Evaluation of a Navigator-Nurse Care Team on the Management of High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

The purpose of this trial is to study the effect of a patient navigator-nurse team in improving the management of hypertension and other cardiovascular disease risk factors in a health care system taking care of a vulnerable, mostly Latino population.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00523536

Run by

Denver Health and Hospital Authority

People needed

800

Starts

2007-05-01

Expected to finish

2009-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-02

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 74. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Active patients from the Target Adult Health Clinic
• Identified with a diagnosis of hypertension
• Uncontrolled hypertension (2 of 3 last BP measurements above target BP range; target BP is defined at 140/90 or 130/80 mm Hg for people with diabetes or kidney disease)

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• End-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis
• Co-morbid illness with life expectancy less than 12 months
• Institutionalized individuals because of the potentially confounding factors due to severe co-morbidity or other medical conditions

Where it is running

• East Adult Clinic, Denver Health — Denver, Colorado, United States

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