New app aims to keep seniors with chronic illnesses safe after hospital discharge
NCT ID NCT06051058
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is testing a smartphone app designed to help older adults (55+) with conditions like heart failure, diabetes, and kidney disease manage their health after leaving the hospital. The app provides fall prevention tips, a personalized care plan, and a way to track symptoms and questions for doctors. Researchers will measure whether using the app reduces hospital readmissions and other problems after discharge.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 798 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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55 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 (55+) with a Brigham PCP or appointment in one of the 15 locations discharging from a BWH general medicine unit * Discharging to home, home health care service or assisted living * Fluent in spoken English in patient or healthcare proxy * Patients with at least one of the conditions listed below + one additional chronic condition on the problem list. * Patient with heart failure on the problem list * Patient with type 2 diabetes on the problem list * Patient with chronic kidney disease on the problem list Exclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (55+) with Westwood, Pembroke, or Transition Clinic PCP admitted to ICU, OBGYN, Surgical, Cardiology, Oncology, Orthopedics, or other Specialty Unit * Pregnant * Prisoner, institutionalized individual or in police custody * Discharge planned within 3 hours of screening * Patient too ill to participate or with active psychosis/serious mental illness, delirium, or severe dementia * Not fluent in spoken English in patient and health proxy * Unlikely to be discharged to home * Lacks a device capable of accessing the app * Lack of a working telephone for 30-day follow-up
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02120, United States
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