Tiny study tracks blood sugar in real life for type 2 diabetes
NCT ID NCT03436212
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This completed study followed 24 adults with type 2 diabetes who use insulin pumps. Participants wore a continuous glucose monitor for 14 days at home to track blood sugar levels. The goal was to see how glucose levels relate to insulin doses and meals in everyday conditions. It was purely observational and did not test any new drug or treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better understand how blood sugar levels change with insulin and meals in daily life, potentially improving diabetes management.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, observational study with only 24 participants. It does not test a new treatment, so it cannot directly lead to a cure or new therapy.
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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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24 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2017
- Finished
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Mar 2018
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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50 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.
Selection criteria: * Type 2 Diabetes diagnosed for at least 5 years * Treated with insulin pump for at least 6 months * 7.5% ≤ HBA1c ≤ 10% (last available value dated less than 3 months) * Having given his/her free, express and informed consent to participate to the study Inclusion Criteria: * 7.5% ≤ HBA1c ≤ 10% (result of the dosage performed at selection visit) * Daily insulin requirement ≤ 1.5U/kg/day * Having been compliant to take pictures of his/her meals and snacks over the 3 days prior to the inclusion visit Non-selection/Non-inclusion criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Comorbidity which, in the investigator's opinion, could jeopardize the study completion * Patient with difficulties to understand the study procedures or deemed unfit, by the Investigator, to comply with operating instructions of CGM equipment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Caen, Service Endocrinologie, Diabétologie
Caen, 14033, France
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