New digital coaching aims to keep heart failure patients out of hospital
NCT ID NCT07580508
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a four-month digital program designed to help people with chronic heart failure take their medications as prescribed. The program includes personalized planning, motivational counseling, and symptom tracking. Researchers will enroll 870 adults in Pakistan who have trouble sticking to their heart failure medicines, and measure whether the program improves medication adherence and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- digital behavioural intervention (autonomy-competence program)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a low-cost, scalable way to help heart failure patients stick to their medications, potentially reducing hospital stays and improving daily life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial in a single country (Pakistan), so results may not apply elsewhere. The intervention is behavioural, not a drug, so its effects may be modest and depend on patient engagement.
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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 870 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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.
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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: * Age ≥18 years * Diagnosed heart failure for at least 6 months * Prescribed ≥2 heart failure medications * Documented medication non-adherence * Able to provide informed consent * Access to a smartphone Exclusion Criteria: * Severe psychiatric illness * Terminal illness * Severe cognitive impairment * End-stage renal disease * Participation in another intervention trial
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Civil Hospital Karachi, Dr. Ruth K. M. Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi
Karachi, 74600, Pakistan
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