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Physician Uncertainty Reduction for Hypertension

NCT00201084 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 670

Last updated 2014-07-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the theory that a major factor in poor blood pressure (BP) control is that physicians fail to intensify antihypertensive therapy for their patients.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Uncertainty reduction

At physician discretion, 24 hour ambulatory BP monitoring and/or electronic bottle cap monitoring and/or lifestyle counseling

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kelsey Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David J. Hyman, MD · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2009-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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