protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06347484, orgStudyIdInfo id: IRB00411716, briefTitle: Developing a Learning COmmunity to Increase eNgagemeNt and Enrollment in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials (CONNECT), acronym: CONNECT, statusModule overallStatus: NOT_YET_RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-04, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2025-12, completionDateStruct date: 2026-10, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-04-04, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-04-04, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: Johns Hopkins University, class: OTHER, collaborators name: Morgan State University, collaborators name: American Heart Association, descriptionModule briefSummary: The CONNECT: "Developing a learning COmmunity to increase eNgagemeNt and Enrollment in cardiovascular Clinical Trials" is comprehensive, participant-centered learning community that provides tailored education on cardiovascular (CV) health and research participation; connects community members to CV-related research; and disseminates CV-related study findings. The overreaching goal of CONNECT is to improve participation of underrepresented communities in CV research, including as women, Black adults, and Latino adults, through increasing participants' clinical trial awareness, trust in biomedical research, and willingness to participate in clinical trials. CONNECT will use digital and community-engaged approaches to identify and recruit 1000 adults with cardiovascular disease or a cardiovascular disease risk factor to join CONNECT. Participants who join CONNECT will receive tailored educational information on CV health and research participation via text message. Participants will also have the opportunity to be matched to ongoing CV research studies based on basic demographic information and areas of interest. The educational information will be sent to participants for 12 months. The investigators hypothesize that CONNECT will increase participants' clinical trial awareness, trust, and willingness to participate in clinical trials and that the proportion of Black and Latin adults and women enrolled in trials that partner with CONNECT will be higher following the use of CONNECT for recruitment., conditionsModule conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases, conditions: Hypertension, conditions: Diabetes Type 2, conditions: Stroke, conditions: Recruitment, conditions: Overweight and Obesity, conditions: Hyperlipidemias, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo allocation: RANDOMIZED, interventionModel: PARALLEL, primaryPurpose: OTHER, maskingInfo masking: NONE, enrollmentInfo count: 1000, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Formal Toned Educational Messages, interventions name: Understanding Toned Educational Messages, interventions name: Casual Toned Educational Messages, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Participant accrual, secondaryOutcomes measure: Participant accrual in partnering cardiovascular research studies, secondaryOutcomes measure: Trust in Biomedical Research using the Perceptions of Research Trustworthiness Scale (PoRT), secondaryOutcomes measure: Clinical trials awareness and knowledge will be assessed using items adapted from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), secondaryOutcomes measure: Willingness to participate in research will be measured by asking participants one related question, eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 18 Years, stdAges: ADULT, stdAges: OLDER_ADULT, contactsLocationsModule, hasResults: False