Study to Lower Veterans BP: Patient/Physician Intervention
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Hypertension
In brief
This four and a half year trial is evaluating both a patient and a provider intervention in a primary care setting among diagnosed hypertensive veterans. The two primary hypotheses are: 1) the proportion of veterans with BP control who receive either the provider-directed decision support or the patient health education and behavioral intervention will be increased by 10% as compared to usual care; and 2) the proportion of veterans with BP control who receive both the provider-directed decision support and the patient health education and behavioral intervention will be increased by 25% as compared to usual care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00105716
- Run by
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
- People needed
- 544
- Starts
- 2002-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2005-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-04-07
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- >1 ICD9 Diagnosis 401.0, 401.1, 401.9
- Designated Primary Care Provider
- >1 Primary Care visit between 1/01/01-12/31/01
- Restricted to NC and VA addresses
- >1 Medication CV100, CV150, CV200, CV490, CV701, CV702, CV704, CV800, CV805
You may not qualify if…
- Dialysis patient
- Hospitalization for stroke in prior 3 months
- Myocardial infarction in prior 3 months
- Coronary artery revascularization in prior 3 months
- Metastatic cancer diagnosis in prior 3 months
- Transplant of: kidney; liver; lung; pancreas; peripheral stem cells; bone; bone marrow; heart; intestine; stem cells; tissue V42.9; complications of transplants
- Nursing home resident
- Documented diagnosis of dementia
- Difficulty hearing
Where it is running
- Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC — Durham, North Carolina, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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