New tool aims to help doctors prescribe better heart meds during phone and video visits
NCT ID NCT06847906
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a redesigned clinical decision support tool for heart failure patients during virtual visits. The tool gives doctors medication recommendations and tips for patients to upload their vitals at home. Researchers will compare it to the usual tool in a small pilot with 20 clinicians to see if it leads to more appropriate prescriptions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- clinical decision support tool
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this tool could help doctors prescribe better heart failure medications during virtual visits, potentially improving care for patients who rely on phone or video appointments.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 20 clinicians, so results may not apply broadly. The tool may not actually change prescribing habits or improve patient outcomes.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
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
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: * The study subjects are potential users of the CDS, specifically clinicians with prescribing privileges who practice at one of the health system's (UCHealth) outpatient cardiology clinics. Because we are observing their prescribing behaviors in a virtual care setting (phone or video), we are also evaluating patient characteristics which could influence their prescribing decisions. Exclusion Criteria: * Clinicians who do not practice in a UCHealth cardiology clinic.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UCHealth Primary Care and Cardiology Outpatient Clinics
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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