Monitoring Blood Pressure at Home and Pharmacy Telehealth

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Conditions studied: Hypertension, Blood Pressure

In brief

The overall goal of this project is to determine if measuring blood pressure at home and staying in contact with a team of pharmacists and physicians to manage participants' blood pressure is useful. The study will enroll 400 participants who are seen at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Emergency Department - Transitional Care Clinic and Tampa General Hospital -Transitional Care Clinic. Half of the participants (200 patients) will be asked to measure blood pressure at home, and half of the participants (200 patients) will continue to receive usual care. Participants who measure blood pressure at home will also meet with a pharmacist weekly over the phone to discuss blood pressure readings and have blood pressure medications prescribed if needed. This program will last 6 months.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07623291

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

420

Starts

2027-04-01

Expected to finish

2031-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-15

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥18 years
• Ability to speak English
• Seen at UAB's or TGH's Emergency Department-Transitional Care Clinic
• Blood pressure at Emergency Department-Transitional Care Clinic: Systolic BP ≥ 130 mmHg or Diastolic BP ≥ 80 mmHg
• Have a cellphone with video capability

You may not qualify if…

• Systolic BP ≥ 160 mmHg or Diastolic BP ≥ 100 mmHg (i.e. severe range hypertension (HTN) by the 2025 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association BP guidelines) as they typically are referred to immediate treatment intensification. Since the prevalence of severe HTN is low (i.e.<5%) in the US population, exclusion of these individuals will have only a small effect on the study.)
• Lack of willingness or inability to provide written informed consent
• Individuals who work overnight or second shift
• History of known major arrhythmias
• Currently pregnant or breastfeeding
• Arm circumference >50 cm. *The upper limit for the largest BP cuff for oscillometric BP devices is typically 50-52 cm; data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2016 indicated that <1% of US adults have an arm circumference >50 cm, so this will have minimal effect on our study.

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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