VA tests if nudging pharmacists boosts heart failure care

NCT ID NCT07460219

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Stanford University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Summary

This study looks at whether giving pharmacists extra education plus monthly feedback on their performance helps them adjust heart failure medications more often than just education alone. About 400 pharmacists across 22 VA sites will take part. The goal is to see if simple changes in how information is shared can improve care for veterans with heart failure.

What this could mean

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

Active substance: Education and feedback messages
What this could lead to: If successful, this could show a simple way to get more veterans the right heart failure medications through pharmacist-led care.
What could go wrong: This is a quality improvement project, not a treatment trial. It tests how to change pharmacist behavior, not whether a drug works. Results may not apply outside the VA system.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

heart failure

As listed by the trial registrant

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

HEART FAILURE PHARMACOTHERAPY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Contacts and locations

Locations

Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

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