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Blood Pressure Lowering Strategies to Eliminate Hypertension Disparities (BLESSED)

Blood Pressure Lowering Strategies to Eliminate Hypertension Disparities

Who can join

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

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not 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

  • Time periods mentioned: 18 months

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
  • "The multifaceted intervention will last for 18 months, followed by a post-intervention follow-up visit at 24 months."
  • "This study has 90% statistical power to detect group differences in mean SBP change of 5.8 mm Hg over 18 months using a 2-sided significance level of 0.05."
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 a church-based program led by community health workers improves high blood pressure control compared with enhanced usual care. It is for adults with high blood pressure who are connected to participating, mostly Black churches in Greater New Orleans. The program lasts 18 months, with a follow-up visit at 24 months.

The burden of hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and end-stage kidney disease is disproportionately high in Black populations, especially in the South. The Blood Pressure Lowering Strategies to Eliminate Hypertension Disparities (BLESSED) cluster randomized trial aims to test the effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability of a community health worker (CHW)-led multifaceted intervention compared to enhanced usual care for hypertension control in Black communities. In the BLESSED trial, the investigators plan to recruit 1,176 adults with hypertension (approximately 28 per church) from 42 predominantly Black churches in the Greater New Orleans area. The multifaceted intervention will last for 18 months, followed by a post-intervention follow-up visit at 24 months. The BLESSED trial aims to generate evidence regarding the effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability of this CHW-led church-based multifaceted intervention in eliminating hypertension disparities in the United States (US) general population.

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

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Age 18 or older.
  • A member of a participating church, or a family member or friend of a church member.
  • Blood pressure with a top number of 130 or higher, or a bottom number of 80 or higher.
  • Willing and able to take part in the program.
  • Willing and able to sign a form agreeing to join the study.

Who can't join

  • Hospital stay in the past 3 months for a heart attack or chronic heart failure, when the heart does not pump well.
  • Cancer that currently needs chemotherapy (cancer drugs) or radiation treatment.
  • Stage 5 kidney disease requiring ongoing dialysis (blood-filtering treatment) or a kidney transplant.
  • Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 18 months.
  • Planning to move out of Greater New Orleans in the next year.

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

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Men or women aged ≥18 years 2. Community members associated with the participating churches (church members and their families and friends) 3. Systolic blood pressure ≥130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥80 mm Hg 4. Willing and able to participate in the intervention. 5. Willing and able to sign written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Prior hospitalization in the last 3 months for chronic heart failure or heart attack 2. Current diagnosis of cancer requiring chemotherapy or radiation therapy 3. Stage-5 chronic kidney disease requiring chronic dialysis or transplant 4. Pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next 18 months 5. Planning to move out of the Greater New Orleans area during the next year

Study sites (1)

LA