Cash for better blood sugar: new study tests financial incentives for diabetes control
NCT ID NCT04203173
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether offering financial rewards, along with nurse coaching and home monitoring, helps adults with type 2 diabetes improve their blood sugar control. About 450 participants will be randomly assigned to receive either nurse coaching and home monitoring alone, or the same plus financial incentives. The goal is to see if the incentives lead to better long-term results and if those benefits last after the rewards stop.
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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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450 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2019
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age \>=21 years; 2. Clinical diagnosis of T2DM and HbA1c \>=8% at the screening visit; 3. Self-identified as White, AA or HA; 4. Subject must be willing to use the FORA monitoring system for 12 months; 5. Subjects must have access to a landline, Ethernet or cellphone for FORA data uploads for the study period; and 6) Ability to communicate in English. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Mental confusion on interview suggesting significant dementia; 2. Participation in other diabetes clinical trials; 3. Alcohol or drug abuse/dependency; 4. Active psychosis or acute mental disorder; and 5. Life expectancy \<18 months.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
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