Phone-Based coaching after stroke shows promise in small trial
NCT ID NCT05940350
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a telerehabilitation coaching program can help people who have had an ischemic stroke feel more confident managing their health, lower risk factors like high blood pressure and cholesterol, and avoid going back to the hospital. Sixty participants will either receive the coaching plus standard care or standard care alone. The coaching includes phone calls, videos, and goal-setting over three months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- telerehabilitation-based coaching program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a practical way to help stroke patients manage their health at home and reduce the chance of repeat hospitalizations.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention relies on patient motivation and access to technology, which may limit its effectiveness.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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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45 years and older
- 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: * Patients aged 45 years and older who had a stroke (the etiology of ischemic stroke can be seen at an earlier age due to hematological conditions, such as sickle cell anemia, polycythemia vera, factor deficiencies, vasculitis, and arterial dissection). * Comply with TOAST classification criteria * A score of "0,1,2,3" according to the Modified Rankin Scale at discharge * Place, time, person orientation * No communication barrier * Turkish-speaking writer * Having a contact phone (for phone calls) * Support can be obtained from first-degree situations) * Having no barriers to answering questions physically and mentally Exclusion Criteria: * Stroke of cryptogenic (etiology unknown) or non-vascular origin (tumor) * Have a diagnosed mental or psychiatric illness\* * With dementia and cognitive deficit\* * Clinically musculoskeletal or other neurological diseases\* * With severe aphasia and dysarthria\* * With terminal illness\* * Those who score ≥ 10 according to the LACE index * Patients whose information cannot be accessed will not be included in the study.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Akdeniz University Hospital
RECRUITINGAntalya, 07060, Turkey (Türkiye)
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