Can a smarter team catch missed diagnoses? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT05735314
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a new team-based approach can help primary care doctors diagnose anemia and decreased kidney function more accurately and quickly. The approach includes automated tracking of abnormal test results, adding care partners to guide follow-up, and using nurse navigators to involve patients. About 450 patients and their doctors across 13 clinics will take part, with some clinics using the new approach and others continuing usual care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Enhanced diagnostic team process using automated test tracking, care partners, and nurse navigators
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to safer, faster, and more accurate diagnoses for common conditions like anemia and kidney problems in primary care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage implementation study, not a drug trial. Results may vary across clinics and may not be widely adopted due to cost or workflow challenges.
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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 450 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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.
Primary care providers' inclusion criteria: * physicians, physicians assistants and advanced practice registered nurses in the 13 clinic locations of UTP are eligible if they care for patients at the time patient enrollment at their clinic begins * agree to participate. Patients' inclusion criteria are: * hemoglobin result \< 10.8 for females and \< 12.5 for males with normal white cell count and platelet count (the prior hemoglobin results must have been in normal range, with a look-back period of two years) * an eGFR value \< 60 (the prior eGFR results must have been in normal range, with a look-back range of two years) * the matching creatinine results must also be in normal range * not pregnant * speak English or Spanish.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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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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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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