New app and coach aim to close diabetes tech gap for black children
NCT ID NCT06074458
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a smartphone app called Glucosano, combined with help from a community health worker, can make it easier for Black children and young adults with type 1 diabetes to use advanced diabetes technologies like automated insulin delivery systems. The goal is to reduce racial disparities in technology use. Sixty participants will try the app and work with a health coach to see if this approach is accepted and helpful.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Glucosano diabetes dashboard app and community health worker coaching
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help reduce racial disparities in access to diabetes technology, improving blood sugar control and quality of life for Black children and young adults with type 1 diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (60 participants) focused on feasibility and acceptance, not on clinical outcomes. The intervention may not be widely adopted or may not lead to lasting changes in technology use.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 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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8 to 18 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: * Self-reported as Non-Hispanic Black * Clinical diagnosis of T1D requiring treatment with insulin at the time of consent * Not currently (within the past 3 months) using an automated insulin delivery system \\ * Willingness to wear a continuous glucose monitor for 10 days at 3 different time points, and willingness to consider use of a personal continuous glucose monitor Exclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnosis of Type 2 or monogenic diabetes * Completed high school * Non-English speaking guardians * Automated insulin delivery system use within the past 3 months * Custody of children and family services
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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