Can a smartphone app ease the mental toll of type 1 diabetes?
NCT ID NCT06308549
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a self-help app called MyDiaMate can reduce diabetes distress in adults with type 1 diabetes. Researchers are enrolling 660 participants across the Netherlands, UK, Spain, and Germany. The app aims to support mental health alongside usual care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- MyDiaMate self-help application (behavioural intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, app-based way to ease the emotional burden of living with type 1 diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioural intervention, not a medical treatment, so benefits may be modest. The trial is ongoing and results are not yet available.
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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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625 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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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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: * At least 18 years old at signing the informed consent form * Type 1 diabetes diagnosis at least 6 months ago * Having access to the internet and a smartphone/tablet/laptop'/computer for the entire time of study participation * Experiencing diabetes distress (checked during a phone call between research assistant and participant. The condition is met if the participant has an average score of ≥2 on the 2-item Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS-2), representing clinically meaningful diabetes distress) Exclusion Criteria: * Having been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder in the past 6 months for which the person is under psychological/psychiatric treatment * Suicidality * Having started a treatment with psychotropic medication in the past 3 months * Illiteracy * Experience of cognitive problems that hamper using MyDiaMate or vision/auditory problems that are hindering in daily life * Prior use of MyDiaMate (only applicable to participants in the Netherlands)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Amsterdam UMC
Amsterdam, North Holland, 1081HV, Netherlands
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Forschungsinstitut Diabetes-Akademie Bad Mergentheim
Bad Mergentheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, 97980, Germany
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King's College London
London, United Kingdom, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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Universidad de Málaga
Málaga, Spain, 29071, Spain
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