Status:
COMPLETED
Alberta Clinical Trial in Optimizing Hypertension
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alberta
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Conditions:
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of enhanced pharmacist care (patient identification, assessment, education, prescribing/titration of antihypertensive medications and close follow-u...
Detailed Description
The study is a randomized, controlled trial of enhanced pharmacist care, with the unit of randomization as the patient. Participants will be randomized to enhanced pharmacist care (patient identificat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Overall average (after 2 visits) systolic ≥180 OR diastolic ≥110 mmHg in undiagnosed patients without macrovascular target organ damage, diabetes or chronic kidney disease
- Overall average (after 2 visits) systolic ≥140 OR diastolic ≥90 for patients with undiagnosed hypertension with macrovascular target organ damage (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, DM)
- In patients with diagnosed hypertension, systolic ≥140 (≥ 130 with DM or CKD) OR diastolic ≥90, (≥ 80 with DM or CKD)
- Overall average (after 5 visits, for those without macrovascular target organ damage, DM, or CKD and without an existing hypertension diagnosis) systolic ≥140 OR diastolic ≥90 mmHg
- Overall average (after 7 days of twice-daily home blood pressure monitoring , for those without macrovascular target organ damage, DM, or CKD and without an existing hypertension diagnosis) systolic ≥135 OR diastolic ≥85
Exclusion
- Patients with hypertensive urgency or emergency:
- Urgency: SBP ≥ 180 mm Hg or DBP ≥ 120 mm Hg with no acute signs of end-organ damage
- Unwilling to participate/sign consent form
- Pregnancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
248 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00878566
Start Date
November 1 2009
End Date
March 1 2014
Last Update
April 28 2015
Active Locations (1)
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University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2C8