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Trial of a Nurse Led Hypertension Clinic in Inner City General Practices

NCT01101737 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 353

Last updated 2010-04-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators will do a trial in two general practices to see if the introduction of a blood pressure clinic staffed by a specialist nurse supported by visiting consultant improves blood pressure control compared to usual care.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Nurse-led blood pressure clinic

Blood pressure will be measured according to protocol.For patients with blood pressure above optimal targets, treatment changes will be discussed with the patient, a visiting consultant physician and the patient's GP. If they agree, the GP will intensify anti-hypertensive treatment with monthly follow up by the specialist nurse until BP targets are achieved.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St George's, University of London

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sally Dean, SRN · St George's, University of London

  • Pippa Oakeshott, MD · St George's, University of London

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2010-04-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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