Phone-Based health coaches take on high blood pressure in major new trial

NCT ID NCT07461415

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether coaching and support from community health workers, delivered by phone or video, can help people with dangerously high blood pressure avoid serious heart problems. Over 3,600 adults who came to the emergency room with very high blood pressure will be randomly assigned to either receive this coaching or to usual care. The goal is to see if the coaching group has fewer heart attacks, strokes, and heart failure hospitalizations over time.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

behavioral intervention: coaching and navigation by community health workers via telehealth

What this could lead to

If successful, this could provide an effective, scalable way to help people with severe hypertension lower their risk of heart attacks and strokes.

What could go wrong

This is a behavioral intervention, so results depend on participant engagement. The trial is large but still early in testing this specific approach.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

hypertensive disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

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Locations

  • Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH)

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    Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

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  • Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus (DUHS)

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    Karachi, Pakistan

  • Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC)

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    Karachi, Pakistan

  • Sindh Institute of Emergency and Health Sciences (SIEHS)

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    Karachi, Pakistan

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