Can a simple heart test spot diabetes nerve damage early in kids?
NCT ID NCT07455994
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how type 1 diabetes affects the nerves that control the heart in children. Researchers will measure heart rate variability in 100 children with diabetes and compare them to healthy kids of the same age and sex. The goal is to find early signs of cardiac dysautonomia, a serious complication, and see if it's linked to how long a child has had diabetes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors detect early signs of nerve damage affecting the heart in children with type 1 diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not lead to any direct medical benefit or change in care.
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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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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 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.
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1 year to 17 years
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Parents affiliates or entitled to the French Social Security Fund * Children\<18 years with type 1 diabetes followed in consultation at the University Hospital of Saint-Etienne * Children under 18 years of age, matched for age (±6 months) and sex, without diabetes or dysautonomia (control group), who have not undergone anesthesia within the 2 months preceding the recording and are not receiving any cardiac (beta-blocker) or antiarrhythmic treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Children with a diagnosis of diabetes of less than 5 years' duration at the time of inclusion. * Children with diseases that affect the central nervous system or brainstem * Children suffering from a serious pathology of the cardiorespiratory system or during cardiac treatment (cardiopathies, rhythmic disorders) * Foreign parents or children who don't speak French.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu de Saint-Etienne
RECRUITINGSaint-Etienne, 42055, France
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