Text messages and nurses: a new strategy to tackle hypertension in tanzania?
NCT ID NCT06379750
First seen Aug 11, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This trial tests whether combining nurse-delivered care with text message check-ins and support can help adults with uncontrolled high blood pressure lower their blood pressure and improve diabetes management. Participants receive either usual care or the enhanced support, which includes regular text messages and community peer support. The study aims to see if this approach can be scaled up to improve prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in Tanzania.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Nurse-delivered care using WelTel check-ins and BCC SMS, and a community-based peer-support model using WelTel check-ins and BCC SMS
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could provide a scalable, low-cost model for improving blood pressure and diabetes control in low-resource settings.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is early and results may not generalize beyond the specific region or health system. Success depends on patient engagement and infrastructure.
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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 1,320 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
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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21 to 70 years
- 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: * All adults with uncontrolled HTN who receive care through iCHF membership and are able to provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Adults with controlled HTN or those without a diagnosis of HTN * Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
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Conditions
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