Digital nudge letters boost kidney care in massive danish trial
NCT ID NCT06300086
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether sending digital letters to patients with chronic kidney disease and their family doctors could increase the use of recommended medications. Over 28,000 adults in Denmark took part. The goal was to see if simple reminders through the official government email system could improve treatment rates.
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Study facts
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- 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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28,388 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion criteria 1. Age +18 years 2. Diagnosis of CKD defined as at least one hospital encounter with the following ICD-10 codes in the primary diagnostic positions within ≤ 5 years: N18- N19, I12, E102, E112, E132, E142. Exclusion criteria For patient-level intervention comparisons: 1\) Exemption from the official, mandatory Danish electronic mailbox system. For general practice-level intervention comparisons: 1. Individuals on a patient list of general practice clinics run by Danish administrative Regions. 2. Individuals not on a patient list of a general practice.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Center for Translational Cardiology and Pragmatic Randomized Trials, Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte
Hellerup, Capital Region, 2900, Denmark
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