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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2: full-pipeline trial registry

63 of 351 indexed Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 trials are currently recruiting.

Corpus placement: #18 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

351 US clinical trials · 63 currently recruiting · #18 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2: 351 US clinical trials tracked, 63 recruiting.

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 is the subject of 351 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 63 of them currently open to new participants. 100 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 80 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Novo Nordisk A/S, running 48 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition diabetes-mellitus-type-2

OPEN 63 | RECR 18% | LATE 100 | EARLY 80 | RANK #18 | SPON 48

Nearest open-share peer: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (18% recruiting · 39 trials)

Ovarian Cancer43.5%Anxiety40.3%Lymphoma26.7%Diabetes25.1%Diabetes Mellitus, Type (th…18%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 lists 63 open slots (18% of 351 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    63 of 351 indexed trials (17.9%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.1% average across 139 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 trials is spread across many organizations.

    Novo Nordisk A/S accounts for 48 of 351 trials (13.7%). 143 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 enrolment sits around 150 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 150 among the 349 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 142 of those (40.7%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 research is mostly interventional.

    321 interventional and 30 observational studies make up this index (91.5% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 142Phase 238Phase 374Phase 426

Open and recent trials

351 total, page 2 of 8

RECRUITING Phase 4 50 participants

Effects of Semaglutide on Intracranial Blood Flow and Brain-Barrier Permeability in Type-2 Diabetes

University of Washington

NCT05780905

RECRUITING NA 48 participants

Project Dulce for Arab Americans With Type 2 Diabetes

Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute

NCT05580536

RECRUITING NA 48 participants

Assessing the Value of Avocados on Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

NCT05958368

RECRUITING NA 45 participants

Efficacy of mHealth Apps for Health in a Low-income, Type II Diabetic, Hispanic Population

San Diego State University

NCT05279729

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Trial to Assess Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Asian Americans With Type 2 Diabetes

Joslin Diabetes Center

NCT05826678

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Efficacy of Using Mobile Health Applications for Health

San Diego State University

NCT05589155

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Pilot-Testing Real-Time Engagement for Learning to Effectively Control Type 2 Diabetes

University of Pittsburgh

NCT07270016

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Exercise and Time of Day in Type 2 Diabetes

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

NCT05108987

RECRUITING 30 participants

Improvement of Hyperglycemia/Diabetes in Patients to Improve Safety

Northwestern University

NCT06096311

RECRUITING NA 25 participants

OASIS: Peer Support for T2DM in Appalachia (Peer Coaches)

Brittany L Smalls

NCT06003634

RECRUITING NA 24 participants

Reversibility of Brain Glucose Transport in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

Yale University

NCT05776563

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

The Acute T-Rex (Timing of Resistance Exercise) Study

University of Utah

NCT06366399

RECRUITING NA 15 participants

SCS for Patient With Painful Diabetic Neuropathy and Peripheral Arterial Disease

University of Nebraska

NCT06480786

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 230,000 participants

Comparative Effectiveness of Empagliflozin in the US

Boehringer Ingelheim

NCT03363464

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 20,000 participants

Signos DM2 Empowerment Study (SIGNOS-CGM-EMPOWER-201-2022)

Signos

NCT05874635

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 10,120 participants

Weight Loss Clinical Decision Support

HealthPartners Institute

NCT05198765

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,500 participants

A Research Study to Look at How Semaglutide Compared to Placebo Affects Diabetic Eye Disease in People With Type 2 Diabetes

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT03811561

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,250 participants

Effect of Retatrutide Compared With Semaglutide in Adult Participants With Type 2 Diabetes and Inadequate Glycemic Control With Metformin With or Without SGLT2 Inhibitor (TRANSCEND-T2D-2)

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT06260722

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 1,033 participants

Study to Understand the Genetics of the Acute Response to Metformin and Glipizide in Humans

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT01762046

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,023 participants

A Research Study to See How Much CagriSema Lowers Blood Sugar and Body Weight Compared to Tirzepatide in People With Type 2 Diabetes Treated With Metformin, SGLT2 Inhibitor or Both

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT06534411

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 1,007 participants

Kaiser Permanente Evaluating Nutritional Interventions in Food-Insecure High-Risk Adults Study

