Listening to patients: a study asks how to make heart failure care fairer
NCT ID NCT07730827
First seen Jul 28, 2026 · Last updated Jul 29, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study explores barriers to heart failure self-care and care transitions for adults facing social challenges. Researchers will interview patients, caregivers, and community health workers to identify what gets in the way of good care. The goal is to use these insights to design more equitable support within primary care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward better, more equitable heart failure care strategies for underserved patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage interview study that gathers opinions, not a treatment trial. Findings may not apply broadly.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
About 75 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
-
Jul 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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.
Who is studied
The study population will include adults with congestive heart failure (CHF) who receive primary care at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and have evidence of adverse social determinants of health, elevated health care utilization, or other medical or social complexity relevant to CHF self-care and transitions-of-care support. Eligible patients may nominate adult caregivers or family members to participate when their perspective is relevant to the patient's CHF care experience. The study will also include adult Community Health Workers, chronic disease nurse care coordinators, education specialists, clinicians, and other clinical or operational stakeholders with roles relevant to CHF care, transitions of care, social needs, patient education, or CHW workflows.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Patients living with congestive heart failure (CHF): * Age 18 years or older. * Diagnosis or clinical documentation of CHF or heart failure in the Mayo Clinic medical record. * Empaneled in Mayo Clinic, Rochester, primary care * Evidence in the EHR of one or more adverse SDoH, elevated utilization, medical/social complexity. * Able to provide informed consent. * Able to participate in study procedures. Caregivers: * Age 18 years or older. * Caregiver with relevant lived, caregiving, or community experience related to CHF, and nominated by the patient. * Able to provide informed consent * Able to participate in study procedures. Community health worker and care-team stakeholders: * Age 18 years or older. * Current or recent role relevant to CHF care, transitions of care, SDoH, patient education, or CHW workflows. * Able to provide informed consent * Able to participate in study procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Under age 18 years. * Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Congestive heart failure are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Mayo Clinic
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Which SGLT2 inhibitor wins? trial pits empagliflozin against dapagliflozin
- Can daily mindful breathing ease heart failure symptoms?
- Can a smartphone app keep heart failure patients out of the hospital?
- Can better training get doctors to talk about what matters most to dying veterans?
- Can AI read heart ultrasounds as well as trained sonographers?
- Can modern heart failure drugs reverse damage in three months?