New program aims to slash repeat hospital visits for heart and kidney patients
NCT ID NCT07280325
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program called Moxie that sends weekly mail and a mobile app to help people with chronic heart, kidney, or diabetes conditions manage their health after a hospital stay. The goal is to see if it reduces the chance of going back to the hospital. About 9000 adults in Alberta will take part, and some will also get letters to share with their doctors and pharmacists.
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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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About 9,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
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- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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40 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: Eligible participants will be adults aged 40-85 years who are being discharged to their home from general internal medicine or family medicine inpatient services (hospitalist) in one of 10 Alberta acute care facilities, whose admitting diagnosis was diabetes, coronary artery disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, or hypertension (see appendix for list of inclusion diagnoses). Exclusion Criteria: Individuals who live at the same address/household as a person who is already in the study and/or those discharged from hospitals to continuing care facilities, rehabilitation facilities or another hospital will not be eligible to take part in the study. Individuals whose goals of care at the time of discharge from acute care were oriented towards comfort (i.e. C1 or C2 Goals of Care) will not be eligible to take part in the study. Individuals with markers indicating lack of competency/capacity in their inpatient ConnectCare record such as anything but full capacity on the medical record (i.e. "incapacitated" or "needs review"), or presence of an alternative decision maker, agent, or legal guardian listed on the medical record.
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