Grandparents' heart health boosted in new study
NCT ID NCT07083895
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to help grandparents who are raising their grandchildren full-time improve their heart health. Researchers will test a program that teaches healthy eating and physical activity. About 70 grandparents in Oregon will take part, and the study will check if the program is easy to use and if it helps lower heart disease risks.
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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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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.
Grandparent (inclusion): * Provides full-time care to at least one grandchild (\< 18 years old) for at least 6 months, with no biological parent residing in the household or providing substantial care to the children * Lives in Oregon * Has English proficiency sufficient for informed consent and completion of study measures * Provides signed informed consent Grandparent (exclusion) * Plans for transfer of care to other caregivers or setting for the next 12 months * Has significant physical or emotional impairment, or psychiatric illness that might interfere with engagement in their own self-management or that is likely to result in their needing a caregiver in the next 12 months * Chronic drug abuse * Current active cancer (i.e., undergoing active treatment for cancer) other than isolated skin cancer
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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