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HypertensionTEMPLARNCT03781401

Telemonitoring of Blood Pressure in Local Pharmacies

An observational study of Hypertension, run by Italian Institute of Telemedicine at 1 site in Italy.

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Trial summary

The TEMPLAR project is an observational, cross-sectional, multicenter study involving several community pharmacies spread all over Italy. The aim of the project, the currently largest Italian ABPM Registry, is to analyze the 24-hour ABPMs performed in community pharmacies enabled for this service in accordance with… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Hypertension
What is being tested?
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
Type of treatment
Medical device
How many people
40,000 participants
Where
1 siteItaly
Study dates
Oct 2010to Dec 2030
How long will I take part?
10 Years
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 Any age
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: Consecutive patients of both sexes and of any age with conventional clinical indications for ABPM (either treated with antihypertensive drugs or untreated) referred to the pharmacy by their family doctors for diagnostic purposes (established or suspected arterial hypertension).

Who may be able to join

  • Consecutive patients of both sexes and of any age
  • Conventional clinical indications for ABPM (either treated with antihypertensive drugs or untreated)

Who cannot join

  • None

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Stefano Omboni, MD contact

+390331984176

Italy1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Italian Institute of Telemedicine

    Solbiate Arno

    Stefano Omboni

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Blood Pressure Telemonitoring in Local Pharmacies and Blood Pressure Control in the Community

The TEMPLAR project is an observational, cross-sectional, multicenter study involving several community pharmacies spread all over Italy. The aim of the project, the currently largest Italian ABPM Registry, is to analyze the 24-hour ABPMs performed in community pharmacies enabled for this service in accordance with the current Italian regulations, in order to evaluate the level of BP control in the community and to provide scientific evidence on the usefulness of a telehealth network involving the pharmacist for the screening and control of hypertension.

Read the detailed description

The recent introduction of second-level services in Pharmacy, has resulted in the gradual diffusion of some techniques, which, under medical supervision, have enormous potential in improving screening, prevention and control of the most common chronic diseases. Among these services, 24-hour and home blood pressure monitoring are the most commonly available. The introduction of blood pressure monitoring in Pharmacy, under medical prescription, supervision and reporting, plays an important scientific role. As a matter of fact, the collected data can be useful for taking a picture of the status of the blood pressure control in a setting different from that of the Hospital or Hypertension Clinic. These data can also help to evaluate the usefulness of such a service in terms of improvement of public health and as a support to Doctor's intervention.

The aim of the project is to assess the level of blood pressure control in patients undergoing 24-hour or home blood pressure monitoring through Pharmacies enabled for this service in accordance with the current local laws. Specific objectives of the project are: a) to verify whether such a service is really useful in terms of hypertension screening, b) to assess the real blood pressure control of hypertensive patients pharmacologically treated, c) to typify the degree of blood pressure control according to the main demographic and clinical characteristics of the subjects.

This is an observational, cross-sectional, multicenter study involving Pharmacies spread all over Italy. These Pharmacies already make use of a telemonitoring and telereporting system based on 24-hour and home blood pressure monitoring, with centralized data collection. The service is developed in accordance with the rules governing the second-level services payable in Pharmacy (DL 03/10/2009 n. 153 and DM 16/12/2010) and with the legislation on protection of personal data (DL 30/06/2003 n. 196). The service is provided in accordance with the current Guidelines of the Italian Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Hypertension and is managed by Doctors expert of the methodology. The service is offered to patients upon payment and the test is prescribed by the General Practitioner (referring physician of the patient). The data collected as part of the service provided by the single Pharmacies are analyzed for the purposes of the Project. The project foresees the analysis of blood pressure recordings and clinical data of subjects of both sexes, aged ≥ 18 years, undergoing a 24-hour or home blood pressure monitoring because of a suspected hypertension (patients not pharmacologically treated) or to verify the degree of blood pressure control with antihypertensive drug therapy (patients under treatment).

Conditions
Hypertension
Being tested
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.

  • Ambulatory blood pressure monitoringDevice

What is being measured

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

  1. 24-hour blood pressure control rate

    The percentage of patients with an average 24-hour blood pressure <130/80 mmHg

    Measured: 10 years

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Office blood pressure control rate

    The percentage of patients with an office blood pressure <140/90 mmHg

    Measured: 10 years

  2. Day-time blood pressure control rate

    The percentage of patients with an average day-time blood pressure <135/85 mmHg

    Measured: 10 years

  3. Night-time blood pressure control

    The percentage of patients with an average night-time blood pressure <120/70 mmHg

    Measured: 10 years

  4. Evaluation of blood pressure control in treated vs. untreated subjects

    The percentage of treated vs. untreated patients with blood pressure control

    Measured: 10 years

  5. Rate of patients with white-coat hypertension

    Percentage of patients with an office SBP ≥140 mmHg and/or DBP ≥90 mmHg + 24-hour average BP <130/80 mmHg + day-time average BP <135/85 mmHg + night-time average BP <120/70 mmHg

    Measured: 10 years

  6. Rate of patients with masked hypertension

    Percentage of patients with an office BP <140/90 mmHg + 24-hour average SBP ≥130 mmHg and/or DBP ≥80 mmHg or day-time average SBP ≥135 mmHg and/or DBP ≥85 mmHg or night-time average SBP ≥120 mmHg and/or DBP ≥70 mmHg

