Status:

COMPLETED

Blood Pressure Measurement: Should Technique Define Targets?

Lead Sponsor:

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

Conditions:

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Hypertension is the single most important risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death, yet blood pressure itself is highly influenced by technique and device. Hence, the target blood pressure cou...

Detailed Description

Hypertension is the single most important risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death. Over the last several decades many classes of blood pressure lowering drugs have been discovered. These allo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All patients being followed in the Renal Hypertension Clinic will be eligible for enrollment

Exclusion

  • Inability to do oscillometric measures (eg., arrhythmia, pain, device reporting error)
  • inability to consent the patient

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 12 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 31 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

78 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03267420

Start Date

October 12 2017

End Date

August 31 2019

Last Update

March 3 2021

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The Hypertension Unit of The Ottawa Hospital

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 7W9