Status:
COMPLETED
Virtual Hypertension Clinic
Lead Sponsor:
The Cleveland Clinic
Conditions:
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
25-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a prospective, randomized controlled trial designed to determine whether blue tooth and telephone technology can be utilized to successfully relaying home blood pressure information electronic...
Detailed Description
Hypertension is a major risk factor for renal and cardiovascular disease, and a significant contributor to adult disability. About 50 million individuals are hypertensive in the United States1. The Fr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients aged 25-65 years with essential hypertension
- Poorly controlled Hypertension (Systolic BP 140-199 Diastolic BP 90-110 mmHg
Exclusion
- Patient on 4 or more antihypertensive medications
- History of non compliance with medications
- If extra-large cuff cannot fit the arm
- Patient with estimated glomerular filtration of less than 30 ml/min in the past two years)
- Patients with acute glomerulonephritis
- Patient with secondary hypertension
- Patient with severe congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Functional Classification Class III AND IV)
- Patient with cirrhosis
- Patients with terminal diseases like cancers (other than non-melanoma skin cancers)
- Excessive alcohol intake (\> 7 servings/week)
- Sensitivity or contra-indications to the use of 2 or more classes of antihypertensive medications
- Women who are pregnant (self reported) or lactating
- Women on oral contraceptive pills
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
74 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01167920
Start Date
November 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2014
Last Update
October 28 2016
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195