Recruiting

DSMES Program

Sponsor:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Code:

NCT07556354

Conditions

Blood Cholesterol

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Weight Change

BMI

Diabetes Education

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Remote Patient Monitoring in a Faith-Based Program

Traditional Cohort Faith-based DSMES program

Study Details

Brief summary:

In this study, individuals living with diabetes in the Birmingham area will participate in a free, 3-month DSMES program hosted by MedsPLUS Consulting, a local independent pharmacy and wellness center, at a local faith-based organization. DSMES sessions meet twice a month and typically address topics including physical activity, nutrition, coping, and reducing risk and complications. Prior to beginning the program, participants will complete a questionnaire that assesses diabetes self-management behaviors (such as diet, physical activity, and medication adherence) and diabetes knowledge. Additionally, they will participate in a biometric screening where clinical data such as blood A1C, blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and BMI are collected. This data will also be collected again after the completion of the program. In this program, participants will be assigned a community health worker who will contact them outside of scheduled DSMES sessions to provide support. Participants will also be randomly assigned to one of two cohorts, the Traditional cohort and the Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) cohort. The traditional cohort will use paper trackers to track blood pressure and blood sugar outside of DSMES sessions while the RPM cohort will utilize an RPM platform to track this data.

Conditions

Blood Cholesterol

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Weight Change

BMI

Diabetes Education

Study ID

NCT07556354

Start date

Jul, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Oct, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Have a prior diabetes (Type 1, Type 2, or Gestational) or prediabetes diagnosis
  • Are aged 18 or older
  • Live in Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Have never participated in a DSMES program

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not a resident of Jefferson County, Alabama
  • Completed a DSMES program

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Traditional Cohort

Utilizes paper trackers to track blood glucose and blood pressure readings outside of DSMES sessions

experimental: Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Cohort

Utilizes remote patient monitoring platform to track blood pressure and blood glucose readings outside of DSMES sessions

Interventions

Remote Patient Monitoring in a Faith-Based Program

Participants will be randomly-assigned to one of two cohorts. One cohort will participate in a faith-based DSMES program and use remote patient monitoring (RPM) to track their health throughout the duration. Remote patient monitoring allows a participant's healthcare team to visualize and monitor health data outside of scheduled DSMES sessions. These participants will be given blood pressure and blood glucose tracking devices that utilize Bluetooth to automatically upload their health data into an RPM platform, Prevounce, once measurements are taken.

Traditional Cohort Faith-based DSMES program

The Traditional Cohort will also participate in the DSMES program but instead will be provided traditional blood pressure cuffs and glucometers that will not upload their data to a mobile platform to track their health data. These participants will use traditional means (paper trackers) to track their health data and will provide health updates during scheduled communication with community health workers.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change from Baseline in HbA1C results at 12 weeks [ Time Frame: From enrollment to end of treatment at 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Dashauna Ballard, PhD

205-934-6553dmball@uab.edu

Locations

New Hope Baptist Church

Recruiting

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35211

Contacts

Dashauna M Ballard, PhD

205-934-6553dmball@uab.edu

Sabrina Famuyiwa, MPH

sfamuyiw@uab.edu

Principal Investigator:

Dashauna Ballard, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Last update posted

Jul 15, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • dsmes
  • diabetes education
  • faith based intervention
  • remote patient monitoring

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Alabama at Birmingham on 2026-07-15.