Could a simple clinic Check-In change catch hidden high blood pressure and diabetes?
NCT ID NCT06406192
First seen Jul 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether improving how clinics measure and record blood pressure, height, and weight can help identify people with undiagnosed hypertension or diabetes. About 800 adults visiting family medicine clinics will be part of a study where some clinics use the FOR-Care model—with nurse assistance, better equipment access, and reminders—while others continue usual care. The goal is to see if this simple change boosts detection of these common chronic conditions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- FOR-Care model: improved measurement and recording of blood pressure, height, and weight in outpatient clinics
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this simple change in clinic routines could help catch more cases of high blood pressure and diabetes early, improving preventive care.
- What could go wrong
- The trial tests a process change, not a new drug, so the impact may be modest. Results depend on clinic staff and patient participation, and may not apply to other settings.
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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 800 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
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 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Cluster-level inclusion criteria: * clinic sessions with at least 15 patients, but fewer than 40 patients Cluster-level exclusion criteria: * travel, hospice, vaccination, or health examination clinics * special-appointed clinics Patient-level exclusion criteria * patients aged less than 18 * patients with active catastrophic illness or terminal malignancies * patients with major adverse cardiac events within 3 months before the index dates
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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