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
- Diseases
- Coronary artery disease, Stroke, Asthma, HIV, High blood pressure
- 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
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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
Sites (32)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchells Plain CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Delft CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| DuNoon CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Durbanville CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Retreat CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Hanover Park CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Vanguard CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Gustrouw CDC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Elsies CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Kraaifontein CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Dr Abdurahman CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Michael M Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Kleinvlei CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Heideveld CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Gugulethu CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Macassar CDC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Mafatini Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Esigodini Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Caluza Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Ndaleni Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Willowfontein CHC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Gcumisa Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Songonzima Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Howick Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Mphophomeni Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Northdale Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Eastwood Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Injabulo Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Pata Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Richmond Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Impilwenhle Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Gomane Clinic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pietermaritzburg | South Africa | Unknown status |
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