Guidelines for Drug Therapy of Hypertension: Closing the Loop

NCT00012636 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2015-04-07

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Summary

Hypertension is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Evidence-based guidelines support the use of specific drugs for patients with specific comorbidities to maximize the decrease in cardiovascular risk; yet, many physicians do not follow these guidelines in choosing drug therapy.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Computer generated statements about guideline concordance of drug therapy deliver to clinicians

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Mary K. Goldstein, MD MS · VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Completion
2000-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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