Improving Medication Use in Patients With Hypertension

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Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

The purpose of this trial is to determine whether minority and low-income patients with high blood pressure take their medications better when they are helped by a pharmacist and provided with special medication packaging and information aimed at persons with low health literacy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00388817

Run by

University of North Carolina

People needed

492

Starts

2002-01-01

Expected to finish

2005-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-10-17

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age and older
• plan to receive health care and prescriptions at study facility
• prescribed at least one blood pressure medication
• English-speaking
• access to a telephone
• no hearing impairments in the normal range of conversation

You may not qualify if…

• dementia

Where it is running

• School of Pharmacy, UNC-Chapel Hill, CB 7360 — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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