Personalized diabetes care: study tests if some patients can safely ditch mealtime insulin
NCT ID NCT06148376
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a personalized medicine approach in 239 people with type 2 diabetes who use multiple daily insulin injections. Researchers used blood tests (C-peptide and GAD antibodies) to see if some patients could safely stop their mealtime insulin and switch to other diabetes treatments. Participants wore a continuous glucose monitor and were followed for 6 months to check blood sugar control, safety, and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- discontinuation of prandial insulin and switch to other diabetes treatments if indicated
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors personalize diabetes care by safely reducing insulin injections for some patients, simplifying their treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so results may not be definitive. The approach may only work for a subset of patients and requires careful monitoring.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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239 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
All the patients in our territory treated with multiple dose insulin therapy without exclusion criteria are elegible to participate.
- 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: * Type 2 diabetes treated with multiple dose insulin therapy Exclusion Criteria: * Gestation or planning gestation in the following 12 months * Glucocorticoid use for an acute condition * Transient insulinisationt (less than 6 months) * Any condition that prevents the patient or their caregiver from following up for 6 months * Severe mental illness * Drug or alcohol abuse
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centres Atenció Primària Lleida, Alt Pirineu i Aran
Lleida, Spain
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Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova
Lleida, 25198, Spain
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