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Home BP Monitoring

Home BP Monitoring for Diagnosis of Hypertension in African American Adolescents

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
13 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Interviews

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "A small sample of participating teens and parents will be invited to participate in short telephone interviews."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether home blood pressure checks can help find high blood pressure in African American teens. It compares home readings with readings from a monitor worn for 24 hours. Some teens and parents will also be invited to short phone interviews about their experience.

Most cases of high blood pressure in teens are missed for a number of reasons. One reason is that the most common way to make a diagnosis is to make three or more blood pressure measurements in a doctor's office on separate days. This can be inconvenient. Also, measuring blood pressure in the office might be inaccurate, since children (including teens) might have high values in the office but normal values at home. For these reasons, investigators wish to study a different way to identify teens with high blood pressure. Home BP measurements have been used in Europe to make a diagnosis, but not yet in the United States, and never in a higher risk population of teens. African American teens are at higher risk for high blood pressure than other teens. Investigators will compare the values received from the home BP machines to another method (24 hour ambulatory BP monitoring or ABPM) which is the best standard for diagnosis. Investigators also want to learn more about participants experience and their child's experience with both methods. A small sample of participating teens and parents will be invited to participate in short telephone interviews. This study plans to enroll a total of 750 teens at UH. Recruitment will not take place from other organizations.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • You or your parent identify you as African American or partly African American.

Who can't join

  • You have already been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
  • You have been prescribed blood pressure medicine.
  • You have a history of heart disease that was present at birth.
  • You have had a solid organ transplant, such as a kidney or heart transplant.
  • You are prescribed and regularly use stimulants or other medicines known to raise blood pressure, such as testosterone or nicotine replacement.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Self-identify or identified by a parent as African-American or of partly African American ancestry Exclusion Criteria: * Prior hypertension diagnosis * Prescribed BP medication * History of congenital heart disease * History of solid organ transplant * Prescribed and using stimulants and other medications on a regular basis known to raise blood pressure such as testosterone and nicotine replacement

Study sites (1)

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