Texting your way to a healthier heart: study tests digital nudges after stent
NCT ID NCT03871907
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether sending personalized text messages about lifestyle changes could improve heart health in 700 people who had a stent placed for coronary artery disease. Half received 4 texts per week for 24 weeks, while the other half got standard care. Researchers measured cholesterol, blood pressure, and other risk factors to see if digital reminders make a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Lifestyle-Focused Text Messaging
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to help heart patients manage their risk factors after a stent procedure.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study, but the intervention is just text messages—lifestyle changes are hard to sustain. Results may not apply to all heart patients.
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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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700 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2019
- Finished
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Dec 2021
- 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 to 75 years
- 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: * Patients with coronary artery disease at the age of 18 to 75 years who are planning PCI for hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe comorbidities (malignant tumors, severe lung diseases, marked cognitive impairment). * Severe CHF (EF LV \<35% or functional class of heart failure III-IV NYHA). * Severe valvular heart disease or Prosthetic heart valves. * Severe diseases of the musculoskeletal system. * The patient's reluctance to participate in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tyumen Cardiology Research Center, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Science
Tyumen, 625026, Russia
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