Patch pump could simplify diabetes care
NCT ID NCT07403565
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new insulin patch pump in 161 adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who needed intensive insulin therapy. Participants used either the new patch pump or a standard pump for 7 days in a hospital. Researchers measured changes in average blood sugar levels to see if the patch pump worked as well as the standard one.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Insulin Patch Pump System (a wearable device that delivers insulin)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer people with diabetes a more convenient and effective way to manage their blood sugar with a patch pump instead of a traditional pump.
- What could go wrong
- This was a short, 7-day inpatient study with only 161 participants, so long-term benefits and real-world use are not yet proven. The device may not work as well for everyone or could have technical issues.
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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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161 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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 to 75 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: 1. Age is ≥18 years and ≤ 75 years old, gender not restricted; 2. Body Mass Index (BMI) \< 30 kg/m²; 3. Patients diagnosed as type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes according to WHO standards (1999), and requiring intensive insulin therapy; 4. HbA1c \> 7.0% and ≤ 12.0%. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Those who had used any of the following insulin secretagogues or incretin drugs 14 days prior to enrollment, including sulfonylurea drugs, glinide drugs, dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors (DPP-4i), and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), among which the weekly formulation of exenatide for GLP-1RA needs to be extended to 70 days prior to enrollment; 2. Pregnant or lactating women; 3. Patients with acute metabolic complications of diabetes (such as diabetic ketoacidosis, non-ketotic hyperosmolar coma, lactic acidosis, etc.) or with hyperglycemia who are receiving intravenous antibiotic treatment due to infection; 4. Within the 28 days prior to enrollment, there was a history of a severe hypoglycemic event (Grade 3 hypoglycemia: without a specific blood glucose threshold, involving severe events with changes in consciousness and/or physical condition, requiring assistance from others); 5. Include patients with other endocrine disorders that may cause abnormal blood sugar levels, such as Cushing's syndrome, primary aldosteronism, and endocrine gland tumors; 6. Patients with acute-stage cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; 7. Patients with a history of allergy to insulin, insulin pump adhesives, or subcutaneous infusion tubes; 8. For patients whose researchers have determined that there are adverse conditions in the skin area where the insulin pump is implanted (such as subcutaneous nodules, subcutaneous fat hyperplasia, subcutaneous fat atrophy, skin scarring, skin infection, skin edema, etc.) that affect the injection and absorption of the medication; 9. Within 14 days prior to enrollment, and during the trial period, the participant had used and planned to use systemic glucocorticoids (excluding inhalation, topical eye medication, or local application); 10. During the screening process, the laboratory test indicators must meet the following criteria: ① Liver function impairment: ALT or AST is greater than 3 times the upper limit of the normal value; ② Kidney function impairment: Serum creatinine is greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal value.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peking University First Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
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Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hosipital,Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College
Shantou, Guangdong, China
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