A Clinical Trial Using Tirzepatide to Help Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Automatically Control Their Blood Sugar
NCT ID: NCT07284511
Last Updated: 2025-12-16
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
PHASE2/PHASE3
105 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2026-01-05
2029-01-31
Brief Summary
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People with type 1 diabetes must take insulin for life, and even with advanced insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, many still struggle to keep blood sugar within the target range. One of the biggest challenges is carbohydrate counting, which requires estimating the amount of carbohydrates in every meal to give the correct insulin dose.
Tirzepatide is a medication currently approved for type 2 diabetes and weight management. Early research suggests it may also help people with type 1 diabetes by lowering appetite, slowing digestion, reducing insulin needs, and smoothing after-meal blood sugar rises.
This study will include 105 adults with type 1 diabetes at centers in Canada and Switzerland. Everyone will use the Tandem Control-IQ insulin pump with a Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor. Participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups:
Tirzepatide group:
Participants receive weekly tirzepatide injections. After the dose is gradually increased over 12 weeks, they will eventually try using their insulin pump without entering carbohydrate amounts at meals.
Control group:
Participants continue their usual therapy and keep counting carbohydrates for their mealtime insulin doses.
The main goal of the study is to learn whether people taking tirzepatide can safely maintain good blood sugar control without counting carbs, compared with standard care. All participants will attend several clinic visits and share their glucose, insulin, and health data throughout the 32-week trial. Some centers will also conduct heart/fitness, or body-composition tests.
As with any medication, tirzepatide may cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or decreased appetite. Rare but serious risks like gallbladder disease or pancreatitis are also monitored. Pregnancy must be avoided during the trial.
Overall, this study aims to understand whether adding tirzepatide to automated insulin delivery can simplify diabetes management, reduce burden, and maintain safe and effective glucose control for adults living with type 1 diabetes.
Detailed Description
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Tirzepatide, which is approved for type 2 diabetes and weight management, works by slowing digestion, lowering appetite, reducing insulin requirements, and improving after-meal glucose spikes, and early evidence suggests it may offer similar benefits in type 1 diabetes. This study is designed to determine whether adding once-weekly tirzepatide injections to a commercially available automated insulin delivery system can make diabetes management easier for adults with type 1, particularly by reducing or eliminating the need to count carbohydrates at meals.
In this 32-week trial, 105 adults will be randomly assigned to receive tirzepatide or no tirzepatide while all participants use the Control-IQ system. Those receiving tirzepatide will gradually increase their dose over 12 weeks, continue counting carbohydrates until week 26, and then stop announcing meals entirely for the final 6 weeks, while the control group will count carbohydrates throughout.
Across the study, participants will attend scheduled clinic visits, complete remote follow-ups, undergo laboratory tests, and, depending on the site, may complete heart function tests, body-composition scans, fitness testing, or gastric emptying assessments. Researchers will compare glucose control, insulin needs, weight, metabolic markers, meal patterns, and patient-reported outcomes between groups, with the primary goal of determining whether glucose management without carbohydrate counting is not worse than (non-inferior to) standard carbohydrate counting.
The study also closely monitors safety, as tirzepatide can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, decreased appetite, and rare complications such as gallbladder disease or pancreatitis. Overall, this research aims to learn whether combining tirzepatide with automated insulin delivery can safely simplify diabetes management, reduce treatment burden, and improve metabolic outcomes for adults living with type 1 diabetes.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Tirzepatide group
Participants randomized to this arm receive once-weekly subcutaneous tirzepatide in addition to use of the Tandem Control-IQ insulin pump and Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor. Tirzepatide is initiated at 2.5 mg weekly and increased by 2.5 mg every 4 weeks to a target dose of 10 mg weekly or the maximally tolerated dose. Dose escalation may be delayed or reduced if participants experience intolerable gastrointestinal symptoms. During Weeks 1-26, participants continue standard carbohydrate counting for all meals. Beginning in Week 27, participants stop entering carbohydrate amounts into the pump (no meal announcements) for six weeks while continuing tirzepatide at their maintenance dose. Throughout the intervention, participants undergo regular safety assessments, remote glucose data reviews, insulin-pump parameter adjustments as needed, and scheduled in-person visits to monitor metabolic, cardiovascular, and patient-reported outcomes.
Tirzepatide
Tirzepatide, administered as a once-weekly subcutaneous injection, initiated at 2.5 mg and escalated in 2.5-mg increments every 4 weeks to a target of 10 mg or the maximally tolerated dose, used as an adjunct therapy in adults with type 1 diabetes using the Tandem Control-IQ automated insulin delivery system.
Tandem Control-IQ Automated Insulin Delivery System (with Dexcom G7 CGM)
This intervention uses the Tandem t:slim X2 insulin pump with the Control-IQ automated insulin delivery algorithm, integrated with the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor. The system adjusts basal insulin and delivers automated correction boluses based on real-time glucose values. All participants receive standardized training and use this system for the full 32-week study. Rapid-acting insulin compatible with Control-IQ is required. This intervention is distinguished by its use under two different operational strategies: standard carbohydrate counting in the control arm and complete omission of meal announcements during the final 6 weeks in the tirzepatide arm.
Carbohydrate Counting
Participants enter the estimated carbohydrate amount for every meal and snack into the Tandem Control-IQ insulin pump to calculate and deliver prandial insulin boluses. This reflects standard use of hybrid closed-loop systems. The procedure is maintained for the entire 32-week study in the control arm and during Weeks 1-26 in the tirzepatide arm.
