Tiny kentucky study tests new way to help stroke patients stick to meds
NCT ID NCT07084051
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study tested a program to help stroke survivors in rural Kentucky take their blood pressure medications as prescribed. Four participants received one-on-one education and tailored sessions from a pharmacy technician and community health worker. The goal was to see if this approach was feasible and could improve medication adherence.
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 this approach works, it could point toward a practical way to help stroke survivors manage their medications and improve blood pressure control.
- What could go wrong
- This was a very small, early feasibility study with only 4 participants, so results may not apply to larger groups. The intervention may not work in other settings.
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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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4 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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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30 to 90 years
- 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: * Adult patients with history of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in the past 2 years * residing in a rural county in Kentucky Exclusion Criteria: * significant aphasia * cognitive impairment * a terminal illness * other neurologic deficits that would impede from providing informed consent or meaningfully participate in the one-to-one sessions. * a prior aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and or aneurysm, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, vasculitis, blood clotting disorder due to genetic causes * if the patient does not take any secondary preventative medications
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, 40356, United States
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