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Effects of Telemonitoring and Telemedicine Service for Hypertensive Care

A Multi-center, Randomized, Parallel, Interventional, Open Label Trial to Compare the Blood Pressure-lowering Effect of Conventional Treatment and Smart Care Service in Hypertensive Patients Receiving Any Conventional Treatment

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01335984
Acronym
Smart-HTN
Enrollment
440
Registered
2011-04-15
Start date
2011-01-31
Completion date
2013-08-31
Last updated
2020-01-31

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

telemonitoring, usual care, telemedicine, telehealth, home care, Health Care Quality, Access, Evaluation

Brief summary

This is a multi-centered, randomized, parallel group, interventional & open label clinical trial accessing efficacy of intervention effect by smart care system over existing treatment group for lowering blood pressure of hypertension patients taking anti-hypertension drug.

Detailed description

1. Objectives : To evaluate superiority in blood pressure lowering effect of the Smart Care Service compared to the conventional treatment in hypertensive patients receiving any conventional antihypertensive medication 2. Test and control group * Control group : The subject group who is receiving any conventional treatment (hospital visit). * Test groups Conventional treatment + remote monitoring group: The subject group who is receiving the health care services using conventional treatment (hospital visit) and remote monitoring. Remote visit + remote monitoring group: The subject group who is receiving remote visit and remote monitoring using videotelephony 3. Target Subject: Hypertensive patients receiving any conventional antihypertensive medication

Interventions

PROCEDURETelemonitoring

The subjects who are assigned in the Telemonitoring group will be provided Blood Pressure monitor, body composition analyzer, and remote monitoring device. The subjects who are assigned in the Telemonitoring group should visit the site once per every 2 months (8 weeks), and they should measure their blood pressure using a provided blood pressure monitor twice a day during study period (once after first morning urination and once before going to bed). After measurement of blood pressure and body composition, the subjects should make the transmission terminals of remote monitoring device situate near transmission terminal of Smart Care PC and transmit measured information through Smart Care PC into a centralized server of Smart Care Center.

The subjects who are assigned in the Telemonitoring & Telemedicine group should perform the same remote monitoring procedures as the subjects in the Telemonitoring group. Since the remote visit substitute for a face to face visit, subjects should reserve the time for remote visit in each clinical trial center. A primary doctor or remote medical doctor should provide medical consultation to the subjects through videotelephony using the remote monitoring device and then issue electronic prescriptions.

OTHERcontrol group

\- The subjects who are assigned in the control group will be provided blood Pressure Monitor (Self BP measuring). The subjects who are assigned in the control group should perform the same blood pressure measurement (2 times a day) same as the test group during the study, and measured results should be recorded in a diary of self blood pressure measurement. In addition, the subjects should visit the site once per every two months (8 weeks).

Sponsors

LG Electronics Inc.
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Purdue University
CollaboratorOTHER
Chang Hee, Lee
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Male and female patients who are able to receive outpatient treatment from over 20 to under 70 years of age.- Over SBP 140mmHg without diabetes or renal failure 2. Patients who are taking more than one kind of any antihypertensive medications * Systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 140mmHg in patient with diabetes mellitus and renal disease or * Systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 130mmHg in patient without diabetes mellitus and renal disease 3. Patients who are able to understand the purpose of this trial and to read and write 4. Patients who are able to use Smart Care PC for this trial 5. Patients who participate voluntarily and sign the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with severe hypertension (mean of two seated SBP ≥200 mmHg) at screening visit blood pressure measurement. 2. Patients with secondary hypertension. 3. HbA1c\>11%. 4. Patients are currently being hospitalized or planning to hospitalize due to hypertension. 5. Patients with severe renal disease (above 1.5 times the upper limit of normal serum creatinine levels). 6. Patients with any severe liver disease including cirrhosis (AST or ALT: above 3 times the upper limit of normal). 7. Patients who have been suffered cardiac infarction or severe coronary artery disease within 6 months, or with clinically significant congestive heart failure or heart valve defects. 8. Patients with phthisis, autoimmune disease or connective tissue disease. 9. Patients on medication therapies which may interfere with their blood pressure. 10. Patients with known history of allergic reaction or contraindication to angiotensin II antagonists. 11. Pregnant or lactating woman. 12. Patients with known history of alcoholism, mental illness, or drug dependency. 13. Patients who have participated in other study within 12 weeks prior to screening visit. 14. Any clinically significant medical condition including neurologic disease, gastrointestinal disease or malignant tumor, etc., which may affect the test results, or any other medical condition which in the opinion of the investigator makes the patients unsuitable for participation in the trial.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Clinic blood pressure24 weeksblood pressure value when hospital visiting * Clinic blood pressure * Changes in mean SBP(Systolic Blood Pressure) from baseline to 24 weeks visit

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Percentage of subjects who achieved goal clinic blood pressure24 weeksPercentage of subjects who achieved blood pressure under 140/90mmHg at 24 weeks visit (under 130/80mmHg in subjects with diabetes mellitus and renal disease)
24 hours ABP(Ambulatory Blood Pressure)24 weeks* BP measured at baseline and after administration of antihypertensive drugs at 24 weeks * Mean values of 24 hours blood pressure (SBP / DBP) will be used for analysis
Percentage of subjects who achieved 24 hours ABP(Ambulatory Blood Pressure) goal24 weeks* Percentage of subjects who achieved average daytime BP of 24hrs ABPM under 135/85mmHg (under 130/80mmHg in subjects with diabetes mellitus and renal disease) * Average daytime BP will be calculated with average of each hourly mean from 07:00 to 22:59 of the Clock time
Clinic blood pressure-Diastolic Blood Pressure(DBP)24 weeksChanges in mean Diastolic Blood Pressure(DBP) from baseline to 24 weeks visit
Medication compliance24 weeks* Patients diary will be recorded and medication compliance will be calculated by calculating the number of days administered antihypertensive drugs during the study * Drugs compliance = the number of days administered antihypertensive drugs / participated period in this study \* 100%
Reduction of body mass index24 weeksChanges of Body Mass Index(BMI) \- Body Mass Index(BMI)=Body weight (kg)/Height2(m) from baseline to 24 weeks
Assessment of patients' satisfaction24 weeksOnly remote monitoring group and remote visit + remote monitoring group are applicable
Self blood pressure measurement24 weeksMean value of each week of self blood pressure measurement (Systolic/Diastolic) from baseline to 24 weeks

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026