Status:

COMPLETED

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hypertension

Lead Sponsor:

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Pediatric Pharmacology Research Units Network

Conditions:

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-16 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this proposal is to demonstrate that ABPM can be used to improve study design for interventional trials in children with hypertension.

Detailed Description

ABPM is a standard technique in adult antihypertensive trials to study the magnitude and duration of effect of investigational drugs. These methods are needed for pediatric studies. Before such method...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male and female children 5-16 years of age.
  • Borderline or mild systolic and or diastolic hypertension as defined by 1996 Task Force criteria.
  • No current drug therapy for hypertension being taken.
  • Must be ambulatory and willing to wear an ABP monitor for 24 hours
  • Agree to refrain from swimming, showering and other activities that might result in damage to ABP monitor during the two 24 hour intervals that the monitor is worn.
  • Standing height between 45 inches and 73 inches
  • Informed parental consent and patient assent.

Exclusion

  • Severe or life threatening hypertension.
  • Any drug therapy that may raise or lower the blood pressure.
  • Any severe bleeding disorder or concurrent treatment with anticoagulant medications
  • Non-ambulatory
  • Significant arrhythmia
  • Previous history of significant non-compliance with prescribed medical care.
  • Any other disease that, in the opinion of the investigator, might interfere with the accurate measurement of the blood pressure or place the subject at risk unnecessarily.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

126 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00166634

Start Date

July 1 2003

End Date

March 1 2009

Last Update

January 11 2011

Active Locations (4)

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1

Arkansas Children's Hospital

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202

2

Kosair Children's Hospital

Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202

3

Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106

4

University of Utah--Primary Children's Medical Center

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84132