New study aims to find hidden heart disease in families
NCT ID NCT05750667
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests two new ways to help people with familial hypercholesterolemia (a genetic high cholesterol condition) get their family members screened. About 800 adults from Penn Medicine will be assigned to receive automated reminders, a patient navigator, or usual care. The goal is to see which approach finds more undiagnosed relatives and improves health equity.
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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 800 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Feb 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
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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 (probands): * Adults aged 18 years and older with clinically diagnosed FH who are treated within the Penn Medicine system * Have contact information for at least one living, first-degree biological relative * Have a cell phone with texting capabilities and/or access to email Exclusion Criteria (probands): * People under age 18 * Do not have contact information for at least one living, first-degree biological relative * Do not have a cell phone with texting capabilities nor access to email
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Conditions
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The places running it
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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