Can a digital community reverse prediabetes?
NCT ID NCT07338552
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a virtual health community can help people with prediabetes improve blood sugar control and prevent type 2 diabetes. Participants will receive lifestyle support through a digital platform, including education, guidance, and group interaction. The trial will follow 146 adults for 6 months, comparing the virtual community to usual care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- virtual health management community (digital lifestyle support)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer an effective, scalable way to help people with prediabetes reverse the condition and avoid type 2 diabetes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 146 participants, and the intervention is behavioral—results may vary and long-term adherence is uncertain.
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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 146 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- 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 to 80 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: * Participants who meet the 1999 World Health Organization (WHO) diagnostic criteria and the 2010 American Diabetes Association (ADA) definition for prediabetes, including: impaired fasting glucose (IFG): fasting plasma glucose (FPG) 6.1-\<7.0 mmol/L and 2-hour plasma glucose (2-hPG) \<7.8 mmol/L during a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT); or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT): FPG \<7.0 mmol/L and 2-hPG 7.8-\<11.1 mmol/L during a 75-g OGTT; or HbA1c 5.7%-6.4%; * Age ≥18 years; * Clear consciousness and adequate comprehension ability; * Able to use a smartphone and have access to the Internet at home; * Willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent; * Able to understand the purpose, procedure, and nature of the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants with significant cognitive impairment or mental disorders; * Participants with severe malignant tumours; * Participants with severe acute or chronic complications, such as blindness, heart failure, or end-stage renal disease.
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