Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Margaret Thorogood
ORCID ID
Contact details
Warwick Medical School
Gibbet Hill Road
Coventry
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)2476 574509
margaret.thorogood@warwick.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
A randomised controlled trial of automated electronic feedback to reduce the cardiovascular risk of individuals in general practice - the e-Nudge trial
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Primary research question: can an automated system of electronic feedback (e-Nudge) reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events in high-risk patients in general practice, compared to usual care?
Ethics approval
Approved by the Warwickshire Local Research Ethics Committee, on 06/09/2005, reference number: 05/Q2803/85
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Intervention
A system of automatically generated alerts and electronic reminders versus usual care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Cardiovascular event rates
Secondary outcome measures
Proportion of individuals at high cardiovascular risk
Overall trial start date
01/03/2006
Overall trial end date
28/02/2009
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
General practices in Warwickshire and Coventry using appropriate clinical software
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Up to 26 practices
Participant exclusion criteria
Practices at which the principal investigator undertakes clinical practice
Recruitment start date
01/03/2006
Recruitment end date
28/02/2009
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Warwick Medical School
Coventry
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
Funders
Funder type
University/education
Funder name
Department of Health PhD Studentship from Warwick Medical School
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2006 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16646967
2010 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20353659
Publication citations
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Holt TA, Thorogood M, Griffiths F, Munday S, Protocol for the 'e-Nudge trial': a randomised controlled trial of electronic feedback to reduce the cardiovascular risk of individuals in general practice [ISRCTN64828380]., Trials, 2006, 7, 11, doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-7-11.