Can a tiny implant track glucose, ketones, and lactate in diabetes?
NCT ID NCT07745998
First seen Aug 04, 2026 · Last updated Aug 05, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is testing a new implantable sensor called the HALO System in people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. The sensor is designed to continuously measure glucose, ketones, and lactate in the fluid just beneath the skin, which could give a more complete picture of metabolic health than glucose alone. The study will check how accurate and stable the sensor readings are over three months, and whether the implantation procedure is safe. If it works, this technology might one day help people with diabetes better manage their condition and avoid dangerous highs and lows.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- The HALO System, an implantable continuous multi-metabolite monitoring sensor that measures glucose, ketones, and lactate in interstitial fluid.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a more comprehensive, implantable monitoring device for diabetes, potentially reducing complications from glucose swings.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early feasibility study with only 12 participants, so results may not generalize. Risks include implantation procedure complications and device-related adverse events.
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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 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 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: * Willing to sign an informed consent form * Age ≥ 18 years * Willing to comply to study protocol requirements (study visits with frequent venous blood sampling and deliberate insulin, glucose, ketone and lactate challenges) * Willing to charge the SENSOR on daily basis * Willing not to insert their standard CGM and/or insulin pump in and around the SENSOR implant site (± radius 5 cm)\[TS\| XR1.1\] Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus according to the World Health Organization criteria, for at least 12 months prior to screening, on CSII therapy Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy to polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) * A contraindication to undergo challenging tests (i.e., ischemic heart disease, epilepsy, panhypopituitarism, hypoadrenalism, untreated hypothyroidism) * History of hepatitis C or HIV or other disease transmissible by blood * A condition requiring or likely to require magnetic resonance imaging during the study duration * Female participants who are pregnant, planning on becoming pregnant or nursing * Coagulation disorder, wound healing and bleeding disorder or taking anticoagulant medication (oral anticoagulants; antiplatelets (such as aspirin, ticagrelor are allowed). * Anemia identified by a haemoglobin \<14 g/dL for men or \<12 g/dL for women * The presence of any other active implanted device * The presence of any other CGM sensor/pump located in the lower abdomen (other location is acceptable) * Waist circumference of \>120 cm * Any disorder, which in the investigator's opinion might jeopardise participants' safety or compliance with the protocol.
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