ACT Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes Management for Rural and Underserved Community

The purpose of this project is to examine the feasibility/acceptability of a one-day Acceptance and Commitment Therapy + Lifestyle Education group intervention paired with 12-weeks of Continuous Glucose Monitoring for patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) living in rural communities. This study is being designed as a randomized control trial (RCT) comparing ACT+LE+CGM to LE+CGM to LE. The ultimate goal of this line of research is that a community-wide intervention of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) and Lifestyle Education (LE) will improve T2D outcomes in rural communities compared to CGM and LE, or LE alone. Our goal is to develop a scalable and sustainable program for diabetes management in rural areas that enables individual self-management and does not require extensive healthcare resources in an existing medical desert.

NCT Number	NCT06028503
Lead Sponsor	Sam Houston State University Collaborators: Chelsea Ratcliff, Ph.D., Owen Kelly, Ph.D.,RNutr, Oluwaseun Olaiya, DO, Michael Griffin, Ph.D.
Conditions	Type 2 Diabetes
Enrollment	60 participants
Start Date	2024-04-01
Primary Completion	2026-08-31 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-08-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-05-15