Status:

UNKNOWN

Web Based Interactive Treatment and Self-monitoring in Hypertension

Lead Sponsor:

Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc

Conditions:

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The WISH-trial is an open-label, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial. The effects of self-measuring of the blood pressure at home and the use of a pro-active web-based feedback system on the b...

Detailed Description

Patients are assigned to the intervention or control group (1:1 ratio) by the research nurse based on a computer-generated allocation sequence. Stratified randomization will be performed to allocate e...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age between 18 and 80 years.
  • Use of 3 or more antihypertensive medications.
  • Use of 0,1 or 2 antihypertensive medications and a documented BP equal or greater than 140/90 mmHg (non-diabetic patients)
  • Use of 0,1 or 2 antihypertensive medications and a documented BP equal or greater than 130/80 mmHg (diabetic patients)
  • Patients must be able to measure the BP at home and to communicate with the nurse or physician through the web-based system.

Exclusion

  • Younger than 18 years of age, older than 80 years of age.
  • Not fluent in Dutch or English language
  • Pregnancy
  • Life expectancy less than one year
  • No access to a computer or internet
  • Most recent creatinine clearance (24 hour creatinine clearance) \< 30 ml/min
  • Class III or IV heart failure

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01504022

Start Date

September 1 2011

End Date

March 1 2013

Last Update

January 4 2012

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Vu university medical center

Amsterdam, Netherlands