Integrated TCM - Western Medicine Strategy for Long - Distance Diabetes Management

NCT ID: NCT07265037

Last Updated: 2025-12-04

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-11-01

Study Completion Date

2026-05-31

Brief Summary

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The management of diabetes is of great value in reducing the risk of complications and alleviating the socioeconomic burden. Currently, the diabetes management models in China have not effectively integrated the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine. They also fail to achieve intelligent and automated management, resulting in high management costs and low efficiency. Therefore, it is extremely urgent to explore a new, efficient, convenient, low - cost, and personalized long - distance, full - course, intelligent management model for diabetes that integrates TCM and Western medicine both online and offline.

Based on this, our research group plans to rely on the pre - designed and developed Idata database. We will deeply integrate the diagnostic and treatment advantages of TCM constitution differentiation and Western medical examinations and laboratory tests, construct an automated follow - up path, and build an integrated online diabetes management platform for Internet hospitals, which consists of "intelligent hardware + APP + cloud services + a back - end think - tank of TCM and Western medicine experts + a back - end professional management and care team".

This initiative aims to blaze a new trail in the field of long - distance, full - course, and personalized management of diabetes through the synergy of TCM and Western medicine for Chinese diabetes patients. We expect to significantly reduce the incidence of diabetes complications, remarkably improve the overall health status and quality of life of patients, and bring unprecedented positive impacts on the well - being of diabetes patients.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine Telemedicine Chronic Disease Management Digital Health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Integrated TCM-WM Smart Management Group

Participants receive a novel integrated diabetes management strategy via a smart platform (hardware + APP + cloud). This includes TCM-WM baseline assessments, personalized remote monitoring/reminders (glucose, medication, lifestyle), tailored TCM-WM education, and backend multidisciplinary expert support. The management pathway is dynamically optimized every 3 months based on continuous data analysis.

Group Type OTHER

Integrated TCM-Western Medicine Intelligent Diabetes Management Platform

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

This intervention is a comprehensive, technology-enabled management strategy. It utilizes an integrated smart platform comprising connected devices (e.g., glucose meters, blood pressure monitors), a mobile application (APP), and cloud services. Participants undergo an initial combined assessment based on Western medicine examinations and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) constitution diagnosis (via questionnaire and tongue image analysis). The platform's algorithms then generate a personalized, automated remote management pathway. This includes customized reminders for monitoring, medication, and follow-ups; tailored lifestyle and health education advice integrating TCM and WM principles; and access to daily online consultations from a backend multidisciplinary expert team (endocrinologists, TCM physicians, nutritionists). The management plan is dynamically optimized every 3 months based on continuous data analysis, forming a closed-loop management system.

Conventional Care Group

Participants in this arm receive current standard conventional care for diabetes mellitus. This includes regular outpatient follow-ups by endocrinologists, standard pharmacological therapy (e.g., oral hypoglycemic agents and/or insulin) based on authoritative clinical guidelines such as those from the Chinese Diabetes Society, and routine diabetes health education (e.g., diet and exercise advice) provided by healthcare professionals. Participants in this group do NOT have access to the investigational smart management platform (APP, connected devices), nor do they receive the personalized reminders, remote consultations, integrated TCM-WM management pathway, or proactive management from the backend multidisciplinary team that are part of the intervention. Their care process adheres to the usual practices of their respective medical centers.

Group Type OTHER

Integrated TCM-Western Medicine Intelligent Diabetes Management Platform

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

This intervention is a comprehensive, technology-enabled management strategy. It utilizes an integrated smart platform comprising connected devices (e.g., glucose meters, blood pressure monitors), a mobile application (APP), and cloud services. Participants undergo an initial combined assessment based on Western medicine examinations and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) constitution diagnosis (via questionnaire and tongue image analysis). The platform's algorithms then generate a personalized, automated remote management pathway. This includes customized reminders for monitoring, medication, and follow-ups; tailored lifestyle and health education advice integrating TCM and WM principles; and access to daily online consultations from a backend multidisciplinary expert team (endocrinologists, TCM physicians, nutritionists). The management plan is dynamically optimized every 3 months based on continuous data analysis, forming a closed-loop management system.

Interventions

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Integrated TCM-Western Medicine Intelligent Diabetes Management Platform

This intervention is a comprehensive, technology-enabled management strategy. It utilizes an integrated smart platform comprising connected devices (e.g., glucose meters, blood pressure monitors), a mobile application (APP), and cloud services. Participants undergo an initial combined assessment based on Western medicine examinations and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) constitution diagnosis (via questionnaire and tongue image analysis). The platform's algorithms then generate a personalized, automated remote management pathway. This includes customized reminders for monitoring, medication, and follow-ups; tailored lifestyle and health education advice integrating TCM and WM principles; and access to daily online consultations from a backend multidisciplinary expert team (endocrinologists, TCM physicians, nutritionists). The management plan is dynamically optimized every 3 months based on continuous data analysis, forming a closed-loop management system.

Intervention Type COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Other Intervention Names

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Intelligent TCM-WM Diabetes Management System Digital Integrated Care Platform for Diabetes Telemedicine-based TCM-WM Collaborative Care AI-Supported Diabetes Management

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Presence of typical diabetes symptoms (polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and unexplained weight loss) AND meeting any one of the following laboratory criteria: Fasting venous plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L, or Random plasma glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L, or Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥ 6.5%.
* OR, meeting the following oral glucose tolerance test criteria:Fasting plasma glucose ≥ 7.0 mmol/L AND 2-hour plasma glucose ≥ 11.1 mmol/L after a 75g glucose load.

Exclusion Criteria

* Comorbidities that may prevent compliance with the study protocol, including but not limited to: active malignancy, rheumatic autoimmune diseases, severe infections, multiple organ failure, or psychiatric disorders.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Shanxi Bethune Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Shanxi Bethune Hospital

Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Shiwei Liu, Doctor

Role: CONTACT

+86 13191072733 ext. 0351-2170956

Facility Contacts

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Chen Li, Master

Role: primary

13603530358 ext. 0351-8379146

Other Identifiers

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YXLL-2025-260

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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