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NCT06248190Completed

ENHANCE-EvideNce Led Co-created HeAlth Systems interventioNs for MLTCs CarE

Effectiveness of a Health Systems Strengthening Intervention to Improve Detection, Treatment, and Control of Multiple Long-Term Conditions in Primary Health Care Facilities in the Western Cape and KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Feb 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this study is to determine the effect of the ENHANCE intervention in improving clinical outcomes and evaluating the effects of the intervention on implementation processes and outcomes. The specific questions it aims to answer are: 1. To test and estimate the effect of the intervention in people with MLTCs attending PHCs on: i. Detection of, and initiation of treatment for, additional chronic conditions ii. Treatment intensification and changes in medication iii. Control of chronic conditions iv. patient reported health-related quality of life and functioning v. health care utilisation and adherence vi. costs of health care 2. To use the RE-AIM framework to assess implementation processes and outcomes through measurements of reach, adoption, implementation, and maintenance. 3. To understand implementation processes and outcomes within the wider context of primary healthcare, provide explanations for the observed effects of the clinical findings and identify recommendations for wider implementation of the ENHANCE intervention. The participants in the control group will receive usual care at their primary health care facility, which includes the use of the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) or Adult Primary Care (APC) clinical decision support tool. Participants in the intervention group will receive care for their multiple chronic condition by a clinician trained to use the ENHANCE clinical decision support tool (intervention tool), and receive two CHW visits in their home to provide treatment literacy and adherence support.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1837 (actual)
First submitted
17 Jan 2024
Start date
Sept 2023
Primary completion date
Nov 2025
Lead sponsor
University of KwaZulu
NCT number
NCT06248190

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 1837
  • From Sept 2023 to the primary completion date, Nov 2025
  • 32 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Participants who are not willing to receive care for chronic conditions in their homes.

Other

  • Participants planning to relocate from either uMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal, and Cape Metro in Western Cape, or changing their facilities during the period of the study.
  • Participants who are unable to give informed consent due to loss of capacity.
  • Participants self-reporting pregnancy
  • Participants who cannot communicate in English, isiXhosa, isiZulu, or Afrikaans.

Who the study is looking for

  • Adults aged 40 years or older
  • Receiving care for at least two of the following conditions, with at least one of the first five listed conditions being uncontrolled or patients indicated as struggling with the management of their condition:
    • HIV (Self-reported current treatment). ii. hypertension (Self-reported current treatment. iii. diabetes (Self-reported current treatment). iv. asthma (Self-reported current treatment). vi. depression (Self-reported current treatment). vii. previous myocardial infarction (self-reported). viii. previous stroke (self-reported history).

Age in the registry: 40 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (32)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Mitchells Plain CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Delft CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
DuNoon CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Durbanville CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Retreat CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Hanover Park CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Vanguard CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Gustrouw CDC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Elsies CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Kraaifontein CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Dr Abdurahman CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Michael M
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Kleinvlei CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Heideveld CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Gugulethu CHC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Macassar CDC
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Cape TownSouth AfricaUnknown status
Mafatini Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Esigodini Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Caluza Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Ndaleni Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Willowfontein CHC
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Gcumisa Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Songonzima Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Howick Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Mphophomeni Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Northdale Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Eastwood Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Injabulo Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Pata Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Richmond Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Impilwenhle Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status
Gomane Clinic
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PietermaritzburgSouth AfricaUnknown status

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