Can a four-week program boost diabetes tech use in teens?
NCT ID NCT05488119
First seen Jul 10, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026
Summary
This study tests a four-week virtual program designed to help teens aged 12-21 with type 1 diabetes use technology like insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors. Participants complete surveys and interviews about their diabetes management and technology use. The goal is to understand barriers and find ways to increase technology uptake, especially among youth with public insurance.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral intervention to increase diabetes technology uptake
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this program could help more teens with type 1 diabetes use technology like insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, leading to better blood sugar control.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 21 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program may not change behavior or improve health outcomes.
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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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21 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Finished
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Mar 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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12 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: The investigators will include youth aged 12-21 years in this study. The lower limit of 12 years was selected as this is the age when youth are able to understand and reflect on the topics discussed in the survey measures and focus groups. The upper limit of 21 years was selected as this is the upper limit of public payer coverage (for example, California Children's Services). This aim focuses specifically on the family (youth and parent/guardian) factors that determine diabetes technology use and thus requires that youth are living with their parent/guardian in order to be included in this study. For youth under 18, the investigators will obtain both parental permission and youth assent to participate in the study. For those older than 18, the investigators will obtain consent from the youth alone. Exclusion Criteria: * Diabetes diagnosis in youth other than type 1 * T1D youth less than the age of 12 or older than 21 * non-public payer insurance * caregivers not living with the youth with type 1 diabetes
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Stanford University
Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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