Recruiting

Diabetes Self-Management

Sponsor:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Code:

NCT06814184

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

app-based nurse-led virtual diabetes care

Study Details

Brief summary:

This 12-month pilot tests a nurse-led, app-based intervention to improve diabetes self-management for Medicaid patients. It includes MyChart messaging to give education, phone help on problem-solving with clinicians, and using a diabetes app to track data. The study aims to enhance self-management behaviors through health technology.

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes

Study ID

NCT06814184

Start date

Apr 1, 2026

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Dec 1, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 1, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • A1C >7 for age 18-64, A1C>8 for age 65 or older within 12 months prior baseline
  • A1C>7 for age 18-64, A1c>8 for age 65 or older at baseline
  • Medicaid recipient or dual Medicaid and Medicare recipient
  • Age 18 or older
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • On insulin therapy
  • Owning and using Android or iOS smartphone for at least 6 months
  • English proficiency
  • Adequate vision to read text messages on their current smartphone
  • Smartphone use proficiency. Smartphone proficiency will be self-reported and determined by telephone as the ability to use a smartphone in ways other than emailing, texting, and making phone calls.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Patients with cognitive impairment who will be screened with the Six-Item Screener to Identify Cognitive Impairment Among Potential Research Subjects.

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Experimental with intervention

Intervention starts at enrollment

other: Delayed Intervention

Intervention delivery 3 months after enrollment

Interventions

app-based nurse-led virtual diabetes care

A nurse-led, app-based behavioral intervention consisting of (1) education via MyChart messaging, (2) problem solving with an action plan via phone, and (3) remote patient monitoring via mySugr app to identify the need to adjust treatment

Primary outcome measure

  • Glycemic control: glycated hemoglobin AIC [ Time Frame: baseline, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months ]
  • Glycemic control - the rate of pre-prandial blood glucose readings in target range [ Time Frame: baseline, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months ]
  • Glycemic control - the rate of peak postprandial blood glucose reading in target range [ Time Frame: baseline, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Helen NC Chen, PhD

(908) 466-3953helen.nc.chen@rutgers.edu

Toya Williams, MPH

‭(732) 235-7380‬toya.williams@rutgers.edu

Locations

Rutgers Health Family Medicine at Monument Square

Recruiting

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901

Contacts

Medical Director

732-235-8993clarkec@rwjms.rutgers.edu

University Medical Group General Internal Medicine

Recruiting

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901

Contacts

Shirin Hastings

732-908-1437hastinse@rwjms.rutgers.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Last update posted

Jul 2, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Keywords

  • diabetes app
  • behavioral intervention
  • self-management
  • diabetes

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on 2026-07-02.