HypertensionRxActionNCT00878566
Alberta Clinical Trial in Optimizing Hypertension
A study testing Enhanced pharmacist care in people with Hypertension, run by University of Alberta at 1 site in Canada.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of enhanced pharmacist care (patient identification, assessment, education, prescribing/titration of antihypertensive medications and close follow-up) on systolic blood pressure (BP) reduction in patients with poorly controlled hypertension in the community setting. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Hypertension
- What is being tested?
- Enhanced pharmacist care
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 248 participants
- Where
- 1 siteCanada
- Study dates
- Nov 2009to Mar 2014
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Overall average (after 2 visits) systolic ≥180 OR diastolic ≥110 mmHg in undiagnosed patients without macrovascular target organ damage, diabetes or chronic kidney disease
- Overall average (after 2 visits) systolic ≥140 OR diastolic ≥90 for patients with undiagnosed hypertension with macrovascular target organ damage (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, DM)
- In patients with diagnosed hypertension, systolic ≥140 (≥ 130 with DM or CKD) OR diastolic ≥90, (≥ 80 with DM or CKD)
- Overall average (after 5 visits, for those without macrovascular target organ damage, DM, or CKD and without an existing hypertension diagnosis) systolic ≥140 OR diastolic ≥90 mmHg
- Overall average (after 7 days of twice-daily home blood pressure monitoring , for those without macrovascular target organ damage, DM, or CKD and without an existing hypertension diagnosis) systolic ≥135 OR diastolic ≥85
Who cannot join
- Patients with hypertensive urgency or emergency:
- Urgency: SBP ≥ 180 mm Hg or DBP ≥ 120 mm Hg with no acute signs of end-organ damage
- Unwilling to participate/sign consent form
- Pregnancy
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Alberta Clinical Trial in Optimizing Hypertension: The RxAction Study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of enhanced pharmacist care (patient identification, assessment, education, prescribing/titration of antihypertensive medications and close follow-up) on systolic blood pressure (BP) reduction in patients with poorly controlled hypertension in the community setting.
Read the detailed description
The study is a randomized, controlled trial of enhanced pharmacist care, with the unit of randomization as the patient. Participants will be randomized to enhanced pharmacist care (patient identification, assessment, education, close follow-up and prescribing/titration of antihypertensive medications or usual care. Participants will be patients in Alberta with undiagnosed or uncontrolled BP as defined by the Canadian Hypertension Education Program. The primary intervention will be enhanced pharmacist care. Pharmacists will assess patients with regards to cardiovascular risk reduction including reviewing BP control, treatment goals and determining lifestyle modifications for the patient to undertake to help manage their BP. The primary outcome will be a comparison of difference in change in systolic BP between enhanced care and usual care at 24 weeks follow-up. Secondary outcomes include the number of patients at their BP target at 24 weeks, number of new antihypertensive medication starts, number of antihypertensive dosage changes, number of antihypertensive medication changes and number of new prescriptions for ASA and cholesterol medications.
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Being tested
- Enhanced pharmacist care, Usual Care
- Keywords
- hypertension, pharmacists, rural health, prescribing
- Medical subject headings
- Hypertension
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Enhanced pharmacist careOther
Also called Treatment group
The primary intervention will be enhanced pharmacist care. Pharmacists will assess patients with regards to cardiovascular risk reduction including reviewing BP control, treatment goals and determining lifestyle modifications for the patient to undertake to help manage their BP. The pharmacist will also review the patient's current hypertensive therapy regimen and decide on the options for improvement of BP control (lifestyle modification, increase dose, additional BP medications), and implementation of these strategies.
Usual CareOther
Also called Control
Patients randomized to usual care will receive a wallet card for BP readings, pamphlet on BP and usual pharmacist and physician care. Patients will be seen at 12 weeks for interim BP measurement only. Both groups of patients will be seen at 24 weeks for BP measurement.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Usual Care | Active comparator | Not described Receives: Other: Usual Care |
| Enhanced pharmacist care | Experimental | Not described Receives: Other: Enhanced pharmacist care |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Comparison of difference in change in systolic BP between enhanced care and usual care
Measured: 24 weeks
Secondary outcomes (4)
number of patients at their BP target
Measured: 24 weeks
number of new antihypertensive medication starts
Measured: 24 weeks
number of antihypertensive dosage changes
Measured: 24 weeks
EQ-5D
Measured: 24 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted9 Apr 2009 (estimated)
- Study startNov 2009
- Primary completionNov 2013
- Study completionMar 2014
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for HypertensionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 248 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Alberta
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Ross T. Tsuyuki, University of Alberta
- Investigators
- Ross T. Tsuyuki, PharmD, MSc, Principal investigator, University of Alberta
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00878566
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Pro00005300
- Acronym
- RxAction
- Status last verified
- Apr 2015
- First submitted
- 8 Apr 2009
- Last updated
- 28 Apr 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Tsuyuki RT, Houle SK, Charrois TL, Kolber MR, Rosenthal MM, Lewanczuk R, Campbell NR, Cooney D, McAlister FA; RxACTION Investigators*. Randomized Trial of the Effect of Pharmacist Prescribing on Improving Blood Pressure in the Community: The Alberta Clinical Trial in Optimizing Hypertension (RxACTION). Circulation. 2015 Jul 14;132(2):93-100. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.015464. Epub 2015 Jun 10.
