Can a smartphone app stop a second stroke?
NCT ID NCT06783049
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a smart management system that uses a WeChat app and home devices like blood pressure monitors to help people who have had a stroke or mini-stroke avoid another one. About 4,490 participants will either get usual care or use the system after leaving the hospital. Researchers will check if the system reduces deaths, strokes, and other heart problems over one year.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Cerebrovascular Disease Secondary Prevention Smart Management System (a WeChat-based applet with IoT devices like blood pressure monitors and glucose meters)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide an effective, low-cost way to help people avoid a second stroke or heart attack by better managing their health at home.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug, so results depend heavily on patient engagement. The trial is still recruiting, and success is not guaranteed.
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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 4,490 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
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 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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: 1. Age ≥ 18 years. 2. Patients diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. 3. Time from onset to enrollment ≤ 14 days. 4. Presence of at least one modifiable risk factor (hypertension, diabetes). 5. Ability to independently use a smartphone to complete system tasks upon discharge, or with the assistance of family members. 6. Signed informed consent by the patient or their family members. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients already enrolled in other stroke-related healthcare quality improvement projects or clinical trials. 2. Patients or family members who refuse to sign the informed consent form. 3. Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beijing Tiantan Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, 100070, China
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Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGShihezi, Xinjiang, China
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