Can a phone app help stroke patients recover? new trial aims to find out

NCT ID NCT07511868

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a smartphone app called StrokeApp designed to support people after a stroke or mini-stroke. The app provides educational content, medication reminders, and tools to track health. Researchers will compare quality of life and other health measures between 500 patients who use the app plus standard care versus those who receive standard care alone.

What this could mean

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

Active substance

StrokeApp (smartphone/tablet-based medical application)

What this could lead to

If it works, this could provide an effective, low-cost digital tool to help stroke survivors improve their quality of life and better manage their health after leaving the hospital.

What could go wrong

This is a relatively early-stage trial testing a behavioral intervention, not a drug. The app's benefits may be small or not last long, and results depend on patients actually using it consistently.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Alzheimer disease hemorrhagic stroke ischemic stroke transient ischemic attack

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

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  • Johannes Kepler University Linz, University Hospital for Neurology

    Linz, Upper Austria, 4021, Austria

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  • Medical University of Graz, Clinical Department of General Neurology

    Graz, Styria, 8010, Austria

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  • Medical University of Innsbruck, Department of Neurology

    Innsbruck, Tyrol, 6020, Austria

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  • Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum, Department of Neurology

    Steyr, Upper Austria, 4400, Austria

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  • Salzkammergut Klinikum Vöcklabruck, Department of Neurology

    Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria, 4840, Austria

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  • St. John's Hospital, Vienna Department of Neurology

    Vienna, State of Vienna, 1020, Austria

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  • University Hospital Tulln, Clinical Department of Neurology

    Tulln, Lower Austria, 3430, Austria