Guidelines for Drug Therapy of Hypertension: Closing the Loop

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Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

Hypertension is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Evidence-based guidelines support the use of specific drugs for patients with specific comorbidities to maximize the decrease in cardiovascular risk; yet, many physicians do not follow these guidelines in choosing drug therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00012636

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

36

Expected to finish

2000-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects were primary care clinicians, both physicians and nurse practitioners, at a large VA medical center. Patients were not subjects in this study.

Where it is running

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA — Palo Alto, California, United States

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