PubMed 26063762Charrois TL, McAlister FA, Cooney D, Lewanczuk R, Kolber MR, Campbell NR, Rosenthal M, Houle SK, Tsuyuki RT. Improving hypertension management through pharmacist prescribing; the rural Alberta clinical trial in optimizing hypertension (Rural RxACTION): trial design and methods. Implement Sci. 2011 Aug 11;6:94. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-94.
PubMed 21834970
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 28 Apr 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Alberta Clinical Trial in Optimizing Hypertension: The RxAction Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00878566
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- RxAction / Pro00005300
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Keywords
- hypertension, pharmacists, rural health, prescribing
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 248 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of AlbertaUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Study start
- Nov 2009
- Primary completion
- Nov 2013 (actual)
- Study completion
- Mar 2014 (actual)
- First posted
- 9 Apr 2009 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of enhanced pharmacist care (patient identification, assessment, education, prescribing/titration of antihypertensive medications and close follow-up) on systolic blood pressure (BP) reduction in patients with poorly controlled hypertension in the community setting.
Detailed description
The study is a randomized, controlled trial of enhanced pharmacist care, with the unit of randomization as the patient. Participants will be randomized to enhanced pharmacist care (patient identification, assessment, education, close follow-up and prescribing/titration of antihypertensive medications or usual care. Participants will be patients in Alberta with undiagnosed or uncontrolled BP as defined by the Canadian Hypertension Education Program. The primary intervention will be enhanced pharmacist care. Pharmacists will assess patients with regards to cardiovascular risk reduction including reviewing BP control, treatment goals and determining lifestyle modifications for the patient to undertake to help manage their BP. The primary outcome will be a comparison of difference in change in systolic BP between enhanced care and usual care at 24 weeks follow-up. Secondary outcomes include the number of patients at their BP target at 24 weeks, number of new antihypertensive medication starts, number of antihypertensive dosage changes, number of antihypertensive medication changes and number of new prescriptions for ASA and cholesterol medications.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Usual Care | Active comparator | Other: Usual Care |
| Enhanced pharmacist care | Experimental | Other: Enhanced pharmacist care |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Overall average (after 2 visits) systolic ≥180 OR diastolic ≥110 mmHg in undiagnosed patients without macrovascular target organ damage, diabetes or chronic kidney disease
- Overall average (after 2 visits) systolic ≥140 OR diastolic ≥90 for patients with undiagnosed hypertension with macrovascular target organ damage (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, DM)
- In patients with diagnosed hypertension, systolic ≥140 (≥ 130 with DM or CKD) OR diastolic ≥90, (≥ 80 with DM or CKD)
- Overall average (after 5 visits, for those without macrovascular target organ damage, DM, or CKD and without an existing hypertension diagnosis) systolic ≥140 OR diastolic ≥90 mmHg
- Overall average (after 7 days of twice-daily home blood pressure monitoring , for those without macrovascular target organ damage, DM, or CKD and without an existing hypertension diagnosis) systolic ≥135 OR diastolic ≥85
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Patients with hypertensive urgency or emergency:
- Unwilling to participate/sign consent form
- Pregnancy
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Enhanced pharmacist careAlso: Treatment groupThe primary intervention will be enhanced pharmacist care. Pharmacists will assess patients with regards to cardiovascular risk reduction including reviewing BP control, treatment goals and determining lifestyle modifications for the patient to undertake to help manage their BP. The pharmacist will also review the patient's current hypertensive therapy regimen and decide on the options for improvement of BP control (lifestyle modification, increase dose, additional BP medications), and implementation of these strategies. | Other | Enhanced pharmacist care |
| Usual CareAlso: ControlPatients randomized to usual care will receive a wallet card for BP readings, pamphlet on BP and usual pharmacist and physician care. Patients will be seen at 12 weeks for interim BP measurement only. Both groups of patients will be seen at 24 weeks for BP measurement. | Other | Usual Care |
Primary outcome
Comparison of difference in change in systolic BP between enhanced care and usual care
Time frame: 24 weeks
4 secondary outcomes
number of patients at their BP target
Time frame: 24 weeks
number of new antihypertensive medication starts
Time frame: 24 weeks
number of antihypertensive dosage changes
Time frame: 24 weeks
EQ-5D
Time frame: 24 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 28 Apr 2015.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 26063762Tsuyuki RT, Houle SK, Charrois TL, Kolber MR, Rosenthal MM, Lewanczuk R, Campbell NR, Cooney D, McAlister FA; RxACTION Investigators*. Randomized Trial of the Effect of Pharmacist Prescribing on Improving Blood Pressure in the Community: The Alberta Clinical Trial in Optimizing Hypertension (RxACTION). Circulation. 2015 Jul 14;132(2):93-100. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.015464. Epub 2015 Jun 10.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 21834970Charrois TL, McAlister FA, Cooney D, Lewanczuk R, Kolber MR, Campbell NR, Rosenthal M, Houle SK, Tsuyuki RT. Improving hypertension management through pharmacist prescribing; the rural Alberta clinical trial in optimizing hypertension (Rural RxACTION): trial design and methods. Implement Sci. 2011 Aug 11;6:94. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-94.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Ross T. Tsuyuki, PharmD, MSc principal investigator
University of Alberta
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Enhanced pharmacist care in people with Hypertension, run by University of Alberta at 1 site in Canada.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 Apr 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Comparison of difference in change in systolic BP between enhanced care and usual care (time frame: 24 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00878566, which also lists 2 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 Apr 2015.