Prevention of Diabetes Using Mobile-enabled, Virtual Delivery of the National Diabetes Prevention (DPP) Program: a Randomized Trial

There were 84.1 million people with pre-diabetes, 30.3 million people with diagnosed and 7.2 million with undiagnosed diabetes in the United States in 2015, and nearly 2 million are diagnosed with it every year. By 2050, the CDC estimates that 1 in every 3 people globally will have diabetes, a leading cause of death and disability.

The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the Noom Coach Diabetes Prevention Program mobile platform versus usual medical care. The best intervention to date for prediabetes is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Diabetes Prevention Program, yet there is limited research investigating a mobile-based delivery of the DPP. Pre-diabetes is often discovered during routine medical visitation/annual screening (usual care), but face-to-face time with clinicians is often limited. Exploring novel ways, such as mHealth interventions to empower patients to pursue lifestyle change and prevent or delay diabetes onset is critical to addressing the growing diabetes epidemic.