Can a text message program help you manage diabetes? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07210593
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This pilot study tests a mobile phone program called STRIDE for adults with type 2 diabetes and a close friend or family member. The program includes monthly coaching calls and text message support to help with medication and goals. The study will enroll 180 people to see if the program is acceptable and practical.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Mobile phone coaching and text message support
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a low-cost, scalable way to help people with type 2 diabetes manage their condition better with support from loved ones.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study focused on feasibility, not effectiveness. The intervention may not lead to meaningful improvements in blood sugar or diabetes distress.
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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 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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 to 75 years
- 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: PERSONS WITH DIABETES: * Speaks and reads in English * 18-75 years old * Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes * Receiving outpatient care from a partnering clinic * Community-dwelling (e.g., not in a nursing facility) * Prescribed at least one daily diabetes medication * Owns a mobile phone * Elevated diabetes distress or low diabetes self-efficacy * Willing to invite a close friend or family member to co-participate SUPPORT PERSONS: * Speaks and reads in English * 18 years or older * Owns a mobile phone Exclusion Criteria: PERSONS WITH DIABETES * Unable to communicate by phone * Currently pregnant * Currently undergoing treatment for cancer (e.g., radiation, chemotherapy) * Diagnosed with end-stage renal disease * Receiving hospice services * Diagnosed with congestive heart failure * Diagnosed with dementia * Diagnosed with schizophrenia * Demonstrated an inability to receive and respond to a text * Does not take medication on his/her own/medication administered by someone else SUPPORT PERSONS * Demonstrated inability to receive \& respond to a text * Unable to communicate by phone
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203, United States
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