Tablet teaching for diabetes: a High-Tech hope for new patients?
NCT ID NCT03534193
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether using a bedside tablet with interactive education modules helps people newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes learn more than standard paper-based materials. The trial planned to enroll 28 patients but was terminated early. Researchers measured diabetes knowledge and blood sugar control.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- educational modules via bedside tablet
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that interactive tablet-based education improves diabetes knowledge and glucose monitoring in newly diagnosed patients.
- What could go wrong
- The trial was terminated early with only 28 participants, so results are limited. It's a small, single-center study testing education, not a treatment.
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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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28 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2017
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- 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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Up to 21 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: * New diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes admitted to the Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital * Patient/Caretaker/Family willing to complete questionnaires Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with previous history of Diabetes * Patients with no plans to follow up at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital - Molly's Center for Children with Diabetes and Endocrine Disorders after hospital discharge * Non English speaking patients/family/caretaker
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital
Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States
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