Ambulatory Versus Home Blood Pressure Measurement

EVALUATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS OUTSIDE OFFICE: COMPARISON OF DIAGNOSIS BASED ON EITHER AMBULATORY OR HOME BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01132001

Enrollment

200

Registered

2010-05-27

Start date

2009-10-31

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2012-10-11

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Conditions

Arterial Hypertension

Brief summary

This is a prospective study comparing the three blood pressure monitoring methods on the diagnosis of arterial hypertension. Blood pressure of each subject will be evaluated with clinic, home and 24h ambulatory blood pressure measurements in three visits

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Age \> 20 yrs * Patients referred to an outpatient clinic for high blood pressure * Patients with no treatment or with antihypertensive treatment stable for at least 4 weeks. * Patients capable of performing home blood pressure measurements. * Signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Hypertension stage III (SBP\>180 mmHg or DBP\>110mmHg) * Secondary hypertension * Resistant hypertension * Arrhythmia * Pregnancy * Symptomatic heart disease * Renal disease (Cr\>2mg/dl) * Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (HbA1c\>8.5%)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Blood pressure monitoring methods	Baseline	Comparison among clinic, home and ambulatory blood pressure measurements.

Countries

Greece

Contacts

Primary ContactGeorge S Stergiou, MD

gstergi@med.uoa.gr+302107763117

Outcome results