
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 to 80 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: * Diabetes type 2 in up to 10 years Exclusion Criteria: * Fails to complete the initial questionnaire * No Internet access in own home through computer or smart phone * Is pregnant or actively trying to get pregnant * Has a serious or life-threatening disease
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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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Research Unit for General Practice, Department for Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
RECRUITINGOdense, Region Syddanmark, Denmark
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