Phone apps may cut heart risk after pregnancy blood pressure problems
NCT ID NCT06523569
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether using a smartphone app and a home blood pressure monitor can help prevent heart disease in women who had high blood pressure during pregnancy. 120 women who gave birth at Northwestern Memorial Hospital will use these digital tools for 12 months after delivery. Researchers will track their blood pressure, weight, and heart function to see if the approach works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- digital blood pressure monitoring system and mobile health application
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that simple digital tools help reduce heart disease risk in women after pregnancy complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with no control group, so results may not be conclusive. The intervention relies on participants consistently using the apps and devices.
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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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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 to 99 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: * Delivery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Prentice Women's Hospital) * Live birth at any gestational age * Pregnancy complicated by new-onset HDP (pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, or gestational hypertension) Exclusion Criteria: * HELLP syndrome * History of chronic diseases pre-pregnancy (hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic renal disease) * Current Omron remote patient monitoring or Noom user * BMI\<18.5 kg/m2 at enrollment * Inadequate gestational weight gain or gestational weight loss
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Northwestern University, Dept. of Cardiology
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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