Improving Hypertension Control in East and Central Harlem

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

This hypertension project is evaluating strategies developed to target problems underlying lack of blood pressure control among treated but uncontrolled hypertensive patients in East and Central Harlem.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00211666

Run by

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

People needed

480

Starts

2002-09-01

Expected to finish

2006-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-09-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male and female, English or Spanish speaking African American and/or Hispanic patients with uncontrolled hypertension who have been seen in either the Cardiology clinic, Internal Medicine Associates (IMA) or Geriatric clinic at least twice in a given year at least 18 years of age.

You may not qualify if…

• This study is about hypertension control among African Americans and Hispanics, these are the ethnic groups with disparities in CVD that we want to improve so other races are excluded. The study is for adults with hypertension; therefore, we are excluding anyone who is under 18 years of age.

Where it is running

• Mount Sinai School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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