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NCT05591586: mVOCAL

Mobile Video Interpretation to Optimize Communication Across Language Barriers

Active, enrolled NA Last updated 23 January 2026
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Web based educational modules in Limited English Proficiency in 6,669 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline
24 October 2022
Primary endpoint
2 September 2025
31 August 2026

Quick facts

Lead sponsorSeattle Children's Hospital
PhaseNA
StatusActive, enrolled
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingsingle
Primary purposehealth services research
Enrollment6,669
Start date24 October 2022
Primary completion2 September 2025
Estimated completion31 August 2026
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Seattle Children's Hospital

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Limited English Proficiency. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Patients and families with limited English proficiency (LEP) and/or who use a language other than English for medical care (LOE) experience substantial barriers to communication in the healthcare setting, leading to medical care that is less safe, less efficient, less effective, and inequitable. Professional interpreter use has repeatedly been shown to improve outcomes and reduce disparities, yet it remains widely underused. This study will test two discrete, scalable implementation strategies for improving professional interpreter use in primary care, while collecting detailed information about mechanisms of action and costs that will be applicable to many sites of care and contribute meaningfully to the goal of reducing communication-based disparities. The investigators hypothesize that improving provider knowledge, confidence, and interpreter access will change behavior under real-world conditions.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. A sequential, multiple assignment randomized trial comparing web-based education to mobile video interpreter access for improving provider interpreter use in primary care clinics: the mVOCAL hybrid type 3 study protocol.
    Lion KC, Zhou C, Fishman P, Senturia K, et al · · 2023 · cited 4× · PMID 36915138 · DOI 10.1186/s13012-023-01263-6

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