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Can better doctor chat lower blood pressure? duke study aims to find out

NCT ID NCT07147075

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Duke University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This study tests a training program that teaches doctors how to better talk with, listen to, and involve patients in their own care. About 180 doctors and their patients with high blood pressure will take part. The main goal is to see if the training is practical and acceptable, and whether it leads to better patient-centered communication and lower blood pressure.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Provider communication skills training program
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that training doctors in communication skills improves patient engagement and blood pressure control in primary care.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early feasibility study (180 participants) focused on whether the training can be delivered, not on proving it works. Results may not apply to other clinics or settings.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 180 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Sep 2025

Expected to finish

Jun 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Doctor Cohort: Independently practicing physicians (MD, DO, PA, or NP) * Doctor Cohort: Responsible for a panel of primary care adult patients in the Duke Primary Care clinic * Patient Cohort: Receiving primary care from an enrolled DPC clinician at the enrolled DPC clinic * Patient Cohort: Age at least 18 years * Patient Cohort: Diagnosis of hypertension based on EHR ICD coding * Patient Cohort: Able to complete a primary care encounter without an interpreter * Patient Cohort: Able to use the study tablet for consent, data collection, and audio-recording a clinical encounter * Patient Cohort, post-intervention: Not previously enrolled at any other timepoint * EHR Cohort: Non-urgent patient encounters for enrolled clinicians 6 months pre intervention to 6 months post intervention completion Exclusion Criteria: * Doctor Cohort: Not an independently practicing physician (MD, DO, PA, or NP) at the enrolled Duke Primary Care clinic * Patient Cohort: Previously enrolled at any other timepoint * EHR Cohort: Urgent patient encounters

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Conditions

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hypertensive disorder

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Patient centered care

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Duke Primary Care South Durham

    Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States

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