Status:
COMPLETED
A Study in the Use of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Telephone Follow-up to Control Blood Pressure
Lead Sponsor:
George Washington University
Conditions:
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of home blood pressure monitors plus nurse telephone monitoring is more effective than the use of blood pressure monitors alone in improving contro...
Detailed Description
Participants will all have home blood pressure monitors, education session on controlling their blood pressure and will be randomized to recieve 6 months of intensive telephonic on a set monitoring sc...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- diagnosed with essential hypertension
- systolic blood pressure \>140 mm Hg (130 if diabetic) OR diastolic blood pressure \> 90 mm Hg (80 if diabetic)on at least 2 clinic visits prior to randomization
- BP at time of screening is \> than systolic 140 (130 if diabetic) or diastolic 90 (80 if diabetic)
- patient is prescribed at least 1 antihypertensive medication
- Patient is fluent in English
- Patient is easily accessible by telephone
Exclusion
- persons with stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease or end stage renal disease on dialysis
- Patients with a terminal illness
- Patients with severe dementia or serious mental illness
- Inability to preform self blood pressure monitoring
- Patient lacks a functioning home phone or personal cellular phone
- Pregnant or planning to get pregnant
- Arm circumference exceeds the allowable limit on the largest home BP monitor cuff
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
111 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00662753
Start Date
April 1 2008
End Date
June 1 2015
Last Update
February 25 2016
Active Locations (2)
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1
Brentwood Unity Health Care Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20018
2
Congress Heights Unity Health Care Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20032