Can adding nurses to primary care boost quality of life?
NCT ID NCT07784153
First seen Aug 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether adding advanced practice nurses (APNs) to usual primary care improves quality of life for adults with stable chronic conditions. Participants are randomly assigned to receive care from a general practitioner alone or a coordinated GP-plus-APN pathway. The main goal is to measure changes in physical quality of life after 12 months, with secondary focus on hospitalizations and emergency visits.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A coordinated care pathway involving advanced practice nurses (APNs) working alongside general practitioners (GPs)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could improve quality of life for people with chronic conditions and ease pressure on primary care systems.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is pragmatic and may face variability in how the pathway is implemented. Results may not generalize beyond the French primary care setting.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 880 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2028
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2032
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 110 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years old or older patients, * patients with a stable chronic condition falling under the indications defined by the french decree of July 18, 2018, * patients under the care of a general practitioner (GP), * patients who have signed an informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * patients with cognitive impairments that compromise their ability to participate in the study, * patients who require exclusively medical care without the possibility of coordination, * patients already receiving care in a setting that includes a primary care nurse; * pregnant women; * patients with no legal capacity.
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