Smartphone app aims to prevent second strokes in high-risk patients
NCT ID NCT03401489
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a smartphone-based program to help stroke survivors with high blood pressure lower their risk of another stroke. The program involved tracking blood pressure and getting tailored reminders. The study was terminated early, so results are limited.
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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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120 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2020
- Finished
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Feb 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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 80 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: * African American or non-Hispanic white * history of stroke (within six months of symptom onset) * uncontrolled HTN (SBP ≥ 130 mmHg at the last clinical encounter post-stroke prior to recruitment) * owning a smartphone with a data plan * able to take their own BP and self-administer medications. Exclusion Criteria: * Any condition that would limit participation in follow up assessments including severe cognitive impairment/dementia * severe global disability (modified Rankin Score ≥ 3) * BMI\> 40kg/m\^2 * Not being able to speak, hear, or understand English
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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NCIRE
San Francisco, California, 94121, United States
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Regional Medical Center: Orangeburg Hospital
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 29118, United States
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University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina, 29203, United States
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