Status:
UNKNOWN
Impact of an IT-Based and Healthcare Professional Support Program on Patients With High Blood Pressure
Lead Sponsor:
Université de Montréal
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Pfizer
Conditions:
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The study is a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a program using information technology (IT) and healthcare professional support in patients with high blood pressure (BP) compared ...
Detailed Description
As the Canadian population ages, the number of hypertensive patients that have major cardiovascular events will increase, placing additional burden on healthcare resources. The positive effects of opt...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male or female with untreated or suboptimally controlled hypertension
- Age equal to or greater than 18 years
- Ambulatory outpatients currently being treated in primary care setting
- Capable of giving informed consent
- Able to communicate in and read either French or English
- Purchase their medication at a pharmacy participating in the program
- Agree to stay with one pharmacy for the duration of the study
- Able to have a 24 hour ABPM recording within 7 days of screening
- Written informed consent obtained
Exclusion
- Unlikely to complete study due to life-threatening disease or condition
- Having chronic atrial fibrillation
- Unable to use an ordinary telephone
- Pregnant at the initial visit
- Participating in another clinical trial concomitantly
- Participated in an antihypertensive clinical trial within the past 2 months
- Living with another subject that is currently participating in the study
- Delaying pharmacotherapy for baseline ABPM could put the subject at risk.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
223 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00374829
Start Date
May 1 2004
End Date
June 1 2007
Last Update
May 8 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Cité de la Santé de Laval
Laval, Quebec, Canada, H7M 3L9