Heart risk after pregnancy: coaching plus monitoring shows promise
NCT ID NCT07457970
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding a 10-week health coaching program from a community health worker to remote blood pressure monitoring helps women who had high blood pressure during pregnancy. 240 women will be followed for 6 months after delivery. The goal is to see if the combined approach improves blood pressure control, heart health, and well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- community health worker coaching plus remote blood pressure monitoring
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to help women manage their blood pressure after pregnancy and reduce future heart disease risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage behavioral study. The results may not apply to all women, and the coaching program may not produce lasting changes in blood pressure or heart health.
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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 240 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2029
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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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * 28 weeks gestation * A current hypertensive disorders in pregnancy or chronic hypertension * Singletons * Access to phone * Plan to deliver at Prisma Health-Midlands Hospital. Exclusion Criteria: * Multiples * Fetal anomaly * Don't speak English * Already delivered a baby greater than 14 days ago.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of South Carolina
RECRUITINGColumbia, South Carolina, 29208, United States
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