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Running Against Prehypertension Trial (RAPT): A Pilot Trial

NCT01587183 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2013-08-21

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Summary

This study will test strategies to help people with prehypertension adopt a running program to reduce their blood pressure in the long term. This study will be a 12 week intervention of about 40 participants randomized to running educational material, group based running instruction, or group based running instruction focused on form and all given the option to use the supplemental mHealth intervention. The purpose of this study is to collect feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy data in preparation for a larger planned NIH-R01 study.

Conditions

  • Prehypertension

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Educational material control

Participants will be given educational materials on starting a running program using a run/walk approach.

BEHAVIORAL

Group running style B

Participants will attend a 4 hour group based training and 3, 2 hour follow up trainings.

BEHAVIORAL

Group running style A

Participants will attend a 4 hour group based training and 3, 2 hour follow up trainings.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kelly McDermott, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

  • Fredrick Hecht, MD MPH · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • United States

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