Home workouts via smartphone could help tame type 2 diabetes
NCT ID NCT07676773
First seen Jun 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a 12-week personalized exercise program done at home and guided by a mobile app and wearable device can improve blood sugar control and physical fitness in adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants are 40 to 69 years old, newly diagnosed or with diabetes for up to 5 years, and not on medication. The program includes aerobic walking or jogging plus resistance band exercises, with remote monitoring and feedback from trained exercise managers.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- remote exercise program (aerobic walking/jogging plus resistance training) monitored via wearable devices and mobile app
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient, home-based way to help people with type 2 diabetes manage their blood sugar and improve physical fitness without needing to visit a gym or clinic.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 80 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The exercise program requires consistent effort and access to a smartphone and wearable device, which may limit its use.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 80 people
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- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 69 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: (1) Both gender, age from 40 to 69 years old. (2) Meeting the diagnostic criteria for type 2 diabetes in China. (3) HbA1c is within 6.5%-7 .0% and no medication is taken. (4) Newly diagnosed with diabetes or the duration of the disease is no more than 5 years. (5) Possessing general exercise capacity and no obvious diseases in the muscle and osteoarticular systems. (6) The exercise risk is evaluated as medium or low risk through the PAR-Q+ questionnaire. (7) No contraindications to exercise tests. (8) Willing to adopt intensifed lifestyle intervention and complete the entire research process. Exclusion Criteria: (1) T1DM patients, autoimmune diabetes and special types of diabetes, including hypercortisolism, growth hormone tumor, glucagonoma and some special types of diabetes caused by genetic factors; (2) pregnant or lactating women; (3) regular use of antidiabetic drugs or insulin in the past three months; (4) fasting blood glucose level \> 16.7 mmol/L; (5) recurrent hypoglycemia; (6) a history of acute diabetic complications, including diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar hyperglycemia, and lactic acidosis; (7) a history of severe chronic microvascular or macrovascular complications; (8) diseases that may be exacerbated by exercise or impair exercise efciency, such as uncontrolled hypertension, hyperthyroidism, osteoarthritis or hypokalemia; (9) unable to use smart phones or wearable smart devices independently; (10) communication or motor dysfunction; (11) Patients with severe chronic diseases could not participate in the study.
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Locations
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Sichuan Provinvial People's HSichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital( SAMS&SPPH,Affiliated Hospital of UESTC)ospital
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610000, China
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