Phase III Digital Lifestyle Trial Opens: AI-Assisted Health Coaching vs Control for Myocardial Fibrosis Regression — What Cardiologists Need to Know
247 Health News Editorial
·17 Apr 2026
·4 min read
·clinical-trialsThe HEALDI trial investigates whether AI-assisted digital health coaching can reverse myocardial fibrosis in hypertensive heart disease. This Singapore-based RCT randomises 200 participants to 12-month lifestyle intervention versus control, with cardiac MRI endpoints.
Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov
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