Sleep your way to better blood sugar? new study tests behavioral fix for type 1 diabetes
NCT ID NCT07522866
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a 12-week sleep-focused behavioral program can help adults with type 1 diabetes improve their sleep and blood sugar control. Participants learn sleep hygiene, stress management, and routines to target 7-9 hours of quality sleep. The study tracks sleep with a wrist monitor and glucose with standard devices.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cognitive behavioral sleep intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a practical, drug-free way to help people with type 1 diabetes improve their blood sugar control through better sleep.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-stage trial with only 48 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention requires significant lifestyle changes, and not everyone may benefit.
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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 48 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
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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31 to 75 years
- 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: * Aged 31 to 75 years * Type 1 Diabetes for at least 1 year * One or more sleep health dimensions are out of range Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English speaking * Recent night shift work or transmeridian travel * Life-limiting illness
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emory University
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30329, United States
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Emory University, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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