Clinical Trial

Coaching and Navigation by Community Health Workers (CHWs) Through Telehealth for High-risk Hypertension

Study acronym: CONNECT-HTN

Recruiting

Summary

The investigators propose an intervention that leverages the success of Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) and telehealth to connect patients with severe hypertension from Emergency Department (ED) to primary care resources and to coach them to adopt evidence-based, practical lifestyle solutions relevant to urban living. The investigators have proposed this intervention as "Coaching and Navigation by Community Health Workers (CHWs) through Telehealth for High-risk Hypertension: CONNECT-HTN intervention. The investigators hypothesize that participants receiving the CONNECT-HTN intervention will have a lower likelihood of experiencing a major cardiac event compared with those referred to clinic-based care.

Protocol Amendment History 1 amendment

This ClinicalTrials.gov record has been amended once since 2026-03-05.

Status change: Not Yet Recruiting → Recruiting 2026-03-16

Trial Details

NCT Number	NCT07461415
Lead Sponsor	Weill Medical College of Cornell University Collaborators: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Conditions	Hypertension
Enrollment	3,620 participants
Start Date	2026-03-16
Primary Completion	2029-08 (estimated)
Study Completion	2029-08 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-03-18