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Randomized Trial of Titrated Disease Management for Patients With Hypertension
This randomized clinical trial examines whether programs aimed at matching resources to patient hypertension (i.e. high blood pressure) control lead to greater reduction in systolic blood pressure (top number of blood pressure reading) than simply having maintenance phone calls in addition to usual care. Answering this question will provide important evidence concerning the overall goal of sustained long-term implementation of the disease management programs as part of patient aligned care teams in the Veterans Affairs and other healthcare systems.
Project Objectives: The investigators are conducting a two-arm 18-month randomized clinical trial for patients with pharmaceutically treated hypertension for which systolic BP is not controlled (\>/=140 mmHg for non-diabetic or \>/=130 mmHg for diabetic patients). The primary aim will be to compare two treatment arms/strategies in terms of impact on systolic BP control: Arm 1 - An intervention arm using titrated disease management in which patients' hypertension control, assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 months, will be used to decide the resource intensity of strategies: 1) Medium/level 1 resource intensity strategy: a registered nurse will provide monthly tailored behavioral support telephone calls + home BP monitoring; 2) High/level 2 resource intensity strategy: a pharmacist will provide monthly tailored behavioral support telephone calls + home BP monitoring + pharmacist-directed medication management; and 3) Booster (low) resource intensity strategy: a license practice nurse (LPN) will provide bi-monthly, non-tailored behavioral support telephone calls to patients whose systolic BP comes under control. Arm 2 - A control arm, in which an LPN will provide bi-monthly non-tailored behavioral support telephone calls (same procedures as the booster (low) resource intensity strategy component of the titrated intervention).
Age
18 - No limit years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Start Date
July 27, 2012
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2016
Completion Date
October 31, 2016
Last Updated
February 11, 2019
385
ACTUAL participants
Booster/ low resource
BEHAVIORAL
Booster/ low resource
BEHAVIORAL
Medium/Level 1 resource intensity
BEHAVIORAL
High/Level 2 resource intensity
BEHAVIORAL
Lead Sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
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