New program aims to help vulnerable surgery patients recover faster
NCT ID NCT06356558
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a program called VISACT that uses visual aids, provider coaching, and organizational training to help surgery patients with low health literacy. The goal is to improve recovery and reduce complications. The study will enroll 1050 patients and providers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Educational intervention (VISACT) - visual aids, provider coaching, and organizational training delivered via an interactive platform
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that adapting recovery programs for low health literacy patients improves outcomes and reduces hospital stays.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot trial, not yet recruiting. The intervention is educational, not a drug, so its impact may be modest and hard to measure.
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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 1,050 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients \>= 18 years of age undergoing surgery under an enhanced recovery program (ERPs) * Adult caregivers/providers, organizational leaders, \>= 18 years of age with direct or indirect involvement with ERP implementation * All genders * All race/ethnicities * Able to consent * English-speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Child (\<18 years of age) * Patients undergoing operations not included under ERPs * Participants unable to consent for the study * Participants whose mental state excludes them from being able to understand contents of the informed consent form and/or patients whose family members or patient representative do not wish for them to participate in the study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
RECRUITINGBirmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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