Learning to navigate health info may boost metabolic health
NCT ID NCT07051733
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests a 6-week program designed to improve health information literacy in 30 adults with metabolic syndrome. Participants learn skills like managing medications, self-monitoring, and diet/exercise. Researchers will measure changes in literacy and health markers like weight, blood pressure, and blood sugar.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Health Information Literacy Enhancement Program (behavioural intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could help people with metabolic syndrome better manage their health by improving their ability to find and use health information.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small feasibility study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program is behavioral and may not lead to significant health improvements.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2025
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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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years old * Patients diagnosed with metabolic syndrome (meeting ≥3 criteria): * Waist circumference ≥ 90 cm (men) / ≥ 85 cm (women) * Fasting glucose ≥ 6.1 mmol/L or OGTT 2h-glucose ≥ 7.8 mmol/L and/or diabetes treatment * Blood pressure ≥ 130/85 mmHg and/or hypertension treatment * Fasting triglycerides (TG) ≥ 1.70 mmol/L * Fasting HDL-C \< 1.04 mmol/L * Individuals with ≥1 metabolic abnormality not meeting full metabolic syndrome criteria * Cognitively aware with literacy skills and voluntary participation Exclusion Criteria: * Severe hepatic/renal dysfunction, cancer, or life-threatening diseases * Mental disorders, visual/hearing impairments, or intellectual disabilities
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Conditions
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Li Yuan Community Health Service Center in Tongzhou District, Beijing
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 101121, China
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