Status:
COMPLETED
Effectiveness of Pharmaceutical Care on Primary Care Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Conditions:
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This randomized clinical trial is a multicentre study conducted at 4 community-based pharmacies within the Brazilian public health service, which freely distributes standardized medicines. The group c...
Detailed Description
Inclusion and exclusion criteria: Potential hypertensive subjects aged above 18 years and and continuously receiving their medicines from the pharmacy are going to be identified through administrative...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Potential hypertensive subjects aged above 18 years and and continuously receiving their medicines from the pharmacy are going to be identified through administrative data sources.
- They must take at least hydrochlorothiazide, and have no modifications on their hypertensive drug prescription on the last 2 months.
- To be considered eligible, the patients should have a mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure above 140 mmHg and 90 mmHg at the screening visit if there were no COM morbidities associated, and above 130 mmHg and 80 mmHg for high-risk patients.
Exclusion
- Patients who have a serious psychiatric disorder or a severe cognitive impairment, blindness, pregnancy or secondary hypertension will be excluded.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
301 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00807131
Start Date
September 1 2006
End Date
August 1 2008
Last Update
December 11 2008
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Mauro Silveira de Castro
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil