Your walking speed may predict your health: VA tests new 'vital sign'
NCT ID NCT07513805
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will check if routinely measuring walking speed in older veterans (age 60+) can act like a vital sign to spot health problems early. Over 10,000 veterans will take part across VA clinics. Some clinics will use the walking speed results to guide care, while others will measure it but not share it. The goal is to see if this simple test can reduce falls, emergency visits, and hospital stays.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make walking speed a standard check in clinics to catch health risks early and prevent falls or hospital stays.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational implementation study, not a treatment trial. It may not prove that measuring walking speed directly improves health outcomes.
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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 10,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
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 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Site Inclusion Criteria: * VHA primary care clinics VHA Personnel Inclusion Criteria: * Providers working in a VHA primary care clinic where FASTER is implemented * Nursing staff working in a VHA primary care clinic where FASTER is implemented Veteran Inclusion Criteria: * Veterans 60 years and older receiving care in a VHA primary care clinic where FASTER is implemented Exclusion Criteria: * None
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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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Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Aurora, Colorado, 80045-7211, United States
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