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Pilot-Testing Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Youth With Type 2 Diabetes by Addressing Health-Related Social Needs

Optimizing Navigation for Wellness And Resources Utilization in Youth With Type 2 Diabetes

Who can join

Ages 13 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Adolescent-Caregiver Dyads will be recruited together.

Adolescent Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 13 to 22 years old
* known diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
* followed clinically at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
* able to provide assent/consent

Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:

* Adult (18 years or older) identifying as a primary caretaker of an adolescent or young adult with type 2 diabetes
* Has an adolescent/young adult who agrees to participate in the study
* able to provide consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to complete study questionnaires in English

About the study

The goal of this clinical trial is to pilot test different strategies to address health related social needs (HRSN) experienced by adolescent and young adult patients with type 2 diabetes and their families. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* How feasible are the strategies? * How acceptable are the strategies? * How reliably and consistently can the strategies be implemented?

Participants will:

Attend regularly scheduled diabetes clinic visits. Complete surveys and interviews. Be connected to community resources and organizations to help address HRSN.

What is being tested

• Tailored Resources (behavioral)
• Universal Empowerment (behavioral)
• Text Messages (behavioral)
• Community Health Workers (CHW) (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Participants: 104 · Started: Apr 21, 2026

Contact the study team

• Mary Ellen Vajravelu, MD MSHP · Phone: 412-692-6533

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07216118

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.