Phone calls to fight heart disease: new study tests coaching for young adults
NCT ID NCT07623733
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 15, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a 12-week telephone health coaching program, called Support Your Heart, is practical and helpful for young adults aged 18-39 who have at least two heart disease risk factors (like poor sleep, inactivity, or high blood pressure). Twenty participants in the Washington DC area will receive weekly coaching calls to improve their cardiovascular health. The main goal is to see if people find the program easy to use and satisfying, not yet to measure long-term health changes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- telephone-based health coaching
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a scalable, low-cost program to help young adults improve heart health and reduce future cardiovascular risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small (20 participants) feasibility study, not designed to prove health outcomes. Results may not apply to broader populations.
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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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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 to 39 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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. 18-39 at time of enrollment 2. Living in Washington DC area 3. At least two risk factors for cardiovascular disease: 1. not enough sleep 2. insufficient physical activity 3. tobacco and nicotine product use 4. elevated body mass index 5. poor diet 6. high cholesterol 7. high blood pressure; and/or 8. elevated HbA1c. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Major medical condition or chronic disease that would impede physical activity or increase the risk of the intervention (e.g., reported type 1 or type 2 diabetes, cerebrovascular accident, systolic blood pressure \>180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \>105 mmHg, renal disease, pulmonary disease dependent on oxygen, recent orthopedic injury, significant surgery within the last 6 months, HbA1c \>6.5%, total cholesterol \>240 mg/dL); 2. Plan to become pregnant during study duration; 3. Psychiatric hospitalization, psychosis or suicide attempt within the last 12 months; 4. Alcohol or substance use disorder; 5. An eating disorder; 6. Conditions or behaviors that are likely to interfere with the conduct of the trial (e.g., inability to communicate with study staff, unwillingness to accept any of the three treatment assignments by randomization, current participation in another physical activity or lifestyle intervention research program)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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GW
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20052, United States
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