Can doctor report cards boost care for millions with hypertension and diabetes?
NCT ID NCT07542587
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether giving primary care doctors detailed feedback on how well they follow treatment guidelines can improve care for patients with high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Researchers will enroll 324 healthcare providers in Nepal, Mozambique, Tanzania, and China. Half will receive the feedback intervention, and half will not. The study uses 'secret shoppers' (trained actors) to measure how well doctors diagnose and treat these conditions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- audit and feedback (a process where healthcare providers receive structured reports on their performance against guidelines)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show a simple, low-cost way to improve how primary care doctors manage hypertension and diabetes in developing countries.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage implementation study, not a drug trial. The effect may be small or vary across countries, and it does not directly test a new treatment for patients.
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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 324 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * In Mozambique, the inclusion criteria are nurses, general medicine technicians, and physicians in PHC facilities. * In Zanzibar, Tanzania, the inclusion criteria are clinical officers, nurses, and other healthcare providers involved in consultation, examination, diagnosis, and treatment in PHC facilities. * In Nepal, the inclusion criteria are medical officers, health assistants, and senior auxiliary health workers in PHC facilities. * In China, the inclusion criteria of PHC facilities are primary and secondary hospitals, community health centers (stations) and clinics, as well as township health centers and village health clinics; and the inclusion criteria of research participants are practicing (assistant) physicians and rural physicians working in healthcare facilities that meet the above criteria, with a scope of practice only including general practice and internal medicine. Exclusion Criteria: * In Mozambique, the exclusion criteria are healthcare providers from other departments, such as tuberculosis, malaria, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or emergency services, as well as students currently on internship. * In Nepal, the exclusion criteria are interns or students present during the visit.
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Conditions
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