Can a phone app slash pregnancy care costs? new study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07621133
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study looks at whether using a mobile health app (called Penelope) is a cost-effective way to manage high blood pressure disorders during pregnancy. About 250 pregnant women at risk for conditions like preeclampsia will either use the app or track their health on paper. Researchers will compare total costs, including medical visits and lost work time, to see if the app saves money without harming care.
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Study facts
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- 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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166 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Finished
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Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 to 45 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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 between 18 and 45 years. Each participant will be enrolled in the study no earlier than the 20th week of pregnancy. Presence of at least one primary risk factor: * Pre-gestational hypertension. * Gestational hypertension. * Positive screening for preeclampsia. The presence of additional secondary risk factors (e.g., controlled type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity with BMI ≥ 30) may be recorded but is not sufficient on its own for inclusion in the study without meeting at least one primary criterion. Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled diabetes and/or diabetes during the last 3 months prior to enrolment in this study. * Presence of a gynaecological disease that increases the risk of pregnancy complications, except for those conditions specifically listed in the inclusion criteria (e.g., chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, pre-gestational hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, or morbid obesity). * Participant with active malignant disease. * Participant with alcohol or drug abuse during the recruitment and during the trial course. * Participant enrolled in another clinical trial during the last 3 months prior to enrolling in this study. * Participants who, in the opinion of the study physician, may interfere with optimal participation in the study or may pose a risk to the participant. * Characteristics indicating a poor understanding of the study or characteristics that indicate the participant may have poor compliance with the study protocol. * Participants with severe or uncontrolled depression, which in the opinion of the study physician could influence participant's participation in the study; participants with stable depression and/or on a stable dose of an anti-depressant for at least three months may be included.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Sumperk
Šumperk, Czechia
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