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CompletedNCT05569876HypoVoiceUpdated Mar 10, 2023

The HypoVoice Study

An interventional study of Controlled hypoglycemic state in Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia, sponsored by Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-10.

Sponsored by Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
7
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The HypoVoice study aims at identifying potential vocal biomarkers associated with hypoglycemia to pave the way towards a voice-based hypoglycemia detection approach.

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While hypoglycemia has been widely studied in medical research, studies assessing vocal changes associated with this state are limited. This study aims at collecting a data set labelled with the gold standard (blood glucose) to provide a solid basis for the identification of vocal biomarkers using machine learning. Additionally, physiological data are collected using wearable sensors to assess whether additional integration of vital signs (e.g. heart rate) enhances the performance of hypoglycemia detection.

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Conditions studied

  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Hypoglycemia

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Keywords

  • Hypoglycemia
  • Voice
  • Speech
  • Detection
  • Artificial intelligence (AI)
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In context

Hypoglycemia

640 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypoglycemia; 86 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 7 is below the median of 29 across 471 interventional studies indexed under Hypoglycemia.

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Lead sponsor

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern is the lead sponsor of 724 studies on the registry; 177 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Written informed consent
  • Type 1 Diabetes mellitus as defined by WHO for at least 6 months
  • Aged 18 - 60 years
  • HbA1c ≤9.0 %
  • Functional insulin treatment with good knowledge of insulin self-management
  • Native language German or Swiss German
  • Use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) or flash glucose monitoring (FGM)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Incapacity to give informed consent
  • Contraindications to insulin aspart (NovoRapid®)
  • Total daily insulin dose >2 IU/kg/day
  • Pregnancy, breast-feeding or lack of safe contraception
  • Active heart, lung, liver, gastrointestinal, renal or psychiatric disease
  • Pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
  • Epilepsy or history of seizure
  • Chronic neurological or ear-nose-and-throat (ENT) disease influencing voice or history of voice disorder
  • Illiteracy or dyslexia
  • Active smoking
  • Active drug or alcohol abuse
  • Medication known to interfere with voice or to induce listlessness (e.g. opioids, benzodiazepines, etc.)
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
7 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Controlled hypoglycemic state

    Other: Controlled hypoglycemic state

Interventions

  • OtherControlled hypoglycemic state

    Voice sampling is performed in different glycemic states (euglycemia and hypoglycemia).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Diagnostic accuracy of the HypoVoice approach to detect hypoglycemia based on voice data quantified as area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC)

    Voice data will be collected in eu- and hypoglycemia

    Time frame: 4 hours

Secondary outcomes

  1. Diagnostic accuracy of the HypoVoice approach to detect hypoglycemia based on voice and physiological data quantified as area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC)

    Voice and physiological data will be collected in eu- and hypoglycemia

    Time frame: 4 hours

  2. Voice parameters indicative of hypoglycemia

    Explainable AI methods will be used to identify voice parameters indicative of hypoglycemia

    Time frame: 4 hours

  3. Physiological parameters indicative of hypoglycemia

    Explainable AI methods will be used to identify physiological parameters indicative of hypoglycemia

    Time frame: 4 hours

Other outcomes

  1. Change in hypoglycemic symptoms across the glycemic trajectory

    Hypoglycemic symptoms will be assessed using the Edinburgh Hypoglycemia Scale (higher score means more symptoms).

    Time frame: 4 hours

  2. Change in cognitive performance across the glycemic trajectory.

    Cognitive performance will be assessed using the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (higher score means better cognitive performance).

    Time frame: 4 hours

  3. Change in cognitive performance across the glycemic trajectory.

    Cognitive performance will be assessed using the Trail Making B Test (more time needed to complete the tests means worse cognitive performance).

    Time frame: 4 hours

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism
    Bern, Switzerland
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 10, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05569876
Lead sponsor
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Collaborators
Idiap Research Institute, CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA, Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 6, 2022
Start date
Nov 11, 2022
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2023
Completion
Jan 31, 2023
Last update
Mar 10, 2023

Study contacts

Christoph Stettler, Prof. MD
principal investigator · Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism, Bern, Switzerland

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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