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NCT04452331Completed

Assessing Open Access Audio

An Assessment of Open Access Audio of the Clinical Encounter on Veterans and Their Care

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Apr 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The medical encounter can be overwhelming in term of the amount of information discussed, its technical nature, and the anxiety it can generate. Easy access to a secure audio recording from any internet enabled device is an available low cost technology that allows patients to "revisit the visit" either alone or sharing with caretakers and family. It has been introduced and tested outside the VA with evidence that it increases patient recall and understanding and may even improve physician performance. Little is known, however, about whether and to what extent these effects lead to better outcomes, such as improved treatment plan adherence and chronic disease self-management. This study is a randomized controlled trial designed ascertain whether easy access to audio recordings of the medical visit improves patients perception that they understand and can manage their own care, and leads to a variety of improved outcomes, such as better blood pressure and diabetes control, and fewer emergency department visits and hospitalizations.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1553 (actual)
First submitted
25 Jun 2020
Start date
5 Oct 2021
Primary completion date
31 Jul 2024
Lead sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT number
NCT04452331

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 1553
  • From 5 Oct 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Jul 2024
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other

  • None

Who the study is looking for

  • All patients with scheduled appointments at the participating sites: primary care and diabetes clinics at Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL
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ChicagoUnited StatesUnknown status
Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
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ClevelandUnited StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.