Efficacy of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (MONITOR Study)

Summary

High blood pressure is the main risk factor for cardiovascular disease worldwide,but its control rate is unsatisfactory. Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HBPM) with automatic oscillometric devices and pharmaceutical care have been proposed as interventions to increase therapeutic compliance and to guide treatment decisions.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of HBPM and of pharmaceutical care in blood pressure control measured through 24h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).

Conditions

• Hypertension

Interventions

DEVICE

HBPM

Automatic oscillometric device for home blood pressure measurement and usual care.

DEVICE

HBPM and Pharmaceutical care

Automatic oscillometric device for blood pressure measurement at home and consultations with the pharmacists

BEHAVIORAL

Pharmaceutical care

consultations with the pharmacists

OTHER

Usual care

Consultation with the physician.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

  collaborator OTHER

• Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

  collaborator OTHER

• Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Sandra C. Fuchs, MD, PhD · Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2006-04-30

Primary Completion

2009-01-31

Completion

2009-06-30

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations