# Penpal Loneliness Project

> **NCT04797026** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Mayo Clinic**

## Conditions studied

- Loneliness

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Letters to increase social connection with goal to alleviate loneliness

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04797026
- **Lead sponsor:** Mayo Clinic
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2021-09-15
- **Primary completion:** 2022-03-15
- **Final completion:** 2022-03-20
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Study terminated due to difficulties enrolling given skilled nursing facility staff shortages
- **Last updated:** 2021-12-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04797026

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04797026, "Penpal Loneliness Project". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04797026. Licensed CC0.

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