Can a simple resource list boost heart health in rural communities?
NCT ID NCT06264726
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a tool called HealtheRx, which gives African American patients in rural North Carolina a personalized list of local resources for food, housing, transportation, and more. The goal was to see if this information helps patients feel more confident finding and using community resources to manage their heart health. Over 300 participants received the HealtheRx and could also talk to a community resource navigator for extra support.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- HealtheRx (personalized list of community resources)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that connecting patients with local resources like food and housing support improves their confidence and heart health.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, single-arm study with no comparison group, so results may not be due to the intervention alone. It also only measured confidence, not actual health outcomes.
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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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308 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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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2 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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: * patient * African American * age 2 or older * Have at least one cardiometabolic condition: * Overweight (BMI greater than or equal to 25 kg/m\^2); * Obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m\^2); * ICD-9 or 10 diagnostic code for overweight or obesity * Adult prehypertension (SBP 120 to 129 and DBP greater than 80 mmHg); * Adult hypertension (SBP greater than or equal to130 or DBP = 80 mmHg); * Pediatric Prehypertension (SBP or DBP greater than or equal to 90th but \<95th percentile) * Pediatric Hypertension (SBP or DBP greater than or equal to 95th percentile); * ICD-9 or 10 diagnostic code for hypertension * Adult and Pediatric Prediabetes (Fasting glucose 100-125 mg/dL or OGTT 140-199 mg/dL) * Adult and Pediatric Diabetes (FPG greater than or equal to126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L) or OGTT greater than or equal to 200 mg/dL (11.1mmol/L) or HgbA1C greater than or equal to 6.5); * ICD-9 or 10 diagnostic code for diabetes, pre-diabetes or elevated glucose, or gestational diabetes; * Adult and Pediatric Total cholesterol (\>200mg/dL; LDL \>130mg/dL; HDL \< 35 mg/dL; TG greater than or equal to150mg/dL); * ICD-9 or 10 diagnostic code for hyperlipidemia Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to read, speak or understand English * Unable to receive text message or email communications * Living in the same household as someone already enrolled in the CRx-CVD study * Adults with limited life expectancy (e.g., advanced cancer, end stage liver disease, hospice) * Adults receiving treatment for cancer * Adults living in skilled nursing facilities * Dementia/other significant cognitive impairment
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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OIC Family Medical Center - Fairview
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 27801, United States
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OIC Family Medical Center - Happy Hill
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 27804, United States
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