The goal of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring compared to capillary blood glucose monitoring among people with type 2 diabetes initiating low calorie meal replacement plus diabetes self-management education in improving the proportion of patients achieving remission of type 2 diabetes. This is an open-label randomized controlled trial with 2 treatment arms randomized in a 1:1 manner.
The Investigators hypothesize that the use of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring will improve the percentage of participants achieving remission of type 2 diabetes (remission to prediabetes or remission to normoglycemia), among adults with type 2 diabetes starting low calorie meal replacement and diabetes self-management education compared to a control group using capillary blood glucose monitoring at 18-30 weeks follow-up (end of Phase 2).
The primary outcome of the study is to compare the percentage of participants who achieve remission of type 2 diabetes (remission to prediabetes with HbA1c 6.0% to 6.4% or remission to normoglycemia with HbA1c \< 6.0% using no antihyperglycemic agents for ≥ 3 consecutive months) at 18-30 weeks follow-up between intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring vs. capillary blood glucose monitoring, when combined with low calorie meal replacement and diabetes self-management education.
Participants in both arms complete 3 phases of the study. Phase 1: total dietary replacement, Phase 2: food re-introduction and Phase 3: remission, while receiving diabetes self-management education sessions over a span of 18 months.