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A digital coach for the heart: app aims to keep risk factors in check after a heart attack

NCT ID NCT07720349

Disease control Sponsor: Oslo University Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jul 22, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This trial tests whether a smartphone app called HeartCheck can help people who have recently survived a heart attack better manage their blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, and smoking habits. The app provides education, reminders, and easy-to-understand goals to support medication adherence and lifestyle changes. Researchers will compare outcomes between app users and those receiving standard follow-up care.

What this could mean

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

Active substance
a smartphone app called HeartCheck that provides education, reminders, and goal tracking for heart attack survivors
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a simple, scalable way to help heart attack survivors keep their blood pressure, cholesterol, and other risk factors under control.
What could go wrong
This is a single-center trial testing a new app, so results may not apply broadly. Success depends on patients actually using the app consistently.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 630 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Apr 2026

Expected to finish

Dec 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * \>18 years of age * survived a recent (\<30 days) AMI and/or PCI * access to a smartphone or tablet * signed written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * patient does not understand Norwegian * patient is unable to comply with the study procedures due to severe comorbidities or high age

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

acute myocardial infarction coronary artery disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Coronary artery disease

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Oslo University Hospital Ullevål

    RECRUITING

    Oslo, Norway

  • Sørlandet Hospital Arendal

    RECRUITING

    Arendal, Norway

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