Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hypertension

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

The primary objective of this proposal is to demonstrate that ABPM can be used to improve study design for interventional trials in children with hypertension.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00166634

Run by

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

People needed

126

Starts

2003-07-01

Expected to finish

2009-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-01-11

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male and female children 5-16 years of age.
• Borderline or mild systolic and or diastolic hypertension as defined by 1996 Task Force criteria.
• No current drug therapy for hypertension being taken.
• Must be ambulatory and willing to wear an ABP monitor for 24 hours
• Agree to refrain from swimming, showering and other activities that might result in damage to ABP monitor during the two 24 hour intervals that the monitor is worn.
• Standing height between 45 inches and 73 inches
• Informed parental consent and patient assent.

You may not qualify if…

• Severe or life threatening hypertension.
• Any drug therapy that may raise or lower the blood pressure.
• Any severe bleeding disorder or concurrent treatment with anticoagulant medications
• Non-ambulatory
• Significant arrhythmia
• Previous history of significant non-compliance with prescribed medical care.
• Any other disease that, in the opinion of the investigator, might interfere with the accurate measurement of the blood pressure or place the subject at risk unnecessarily.

Where it is running

• Arkansas Children's Hospital — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• Kosair Children's Hospital — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• University of Utah--Primary Children's Medical Center — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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