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Texting your way to a healthier heart after a heart attack
NCT ID NCT07331415
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether monthly text messages with heart-health tips could help people who had a heart attack better control their risk factors and avoid future heart problems. 370 participants received either usual care or usual care plus text messages for one year. The goal was to see if the texts reduced events like another heart attack or stroke.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- text messaging
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to help heart attack survivors stick to healthy habits and lower their risk of another event.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial with 370 participants, so results are available but may not apply to everyone. Text messages alone may not be enough to change long-term behavior or prevent all complications.
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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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370 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2019
- Finished
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Mar 2023
- 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: * Patients discharged with ACS and without ST elevation. * Informed consent signed. Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal to participate in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Universitario de Cabueñes
Cabueñes, Spain
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