Actively Recruiting
Church-based Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure in African Americans
Led by Rush University Medical Center · Updated on 2026-02-02
312
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
224 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is a 12-month behavioral cluster-randomized trial testing a church-based intervention to reduce blood pressure in African Americans with uncontrolled blood pressure.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Church-based Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure in African Americans
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Church has at least 75 members and can recruit 15 study participants
- Church has predominantly African American congregants
- Participant is age 18 or older
- Participant has uncontrolled blood pressure above thresholds for starting antihypertensive medication according to 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines (140/90 if under 65 years; 130/80 if 65 or older or with diabetes, kidney disease, or high cardiovascular risk)
- Participant attends church at least once per month, either virtually or in person
- Participant can attend weekly Zoom meetings
- Participant consents and completes all baseline assessments
You will not qualify if you...
- Church pastor is unwilling to conduct Bible study sessions
- Participant cannot make dietary changes due to lack of control over food source (e.g., meals at shelter or nursing home)
- Participant has a medical condition that prevents or severely restricts vegetable consumption (e.g., renal disease, Crohn's disease)
- Participant has a medical condition with an uncertain prognosis over 6 months
- Participant cannot give informed consent (e.g., cognitive impairment, does not speak English)
- Participant plans to move within 6 months after enrollment
- Participant has taken part in a prior ALIVE intervention
- Participant lives in a household with another member already participating in a different church
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60422
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Research Team
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Elizabeth M Lynch, PhD
CONTACT
Y
Yolanda Cartwright, PhD, RD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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