No Meal Announcement
Participants do not enter carbohydrate amounts or announce meals to the Tandem Control-IQ system. The pump operates without user-initiated prandial boluses, relying solely on automated basal adjustments and automated correction boluses. This intervention is implemented only in the tirzepatide arm during Weeks 27-32.
Control group
Participants randomized to the control arm use the Tandem Control-IQ automated insulin delivery system with the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor, following standard-of-care diabetes management. They continue carbohydrate counting for all meals throughout the 32-week study and deliver prandial insulin boluses based on estimated carbohydrate intake, as is typical for users of hybrid closed-loop systems. No tirzepatide injections are administered. Participants receive the same device training, follow-up schedule, safety monitoring, glucose data reviews, and pump parameter adjustments as the tirzepatide arm. This arm serves as an active comparator, representing current standard therapy for type 1 diabetes with automated insulin delivery and meal announcements.
Tandem Control-IQ Automated Insulin Delivery System (with Dexcom G7 CGM)
This intervention uses the Tandem t:slim X2 insulin pump with the Control-IQ automated insulin delivery algorithm, integrated with the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor. The system adjusts basal insulin and delivers automated correction boluses based on real-time glucose values. All participants receive standardized training and use this system for the full 32-week study. Rapid-acting insulin compatible with Control-IQ is required. This intervention is distinguished by its use under two different operational strategies: standard carbohydrate counting in the control arm and complete omission of meal announcements during the final 6 weeks in the tirzepatide arm.
Carbohydrate Counting
Participants enter the estimated carbohydrate amount for every meal and snack into the Tandem Control-IQ insulin pump to calculate and deliver prandial insulin boluses. This reflects standard use of hybrid closed-loop systems. The procedure is maintained for the entire 32-week study in the control arm and during Weeks 1-26 in the tirzepatide arm.
Interventions
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Tirzepatide
Tirzepatide, administered as a once-weekly subcutaneous injection, initiated at 2.5 mg and escalated in 2.5-mg increments every 4 weeks to a target of 10 mg or the maximally tolerated dose, used as an adjunct therapy in adults with type 1 diabetes using the Tandem Control-IQ automated insulin delivery system.
Tandem Control-IQ Automated Insulin Delivery System (with Dexcom G7 CGM)
This intervention uses the Tandem t:slim X2 insulin pump with the Control-IQ automated insulin delivery algorithm, integrated with the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor. The system adjusts basal insulin and delivers automated correction boluses based on real-time glucose values. All participants receive standardized training and use this system for the full 32-week study. Rapid-acting insulin compatible with Control-IQ is required. This intervention is distinguished by its use under two different operational strategies: standard carbohydrate counting in the control arm and complete omission of meal announcements during the final 6 weeks in the tirzepatide arm.
Carbohydrate Counting
Participants enter the estimated carbohydrate amount for every meal and snack into the Tandem Control-IQ insulin pump to calculate and deliver prandial insulin boluses. This reflects standard use of hybrid closed-loop systems. The procedure is maintained for the entire 32-week study in the control arm and during Weeks 1-26 in the tirzepatide arm.
No Meal Announcement
Participants do not enter carbohydrate amounts or announce meals to the Tandem Control-IQ system. The pump operates without user-initiated prandial boluses, relying solely on automated basal adjustments and automated correction boluses. This intervention is implemented only in the tirzepatide arm during Weeks 27-32.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes for ≥ 1 year, per investigator judgment (confirmatory C-peptide and autoantibodies not required).
* A BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2.
* HbA1c \> 6.5%, and \< 12%.
* Current therapy: multiple daily injections or insulin pump.
* Willingness to use Tandem Control IQ insulin pump system with the use of rapid or ultra rapid-acting insulins compatible with Tandem Control-IQ pump (e.g. Fiasp is not compatible)
* Active carbohydrate counting for prandial insulin dosing.
* Individuals of childbearing potential must be using or agree to use an effective birth-control method. Childbearing potential refers to participants of the female sex post-menarche who have not reached menopause and who do not have a medical condition causing sterility (e.g., hysterectomy). Post-menopausal state refers to the absence of menses for 12 months without any alternative cause.
Exclusion Criteria
* Use of antihyperglycemic agents other than insulin or metformin within the last 2 weeks.
* Planned or ongoing pregnancy.
* Breastfeeding.
* Severe hypoglycemia requiring hospitalization in the past 2 months. Severe hypoglycemia is defined as requiring the assistance of another person, due to altered consciousness, to administer carbohydrates, glucagon, or other resuscitative actions.
* Diabetic ketoacidosis within the last 2 months.
* History of acute or chronic pancreatitis.
* Personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2.
* Severe renal impairment with eGFR \<30 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD-EPI), measured within the last four months.
* Clinically significant proliferative diabetic retinopathy or gastroparesis, as per the judgment of the investigator.
* Current or ≤ 1 month use of supraphysiological doses of oral or intravenous glucocorticoids.
* History of bariatric surgery within the last 6 months.
* Medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with participation (e.g. cirrhosis, active cancer, decompensated schizophrenia), per investigator judgment.
* Inability or unwillingness to comply with safe diabetes management practices, in the view of the investigator.
* Any safety concern that, in the investigator's judgment, precludes participation.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Breakthrough T1D
OTHER
Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal
OTHER
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
OTHER
Melissa-Rosina Pasqua
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Melissa-Rosina Pasqua
Principal Clinical Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Melissa-Rosina Pasqua, MD-PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Ahmad Haidar, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Locations
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Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Insel Hospital, University Hospital Bern
Bern, , Switzerland
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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2026-12143
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Identifier Source: org_study_id