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Effectiveness of a Community Pharmacy-based Health Promotion Program on Hypertension in Bangladesh and Pakistan

NCT06148142 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3600

Last updated 2025-07-22

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Summary

The aim of this multi-country research project is to reduce the blood pressure of individuals with hypertension over a 18-month period in Bangladesh and Pakistan. A cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT) will be conducted with two arms. The estimated sample size is around 3600 hypertensive adults. Bangladesh study participants will consist of 3600 hypertensive individuals. Approximately 10% of participants will be selected based on Bangladesh samples from Pakistan (360 hypertensive patients, four pharmacies). Community pharmacies will be randomised to one of two parallel groups (allocation ratio 1:1). Pharmacy professionals will provide educational training and counselling, as well as phone calls/mobile text messages and care coordination in the health sector as part of the intervention. The study will be conducted in three phases: baseline survey; intervention and follow-up; and endline survey with impact evaluation. The primary outcome will be BP reduction and the secondary outcomes will be BP controlled to target, treatment adherence, mortality or hospital admission rates resulting from hypertension and its related complications, incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year gained, improvement in knowledge on healthy lifestyle, change in dietary salt intake, and change in prevalence of current smokers.

Conditions

  • Blood Pressure
  • Pharmacy
  • Cost-effectiveness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pharmacy based health promotion

This project will consist of three phases: baseline survey with first time intervention implementation; second intervention at 6 months; third at 12 months and , end-line survey at 18 months. As part of the intervention within the randomized selected groups, the CP will conduct two 15-30 minute sessions throughout the intervention period, once at the baseline or first visit (T0) and once at the sixth month (T1). Patients will attend the two sessions at the pharmacies where they collect their prescription medication. Face-to-face counselling sessions will be held about hypertension and its management, including lifestyle changes and drug compliance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Global Public Health Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hitotsubashi University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-01
Primary Completion
2025-06-30
Completion
2025-06-30

Countries

  • Bangladesh

Study Locations

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