Deepfake doctor videos boost heart patient adherence?
NCT ID NCT07210073
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether video education using deepfake technology—where an AI replicates the patient's own doctor's voice—could improve blood pressure monitoring and medication adherence in 218 adults with both ischemic heart disease and hypertension. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either the video education or standard care, and adherence was tracked over 30 days. The goal was to see if a personalized, low-cost intervention could help patients better manage their condition at home.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Video education using deepfake technology
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, low-cost way to help people with heart disease and high blood pressure better manage their condition at home.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with 218 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is behavioral, not a drug, so its impact on actual health outcomes may be limited.
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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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218 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2024
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- 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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19 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 19 years or older, both male and female, with a history of hypertension or who have taken antihypertensive medication at least once, satisfying one or more of the following ischemic heart disease conditions (PCI, CABG, CAD \>50% by CCT or CAG), or patients with a history of hypertension or currently taking antihypertensive medication. * Individuals who have voluntarily provided written consent to participate in this clinical trial. Exclusion Criteria: * SBP \< 90 mmHg or DBP \< 50 mmHg * Individuals intolerant to all antihypertensive medications * Patients with heart failure due to other causes, Pregnant women, those suspected of being pregnant, or those who are breastfeeding * Patients whom the investigator deems legally or mentally unfit to participate in the clinical trial * Patients who have participated in another clinical study involving investigational drugs within 4 weeks prior to screening.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital
Daegu, Daegu, 42601, South Korea
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