Can telehealth ease the burden for families of medically complex kids?
NCT ID NCT06216548
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether telehealth can help primary care doctors better manage children with complex medical conditions. About 900 children in North Carolina will either receive usual care or enhanced telehealth support. The goal is to reduce hospital visits and ease the burden on caregivers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- telehealth-enhanced primary care
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could make it easier for families to manage complex care at home and reduce the number of hospital visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large trial but tests a service model, not a drug, so results may vary by setting. Telehealth may not work for all families or conditions.
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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 909 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 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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Up to 17 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: * Less than 18 years of age on the date of enrollment (date consented) * Presence of a chronic condition, defined as a health condition expected to last ≥ 12 months * Complexity of the condition, defined as needing ongoing care with 4 sub-specialists/ services OR dependent on ≥ 1 technology (e.g. gastrostomy, tracheostomy, oxygen, ventilator, etc.) Exclusion Criteria: * CMC whose permanent address is outside of the state of North Carolina * CMC at a long-term care facility * CMC who are wards of the state, except when the caregiver is a legal guardian and can consent * CMC whose caregivers do not speak English or Spanish
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Wake Forest University Health Sciences
RECRUITINGWinston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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