Mind over diabetes: new program aims to get patients moving
NCT ID NCT05420051
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests an 8-week program that combines positive psychology and motivational interviewing to help people with type 2 diabetes increase their physical activity. The program is delivered remotely via phone and text messages. Researchers will measure changes in activity levels using accelerometers in 280 participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Positive psychology and motivational interviewing program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new, non-drug way to help people with type 2 diabetes become more active, improving their health and well-being.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study, not a drug trial, so results depend on participant motivation. The effect may be modest, and the program may not work for everyone.
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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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About 280 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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 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: * Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes * Low physical activity (\<150 minutes/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity) Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive deficits impeding a participant's ability to provide informed consent or participate * Medical conditions likely to lead to death within 6 months. * Pre-existing coronary artery disease * Moderate-severe depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 \[PHQ-9\] score ≥15) * Use of non-basal insulin * Inability to participate in physical activity due to another medical condition * Inability to receive text messages * Inability to read, write, or speak in English * Current participation in another intervention or program that has been designed to promote well-being or physical activity
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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