Smartphone app tracks stress to uncover diabetes blood sugar mystery
NCT ID NCT06896045
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at how everyday stress impacts blood sugar levels in people with type 1 diabetes. Researchers will ask 125 participants to rate their stress four times a day using a smartphone app, while a continuous glucose monitor tracks their blood sugar. The goal is to see if there is a clear link between stress and glucose changes, which could help improve diabetes care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors and patients understand how stress impacts blood sugar, potentially leading to better diabetes management strategies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It is currently suspended, and results may not lead to immediate changes in care.
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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 125 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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: * Patient with a clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes of at least 1 year, as determined by the medical record; * Patient aged at least 18 years; * Patient treated with an external insulin pump for at least 2 months or with multi-injections; * Patient with a smartphone compatible with iOS 15.0 or higher or Android 12.0 or higher; * Patient with a smartphone with Bluetooth 5.0 or higher; * Patient with HbA1c ≤ 10% with measurement ≤3 months; * Patient with no psychiatric pathology that could interfere with the study; * Patient having signed the free and informed consent form to participate in the study; * Patient affiliated to the French Social Security system; * Patient agreeing not to eat between meals for the duration of the study (except for hypoglycaemia and/or snacks during physical activity); * Patient agrees to wear an Empatica EmbracePlus watch for the duration of the study and to charge it according to the device's requirements for recording data; * Patient agreed to wear an OURA ring for the duration of the study and to recharge it as required by the device to enable data recording (patients at the CERITD centre only). Exclusion Criteria: * Type 2 diabetic patient; * Patient fitted with a closed loop (or artificial pancreas); * Patient with any characteristic pathology that could interfere with the study (renal failure, unstabilised diabetic retinopathy, heart failure, heart attack within 6 months prior to inclusion, severe neuropathy, particularly autonomic neuropathy); * Patients with a tendency to snack; * Patients undergoing treatment with drugs known to significantly interfere with blood sugar levels or the adrenergic system, such as corticosteroids and beta-blockers; * Patients undergoing atropine treatment (Hydroxyzine Chlorhydrate or Atarax®...), likely to modify the EDA (Electrodermal Activity) ; * Patients with a known allergy to latex (watch EmbracePlus); * Pregnant woman; * Nursing woman; * Persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision, persons under psychiatric care; * Persons under guardianship or trusteeship or subject to a legal protection measure * Persons who are not affiliated to a social security scheme or are beneficiaries of such a scheme.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
14 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Angers University Hospital
Angers, 49100, France
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Avignon Hospital
Avignon, 84000, France
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Bordeaux University Hospital
Bordeaux, 33075, France
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Brest University Hospital
Brest, 29200, France
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CERITD (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches pour l'Intensification du Traitement du Diabète)
Évry, 91058, France
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DiabeCare diabetes centre
Lyon, 69008, France
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Dijon University Hospital
Dijon, 21079, France
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European Hospital
Marseille, 13003, France
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Grenoble University Hospital
Grenoble, 38043, France
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Lille University Hospital
Lille, 59037, France
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Private practice in endocrinology and metabolic diseases
Mérignac, 33700, France
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Rennes University Hospital
Rennes, 35200, France
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St Louis Hospital
La Rochelle, 17000, France
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Strasbourg University Hospital
Strasbourg, 67091, France
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