Treating to Target for Patients With Hypertension
| Status: | Archived |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Cardiology / Vascular Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | Any |
| Updated: | 7/1/2011 |
| Start Date: | January 2009 |
| End Date: | August 2010 |
Patients with poorly controlled hypertension will have improved hypertensive control with
telephone coaching and with telephone coaching combined with home-titration of medications.
Patients with poorly controlled hypertension are randomized to a control arm which receives
telephone coaching or an active arm which receives telephone coaching plus intensification
of medications via telephone coaching with the coaches using treatment algorithms approved
by the patients' physician. These patients' blood pressure control will be compared with
usual care patients in a passive arm (chart review only).
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