Can a smartphone app stop a second stroke?

NCT ID NCT06783049

Recruiting now Disease control Sponsor: Beijing Tiantan Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a smart management system that uses a WeChat app and home devices like blood pressure monitors to help people who have had a stroke or mini-stroke avoid another one. About 4,490 participants will either get usual care or use the system after leaving the hospital. Researchers will check if the system reduces deaths, strokes, and other heart problems over one year.

What this could mean

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

Active substance: Cerebrovascular Disease Secondary Prevention Smart Management System (a WeChat-based applet with IoT devices like blood pressure monitors and glucose meters)
What this could lead to: If it works, this could provide an effective, low-cost way to help people avoid a second stroke or heart attack by better managing their health at home.
What could go wrong: This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug, so results depend heavily on patient engagement. The trial is still recruiting, and success is not guaranteed.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

ischemic stroke transient ischemic attack

As listed by the trial registrant

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

ISCHEMIC STROKE TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA)

Contacts and locations

Locations

Beijing Tiantan Hospital
RECRUITING

Beijing, 100070, China
Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Shihezi, Xinjiang, China

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