Can a Nurse-Led app tame diabetes in medicaid patients?
NCT ID NCT06814184
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This 12-month pilot study tests whether a nurse-led smartphone app can help Medicaid patients with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes improve their blood sugar control. The program combines educational messages, phone-based problem-solving with a nurse, and remote monitoring via a diabetes app. Sixty participants will be tracked to see if their blood sugar levels and diabetes knowledge improve.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- app-based nurse-led virtual diabetes care
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical, low-cost way to help Medicaid patients with diabetes better manage their blood sugar using a smartphone app and nurse support.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention relies on patients having and using a smartphone, which may limit who can benefit.
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Study facts
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- 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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Apr 2026
- 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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18 to 90 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: * A1C \>7 for age 18-64, A1C\>8 for age 65 or older within 12 months prior baseline * A1C\>7 for age 18-64, A1c\>8 for age 65 or older at baseline * Medicaid recipient or dual Medicaid and Medicare recipient * Age 18 or older * Type 2 diabetes * On insulin therapy * Owning and using Android or iOS smartphone for at least 6 months * English proficiency * Adequate vision to read text messages on their current smartphone * Smartphone use proficiency. Smartphone proficiency will be self-reported and determined by telephone as the ability to use a smartphone in ways other than emailing, texting, and making phone calls. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Patients with cognitive impairment who will be screened with the Six-Item Screener to Identify Cognitive Impairment Among Potential Research Subjects.
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rutgers Health Family Medicine at Monument Square
RECRUITINGNew Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
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University Medical Group General Internal Medicine
RECRUITINGNew Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States
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