Status:

COMPLETED

Faith-based Approaches to Treating Hypertension and Colon Cancer Prevention

Lead Sponsor:

NYU Langone Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Conditions:

Blood Pressure

Colorectal Cancer

Eligibility:

MALE

50+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Primary Aim: To evaluate the effect of a lifestyle intervention delivered through telephone-based motivational interviewing (MINT) versus a patient navigation intervention on blood pressure reduction ...

Detailed Description

The primary outcomes will be (1) within-patient change in systolic and diastolic BP from baseline to 6 months and (2) CRC screening rates as determined by colonoscopy report or fecal immunochemical te...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants must be age 50 years or older
  • Participants must have a working telephone (a necessary criterion since much of the interventions are telephone based)
  • Self-identified as a black or African American and male
  • Have uncontrolled hypertension defined as SBP\>135 mmHg or DBP\>85 mmHg and SBP \>130 mmHg or DBP \>80 mmHg (in those with diabetes) at the screening
  • Have a need for CRC screening defined as: 1) no colonoscopy in the last 10 years; 2) no Flexible sigmoidoscopy, Digital Contrast Barium Enema or CT-colonoscopy in the last 5 years, or 3) no Fecal Immunochemical Test or Fecal Occult Blood Test in the last 12 months.
  • All participants must be fluent in English. Certain measures used have not been verified in other languages.

Exclusion

  • Inability to comply with the study protocol (either self-selected or by indicating during screening that he could not complete all requested tasks).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

451 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01405638

Start Date

March 1 2011

End Date

June 1 2015

Last Update

November 13 2015

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New York University School of Medicine

New York, New York, United States, 10010