Can a phone app help lower your cholesterol? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07478887
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a digital health program called Corrie Lipids in about 1,000 adults with high LDL cholesterol and heart disease risk. The program includes a smartphone app for tracking cholesterol, medication reminders, and education, plus training for doctors to improve cholesterol management. Researchers want to see if the program helps more people reach their LDL cholesterol goals and if it's practical to use in real clinics.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Corrie Lipids Digital Health Program (smartphone app and clinician education)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a practical, scalable way to help more people manage their cholesterol and reduce heart disease risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage implementation study, not a drug trial. Success depends on people actually using the app and clinicians adopting it, which may not happen consistently.
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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 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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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: * Age ≥18 years * Uncontrolled LDL-C per AHA/ACC guidelines * At least 1 major cardiovascular risk factor, including: high risk for ASCVD (individuals who meet criteria for Lipid-Lowering Therapy (LLT) based on ASCVD risk assessment using the most up-to-date guidelines), known ASCVD or subclinical ASCVD based on imaging, clinically diagnosed familial hypercholesterolemia or LDL-C ≥190 mg/dL, diabetes mellitus, history of statin-associated side effects * Has a primary care physician and/or cardiologist who can prescribe lipid therapy * Owns a smartphone and agrees to the End User License Agreement to use the digital health app * Provided informed consent before initiation of study-specific activities Exclusion Criteria: * Motor, cognitive, auditory, or visual impairment limiting technology use * Does not speak English * Malignancy (except nonmelanoma skin cancers or cervical or breast ductal carcinoma in situ within the previous 5 years) * Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test, highly sensitive urine or serum), plan to become pregnant or donate eggs, breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed * Likely to not be available to comply with all required study procedures to the best of the patient's and investigator's knowledge * History or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition, or disease that, in the opinion of the investigator, would pose a risk to patient safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures, or completion
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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