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Type 2 DiabetesMay 2025Summary reviewed June 2026

An Automated Insulin System Improved Blood Sugar Control Three Times Better Than Standard Insulin

Researchers tested an automated insulin delivery system that adjusts insulin doses automatically based on blood sugar readings. After 13 weeks, people using the automated system had better blood sugar control than those using standard insulin injections or pumps.

What the trial was testing

The 2IQP enrolled 319 patients with type 2 diabetes. The study was sponsored by Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. and tracked outcomes across the full group of patients who matched the trial's eligibility profile.

Researchers followed patients through treatment and into recovery, tracking the outcomes that mattered most for the disease being studied.

What the results showed

Blood sugar levels dropped 0.9 percentage points with automated delivery versus 0.3 points with standard insulin.

The New England journal of medicine · 2025 · NCT05785832

These findings — that blood sugar control improved nearly three times more than standard insulin — were published in the The New England journal of medicine and represent the headline result of the study.

Researchers tracked outcomes across 319 patients enrolled in the trial. The result was consistent enough across the group that the team felt confident reporting it.

What this means for patients

For patients with type 2 diabetes, this result changes the calculus on what to ask their care team about. Whether it changes day-to-day care depends on factors like disease subtype, prior treatments, and where the patient is in their care journey.

What you can do now

This automated insulin delivery system is FDA-approved and available now for type 2 diabetes. If you're currently taking insulin and struggling to control your blood sugar, ask your doctor whether an automated insulin pump might work for you. These systems adjust your insulin automatically throughout the day.

Eligibility for the treatments mentioned above depends on specific test results and clinical history. Bring this summary, the trial name, and your most recent labs or pathology report to your next visit.

Open type 2 diabetes trials

RecruitingSafety & dosing / Early efficacy

A Randomized Phase 1/2 Trial of Low Dose Anti-thymocyte Globulin (ATG) With Subsequent Adalimumab or Verapamil in New Onset Type 1 Diabetes

This multi-center randomized controlled trial will assess the safety and efficacy of ATG followed by either adalimumab or verapamil in preserving insulin secretion 2 years from randomization in persons aged 9 to \<21 with recent-onset stage 3 T1D.

San Francisco, California, United States +9 more
RecruitingInterventional study

Evaluation of the Metabolic Surgery Technique for Glycemic Improvement in Type 2 Diabetes

Surgery is one of the management options for type 2 diabetes in patients with moderate obesity. This is a recent option because it has been part of the recommendations since October 2022. The possible surgical techniques are the same as those for bariatric surgery: * Sleeve, * Bypass, * Gastric band, but the main goal is not weight loss, it is remission of type 2 diabetes. It is called metabolic surgery. The ring technique (gastroplasty) is practiced less and less in France because it is less effective in weight loss and is responsible for major discomfort. Currently, metabolic surgery is one of the recommendations but no study has compared the effectiveness of the techniques with each other. One or other of the techniques can be chosen according to the preferences of the surgeon, the patient, the center, etc. but this choice is not made objectively, in the absence of comparative data. This study would like to follow up on patients for whom metabolic surgery has been proposed by the doctor,. If the surgery is accepted, this study would like to improve knowledge of the effectiveness of the different techniques, and thus demonstrate which metabolic surgery technique is preferred in terms of effectiveness and safety.

Villeurbanne, France