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A Study in the Use of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring and Telephone Follow-up to Control Blood Pressure

NCT00662753 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 111

Last updated 2016-02-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of home blood pressure monitors plus nurse telephone monitoring is more effective than the use of blood pressure monitors alone in improving control of high blood pressure in an urban medical clinic.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Home monitoring

Participants will receive a home blood pressure monitor and be taught how to use it. They will have an education session to review treatment goals, medications, diet and exercise. They will be asked to see their primary care provider at least every 3 months and the research nurse at 3, 6 and 12 months.

OTHER

monitor & phone call

Participants will receive all of the same interventions of the home monitoring group plus they will receive scheduled telephone follow up by the research nurse

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • George Washington University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Samir Patel, MD · The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates

  • Richard Katz, MD · The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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