Sugar crash reality check: new study tracks Real-Life low blood sugar episodes
NCT ID NCT06182527
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how often people with reactive hypoglycemia (low blood sugar after eating) experience low blood sugar in their daily lives. 21 participants wore a continuous glucose monitor for 14 days to track their blood sugar levels. The goal was to understand how common and severe these episodes are outside of a doctor's office.
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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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21 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * hypoglycemia during a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test defined as glucose level below 70 mg/dl at timepoint 180 min. * written consent Exclusion Criteria: * diabetes mellitus * use of medication interfering with glucose metabolism (steroid, antidiabetic medications) * surgery of upper GI-tract * known plaster allergies * any other clinical condition that would endanger participants safety or question scientific success according to the physicians opinion
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Universityhospital Ulm
Ulm, 89081, Germany
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