Personalized diabetes care for seniors: simple assessment may reduce harm
NCT ID NCT06469437
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether giving doctors a geriatric assessment—a quick check of frailty and function—helps them set safer blood sugar goals for patients aged 60+ with type 2 diabetes. 220 participants will be randomly assigned to usual care or to have their doctor receive the assessment results. The researchers will then check if treatment plans better match each patient's needs and track outcomes like hypoglycemia, falls, and hospitalizations over 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- geriatric assessment
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical tool for doctors to personalize diabetes treatment for older adults, potentially reducing hypoglycemia, falls, and hospitalizations.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial focused on process improvement, not a direct treatment. The results may not apply to all settings, and the intervention may not lead to better health outcomes.
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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 220 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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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60 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: * Age 60 years or older * Diagnostic of type 2 diabetes mellitus according to American Diabetes Association criteria * Patients under follow-up in a specialized endocrinology outpatient clinic * Patients who have a glycated hemoglobin measurement of up to three months Exclusion Criteria: * Lack of consent for research participation from the patient or the physician * Patients classified as Clinical Frailty Scale 9.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
RECRUITINGPorto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 91755678, Brazil
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