Status:
COMPLETED
Conventional Versus Automated Measurement of Blood Pressure in the Office (The CAMBO Study)
Lead Sponsor:
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Collaborating Sponsors:
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Conditions:
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
To determine if the use of automated office blood pressure readings can improve management of systolic hypertension in routine clinical practice. Automated office SBP recordings in routine clinical pr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Both treated and untreated patients with systolic hypertension under routine FP care
- For untreated patients, routine office SBP as measured by the patient's FP at the last routine office visit using a mercury device must have SBP ≥ 160 mmHg and DBP \<= 95 mmHg
- For patients already receiving antihypertensive therapy, the last routine office BP as measured by the patient's FP using mercury sphygmomanometry must be SBP ≥ 140 mmHg and DBP \<= 90 mmHg
Exclusion
- Presence of target organ damage such as MI, stroke, and serum creatinine twice normal
- Diabetes mellitus treated with insulin or oral hypoglycemic therapy
- Secondary hypertension
- Participation in another research study involving measurement of BP
- Patient's insistence on using self BP measurement outside of the study
- Any conditions or circumstances which might preclude the successful completion of the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
750 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00325832
Start Date
January 1 2006
Last Update
August 23 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5