NCT06473532Completed
TEXT4HF: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Tailored Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Older Adult Patients With Heart Failure
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this study is to determine whether an individually tailored text messaging intervention can improve self-care in older adult patients with heart failure. The main question it aims to answer are: * Is a tailored text messaging intervention feasible and acceptable among older adult patients with heart failure? * Does tailored text messaging improve self-care in adult patients with heart failure? Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups for 12 weeks: 1) intervention (text messaging); or 2) control group. Both groups will receive usual care, which includes regular follow-up visits at the heart failure clinic (standard care), plus a "Discharge Packet for Patients Diagnosed with Heart Failure", developed by the American Heart Association. Both groups will be asked via text messages and/or telephone calls to complete questionnaires at baseline/start, 4 weeks and 12 weeks, about self-care, quality of life, health beliefs, medications, diet, etc. Participants assigned to the intervention group will also receive approximately 5 text messages/week targeting medication adherence, heart-healthy diet, and self-monitoring for 12 weeks.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 26 (actual)
- First submitted
- 19 Jun 2024
- Start date
- 26 Sept 2024
- Primary completion date
- 10 Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
- Diseases
- Heart failure
- NCT number
- NCT06473532
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 26
- From 26 Sept 2024 to the primary completion date, 10 Feb 2026
- 1 site 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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Prior treatment
- Unable to self-manage (take medication, bathe, use the toilet, etc.)
Other illness
- SAVR/TAVR or Ventricular Assist Device, or Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) - implantation, and/or heart transplantation (HTx) scheduled within the next 3 months
- Advanced Renal disease (i.e., estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate \<25 or Hemodialysis)
- Cognitive impairment (i.e., Dementia, Alzheimer's)
Other
- Coronary revascularization, and/or CRT-implantation within the last 30 days (EMR Review)
- Psychosis
- Hospice or End-of-life care
- Currently living in a nursing home
Who the study is looking for
- ≥50 years of Age
- HF Stage C, NYHA Class I-IV and on a loop diuretic
- Own a Mobile phone with Text message plan
- Ability to speak and read English
- Suboptimal HF self-care. (SCHFI Score of 3 or less in at least 2 items of any subscale: Self-care maintenance, Symptom Perception, or Self-management)
Age in the registry: 50 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
Related publications
- Tailored Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Patients With Heart Failure (Text4HF): Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR Res Protoc · 2026 · PMID 42497360
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