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HypertensionNCT01460732

Home Versus Ambulatory Monitoring, Diurnal Blood Pressure Profile, Detection of Non-Dippers

A study testing Blood Pressure Monitoring in people with Hypertension, run by University of Athens at 1 site in Greece.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

This is a cross-sectional study, including adults, either untreated for hypertension, or under stable treatment for more than four weeks. Assessment will include: Clinic blood pressure measurements with an automated oscillometric device, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring Home blood pressure monitoring… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 30 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Hypertension
What is being tested?
Blood Pressure Monitoring
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
81 participants
Where
1 siteGreece
Study dates
Nov 2010to Dec 2011
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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 30 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients referred for high blood pressure
  • Age over 30 years
  • Untreated for hypertension or under stable treatment for 4 weeks or more
  • Patients physically and mentally capable for self-measurement of blood pressure at home
  • Written informed consent to participate in the study

Who cannot join

  • Sustained arrythmia
  • Pregnancy
  • Symptomatic cardiovascular disease
  • Any other serious disease (renal failure, heart failure, malignancy)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Greece1 site
  • Sotiria General Hospital

    Athens, 11527

Other trials in Greece

About this study

Official title: Home Versus Ambulatory Monitoring in the Assessment of the Diurnal Blood Pressure Profile and the Detection of Non-Dippers

This is a cross-sectional study, including adults, either untreated for hypertension, or under stable treatment for more than four weeks. Assessment will include:

Clinic blood pressure measurements with an automated oscillometric device, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring Home blood pressure monitoring during morning, evening and nocturnal measurements with the same device.

Read the detailed description

Eligible patients, as described in Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria, will be instructed to use Microlife WatchBP Home-Nocturnal oscillometric device, in order to measure their BP two times with one-minute interval, in the morning between 6 and 9 am and in the evening between 6 and 9 pm respectively for six days. These six days shall be normal working days, selected be the patient, within a time-frame of two weeks approximately. Patients should be sitting for at least five minutes and calm. During three out of those six days, they will apply and activate the same device, in order to take BP measurements while they will be asleep. Those measurements are going to be taken automatically by the device, the first 2-hours after the activation and another two with one-hour interval. Measurements will be averaged as awake and asleep BP values, with a potential to derive, if so wished, separate averages of awake-morning and awake-evening BP values.

Microlife WatchBP O3 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement (ABPM) device will be applied by a doctor to each patient and it will be removed the next day by a doctor. BP measurements will be performed every 20 minutes for 24 hours. BP measurements taken during awake and asleep hours for each patient, will be analyzed separately.

Additionally, triplicate sitting Clinic Blood Pressure measurements, with one-minute interval, will be performed with the Microlife WatchBP Home-Nocturnal device during each patient's visit at the Hypertension Center. Patients will visit Hypertension Center three times, one to apply the ABPM device and one to remove it and provide the Microlife WatchBP Home-Nocturnal device and another one to bring it back. This will take approximately two weeks.

Conditions
Hypertension
Being tested
Blood Pressure Monitoring
Keywords
Hypertension, Nocturnal BP dipping, Home Blood pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Medical subject headings
Hypertension

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Blood Pressure MonitoringDevice

    Also called Microlife WatchBP Home Nocturnal, Microlife WatchBP O3

    Home Blood pressure Monitoring Nocturnal-Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring

Study groups in NCT01460732
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
All patientsOtherAll eligible patients in the study consist a single group and the same intervention is assigned to all of them.
Receives: Device: Blood Pressure Monitoring

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Awake Systolic Home Blood Pressure Measurement

    Awake Home Blood Pressure measurement includes duplicate BP measurements in the morning and in the evening, as per protocol.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  2. Awake Diastolic Home Blood Pressure Measurement

    Awake Home Blood Pressure measurement includes duplicate BP measurements in the morning and in the evening, as per protocol.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  3. Asleep Systolic Home Blood Pressure Measurement

    Home Blood Pressure measurement device was applied by the patient himself, in order to perform BP measurements during sleep, as per protocol.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  4. Asleep Diastolic Home Blood Pressure Measurement

    Home Blood Pressure measurement device was applied by the patient himself, in order to perform BP measurements during sleep, as per protocol.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  5. Awake Systolic Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement

    An Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement device is applied by a doctor to each patient for 24 hours and next day it is removed. Measurements taken during patient's awake and asleep hours are analyzed separately.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  6. Awake Diastolic Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement

    An Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement device is applied by a doctor to each patient for 24 hours and next day it is removed. Measurements taken during patient's awake and asleep hours are analyzed separately.

    Measured: 2 weeks

  7. Asleep Systolic Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement

    An Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement device is applied by a doctor to each patient for 24 hours and next day it is removed. Measurements taken during patient's awake and asleep hours are analyzed separately.

    Measured: 2weeks

  8. Asleep Diastolic Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement

    An Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement device is applied by a doctor to each patient for 24 hours and next day it is removed. Measurements taken during patient's awake and asleep hours are analyzed separately.

    Measured: 2weeks

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Dippers Defined by ABPM and HBPM-Nocturnal

    As Dippers are defined the patients who displayed a nocturnal fall (Daytime-Nighttime BP/Daytime BP) in Systolic and/or Diastolic Blood Pressure by 10% or more, by each method. The rest of patients, with a nocturnal fall by less than 10% or even a rise of BP, are consequently defined as Non-Dippers.

    Measured: 2 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Oct 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2010
  3. Primary completionDec 2011
  4. Study completionDec 2011

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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
Diagnosis
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
81 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01460732
Sponsor's protocol ID
NOCTURNAL
Status last verified
Jul 2012
First submitted
25 Oct 2011
Last updated
10 Jul 2012
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Blood Pressure Monitoring in people with Hypertension, run by University of Athens at 1 site in Greece.

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 10 Jul 2012. 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 Greece. 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?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 12 Jun 2012). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Awake Systolic Home Blood Pressure Measurement (time frame: 2 weeks). The study lists 8 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 10 Jul 2012.

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