Kaiser Permanente

NCT06061861

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 755 participants

A Study to Test Whether Survodutide (BI 456906) Helps People Living With Overweight or Obesity Who Also Have Diabetes to Lose Weight

Boehringer Ingelheim

NCT06066528

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 750 participants

Integrating Abbott Point-of-Care Technologies and the Community Scientist Model to Support HbA1c Testing Per ADA

Sansum Diabetes Research Institute

NCT05000840

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 512 participants

Empowering Veterans to Actively Communicate and Engage in Shared Decision Making in Medical Visits, A Randomized Controlled Trial

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT05169359

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 500 participants

Biological Sample Repository for Gastrointestinal Disorders

Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH

NCT05874726

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 473 participants

Addressing Basic Needs to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in Medicaid Beneficiaries

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT03940209

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 378 participants

Decreasing Cardiovascular Risk for Patients With Diabetes

Michigan State University

NCT04874116

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 360 participants

Glucose Monitoring Comparison in Primary Care

HealthPartners Institute

NCT05222815

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 352 participants

Promoting Successful Weight Loss in Primary Care in Louisiana Using Information Technology

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

NCT05523375

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 344 participants

Using Early Time Restricted Feeding and Timed Light Therapy to Improve Glycemic Control in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT04155619

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 320 participants

Evaluating Telementoring for CHW-centered Diabetes Initiatives

The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

NCT04835493

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 310 participants

A Shared Decision Making Intervention for Diabetes Prevention in Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

University of California, Los Angeles

NCT04897945

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 304 participants

Food Delivery, Remote Monitoring, and Coaching-Enhanced Education for Optimized Diabetes Management (FREEDOM)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT05288452

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 218 participants

Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices in Hospitalized Veterans With Diabetes

VA Office of Research and Development

NCT03508934

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 208 participants

A Family Dyad-focused Diabetes Self-Management Intervention for African American Adults

Ohio State University

NCT05905575

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Food As MedicinE for Diabetes

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT04828785

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 198 participants

The Dietary Guidelines 3 Diet Patterns Study (DG3D): Phase 2

University of South Carolina

NCT05254496

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 172 participants

The HIV, Adipose Tissue Immunology, and Metabolism Study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

NCT04451980

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 150 participants

Lowering Food Insecurity and Improving Diabetes With Financial Incentives

State University of New York at Buffalo

NCT05352022

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 142 participants

A Research Study to Investigate the Effects of CagriSema Compared to Placebo in People With Type 2 Diabetes and Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Novo Nordisk A/S

NCT06797869

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 120 participants

Diabetes Discharge Transitional CGM Study (DDT-CGM)

Intermountain Health Care

NCT04729985

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 120 participants

Glycemic Control After Antenatal Corticosteroids in Women With Pregestational and Gestational Diabetes

University of Alabama at Birmingham

NCT04542148

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Precision Diets for Diabetes Prevention

Stanford University

NCT03919877

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 100 participants

Mastering Diabetes Study

Ohio University

NCT04454957

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 4 88 participants

Surgical or Medical Treatment

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

NCT04128995

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Electronic Diabetes Tune-Up Group (eDTU) for African Americans

Indiana University

NCT06321029

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 49 participants

Study of Subcutaneously Administered ENT-03 for the Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes

Metabolics Pharma

NCT05925920

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 48 participants

Michigan Men's Diabetes Project 2

University of Michigan

NCT05370781

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 46 participants

Intestinal Metabolic Reprogramming as a Key Mechanism of Gastric Bypass in Humans

University of Pittsburgh

NCT02710370

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 40 participants

Vitamin D and Immune Mechanisms of Hypertension in Type 2 Diabetics

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT03348280

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 42
Phase 2 38
Phase 3 74
Phase 4 26

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
42 trials
Metformin Drug
17 trials
placebo Drug
11 trials
insulin degludec Drug
9 trials
insulin glargine Drug
9 trials
Semaglutide Drug
9 trials
semaglutide Drug
7 trials
metformin Drug
7 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 149 trials
Florida 107 trials
Arizona 60 trials
Alabama 56 trials
Texas 51 trials
Georgia 43 trials
Colorado 41 trials
Illinois 37 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 page

351 registered trials, 63 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

  • 63 Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
  • Novo Nordisk A/S sponsors the most Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Novo Nordisk A/S's trials
  • Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 condition card totals 351 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.