Hypertension Intervention Nurse Telemedicine Study (HINTS)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

There are 65 million Americans and over 8.5 million veterans who have been diagnosed with hypertension; yet only 31% of all hypertensive patients have their blood pressure (BP) under effective control (less than 140/90 mm/Hg). Uncontrolled hypertension greatly increases the risk of cerebral vascular accidents, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, renal failure, congestive heart failure, and mortality. Despite the damaging impact of hypertension and the availability of well-defined therapies and widely accepted target values for BP, interventions to improve BP control have had limited success.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00237692

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

591

Starts

2006-05-01

Expected to finish

2010-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-24

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of uncontrolled hypertension,
• prescribed a medication to lower blood pressure,
• have a regular primary care physician at Durham VA Medical Center, and
• be a veteran. For Sustainability portion the patient must have participated in an intervention arm of primary study.

You may not qualify if…

• Hospitalized in past 3 months for stroke,
• heart attack,
• surgery for blocked arteries,
• diagnosed with metastatic cancer or treated with dialysis,
• have a diagnosis of dementia or a hearing impairment which prevents them from being able to hear/speak on the telephone, and
• creatinine serum lab which exceed 2.5.

Where it is running

• Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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