Status:

RECRUITING

National Blood Pressure Screening in Children to Improve Paediatric Healthcare in South Africa

Lead Sponsor:

North-West University, South Africa

Collaborating Sponsors:

Medical Research Council, South Africa

University of Cape Town

Conditions:

Hypertension

Obesity, Adolescent

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-18 years

Brief Summary

The Childhood Hypertension Consortium of South Africa (CHCSA) was established to foster relationships between the healthcare sector and schools through community engagement and outreach as well as con...

Detailed Description

Rationale: Currently there exist no nationally representative set of normative reference values for blood pressure and anthropometry in South African children, while clinicians rely on European and US...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All children between ages 5-\<18 years
  • All children with voluntary assent/consent and parent's permission

Exclusion

  • circumstances interfere with the participant's ability to give informed consent (diminished understanding or comprehension, or any language barriers that may pose potential risk in participation under false expectations)
  • randomly selected children who choose not to participate (lack of assent/consent), even if parent's permission was received,
  • conditions that interfere with a patient's ability to follow study guidelines, e.g., the use of drugs, alcohol or tobacco products
  • ages \>18 years or under 5 years
  • Children will be excluded from the analysis for the determination of normative reference values for blood pressure and anthropometry if taking certain concomitant medication(s) that may affect their blood pressure, or any underlying disease e.g., chronic kidney disease, chronic heart disease etc. that may raise blood pressure.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2024

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 30 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

22464 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05982847

Start Date

April 1 2024

End Date

November 30 2028

Last Update

September 5 2024

Active Locations (11)

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Walter Sisulu University

Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

2

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa

3

University of the Free State

Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

4

University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa