Improving Hypertension Control

August 24, 2015 updated by: Theodore Kotchen, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • The overall hypothesis for the project is that racial health disparities will be reduced by improving hypertension control in African Americans.
  • This will be accomplished through the development, implementation, and evaluation of a cost-effective hypertension control strategy based on the involvement of a community health worker.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

60

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Wisconsin
      • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 3522
        • Lisbon Avenue Health Center
      • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53205
        • Hillside Family Health Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

19 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • African Americans with uncontrolled hypertension, followed at Progressive Community Health Centers

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Standard care
Experimental: Lifestyle counseling
Lifestyle counseling. 6 group meetings,facilitated by community health worker, focusing on lifestyle change, eg, weight loss, physical activity, low salt, stress reduction
Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling
weight reduction, low salt, physical activity, stress reduction

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in blood pressure (mmHg)
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Medical College of Wisconsin

Collaborators

Progressive Community Health Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 23, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

July 30, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

August 26, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 24, 2015

Last Verified

August 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • PRO16801
  • HWPP (Other Grant/Funding Number: 2011D-41)

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