Trial of Nonpharmacologic Interventions in Elderly (TONE)

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Diseases, Hypertension, Vascular Diseases

In brief

To test the efficacy of weight loss and sodium restriction, alone and combined, in maintaining the normotensive state following withdrawal of antihypertensive medications in an elderly cohort. Conducted in collaboration with the National Institute on Aging.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00000535

Run by

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Starts

1992-04-01

Expected to finish

1997-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-11-07

Who can join

Age: 60 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Robert Wood Johnson Medical School — New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
• Bowman Gray School of Medicine — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
• University of Tennessee — Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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