    Measured: 10 years

  7. Blood pressure control in subgroups at risk

    Rate of office and ambulatory blood pressure control according to sex, age, cardiovascular risk factors and concomitant diseases

    Measured: 10 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Dec 2018
  2. Study startOct 2010
  3. Primary completionDec 2030 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2030 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrolment
40,000 participants (estimated)
Target duration
10 Years
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03781401
Sponsor's protocol ID
TEMPLAR
Acronym
TEMPLAR
Status last verified
Nov 2026
First submitted
18 Dec 2018
Last updated
4 Nov 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Omboni S, Ballatore T, Rizzi F, Tomassini F, Panzeri E, Campolo L. Telehealth at scale can improve chronic disease management in the community during a pandemic: An experience at the time of COVID-19. PLoS One. 2021 Sep 29;16(9):e0258015. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258015. eCollection 2021.

    PubMed 34587198
  • Omboni S, Ballatore T, Rizzi F, Tomassini F, Campolo L, Panzeri E, Lundwall K, Kahan T. 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure telemonitoring in patients at risk of atrial fibrillation: results from the TEMPLAR project. Hypertens Res. 2022 Sep;45(9):1486-1495. doi: 10.1038/s41440-022-00932-1. Epub 2022 May 18.

    PubMed 35585169
  • Lundwall K, Kahan T, Omboni S. Blood pressure in atrial fibrillation and in sinus rhythm during ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: data from the TEMPLAR project. Hypertens Res. 2024 Feb;47(2):435-444. doi: 10.1038/s41440-023-01473-x. Epub 2023 Oct 23.

    PubMed 37872374
  • Omboni S, Khan NA, Kunadian V, Olszanecka A, Schutte AE, Mihailidou AS. Sex Differences in Ambulatory Blood Pressure Levels and Subtypes in a Large Italian Community Cohort. Hypertension. 2023 Jul;80(7):1417-1426. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.20589. Epub 2023 May 12.

    PubMed 37315119
  • Omboni S, Ballatore T, Rizzi F, Tomassini F, Campolo L, Panzeri E. Age-related patterns of ambulatory blood pressure in a large cohort of individuals referred to Italian community pharmacies: results from the templar project. J Hypertens. 2023 Feb 1;41(2):336-343. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003337. Epub 2022 Nov 28.

    PubMed 36453645
  • Omboni S, Mancinelli A, Rizzi F, Parati G; TEMPLAR (TEleMonitoring of blood Pressure in Local phARmacies) Project Group. Telemonitoring of 24-Hour Blood Pressure in Local Pharmacies and Blood Pressure Control in the Community: The Templar Project. Am J Hypertens. 2019 Jun 11;32(7):629-639. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpz049.

    PubMed 30976783
  • Omboni S, Tenti M. Telepharmacy for the management of cardiovascular patients in the community. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2019 Feb;29(2):109-117. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2018.07.002. Epub 2018 Jul 12.

    PubMed 30037524
  • Omboni S, Caserini M, Coronetti C. Telemedicine and M-Health in Hypertension Management: Technologies, Applications and Clinical Evidence. High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev. 2016 Sep;23(3):187-96. doi: 10.1007/s40292-016-0143-6. Epub 2016 Apr 12.

    PubMed 27072129
  • Omboni S, Sala E. The pharmacist and the management of arterial hypertension: the role of blood pressure monitoring and telemonitoring. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2015 Feb;13(2):209-21. doi: 10.1586/14779072.2015.1001368. Epub 2015 Jan 12.

    PubMed 25578090
  • Omboni S, Campolo L, Panzeri E. Telehealth in chronic disease management and the role of the Internet-of-Medical-Things: the Tholomeus(R) experience. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2020 Jul;17(7):659-670. doi: 10.1080/17434440.2020.1782734. Epub 2020 Jun 30.

    PubMed 32536214
  • Omboni S, Panzeri E, Campolo L. E-Health in Hypertension Management: an Insight into the Current and Future Role of Blood Pressure Telemonitoring. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2020 Jun 6;22(6):42. doi: 10.1007/s11906-020-01056-y.

    PubMed 32506273
  • Omboni S, McManus RJ, Bosworth HB, Chappell LC, Green BB, Kario K, Logan AG, Magid DJ, Mckinstry B, Margolis KL, Parati G, Wakefield BJ. Evidence and Recommendations on the Use of Telemedicine for the Management of Arterial Hypertension: An International Expert Position Paper. Hypertension. 2020 Nov;76(5):1368-1383. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15873. Epub 2020 Sep 14.

    PubMed 32921195
  • Omboni S, Ballatore T, Rizzi F, Tomassini F, Campolo L, Panzeri E. Feasibility of 24-h blood pressure telemonitoring in community pharmacies: the TEMPLAR project. J Hypertens. 2021 Oct 1;39(10):2075-2081. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002895.

    PubMed 34102664
  • Omboni S. Reply to 'Extreme dipping: is the nocturnal blood pressure fall modulated by age?'. J Hypertens. 2023 May 1;41(5):868-869. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003388. No abstract available.

    PubMed 37017033

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Hypertension, run by Italian Institute of Telemedicine at 1 site in Italy.

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 2 inclusion and 1 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Nov 2026. 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 Italy. 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Stefano Omboni, MD (+390331984176), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

24-hour blood pressure control rate (time frame: 10 years). 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 NCT03781401, which also lists 14 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 4 Nov 2026.

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