Health Condition 1: null- Essential hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Homoeopathy with life style modification: Individualized homoeopathy along with life style modification for 3 months
Control Intervention1: Placebo with life style modifications: Placeb
Sponsors
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 30 to 60 yrs 2.Both genders 3.Essential hypertension of stage I (SBP 140-159; DBP 90-99) 4.Patients who were not on any anti-hypertensive medicine since last 1 month. 5.Patients willing to participate in the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with secondary hypertension of any etiology. 2.Patients with pre hypertension, stage II hypertension as per JNC 7 criteria. 3.Known Diabetics. 4.Patients with a history of myocardial infarction, severe coronary artery disease or clinically significant heart failure or valvular defect or known cases of cardiac diseases. 5.Patients with systemic illness 6.Patients receiving any drugs known to affect blood pressure 7.Patients judged to have a history of alcohol or drug abuse 8.Women who are taking contraceptive pills, pregnancy and lactating mother. 9.Patients suffering from hypothyroidism. 10.Unable or unwilling to give informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1 To evaluate the mean change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure from baseline at every month for 3 months from baseline as per routine method. 2 To evaluate the changes in Ambulatory BP at 3rd month from baseline.Timepoint: every month for 3 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Percent of patients meeting the goal BP of SBPâ?¤ 135mmHg and DBP â?¤85 mmHg in patients of both the groupsTimepoint: 3 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Varanasi Roja
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
Outcome results
None listed