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Sleep Promotion and Pediatric Hypertension

Sleep Promotion Among Children Newly Diagnosed With Essential Hypertension

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
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

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

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

Determine the effectiveness and feasibility of a mobile health sleep extension approach in the pediatric nephrology setting, to increase sleep duration and reduce systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

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

Eligibility

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Speak, read and write in English. * Parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and child assent. * Have a computer or a tablet computer with access to the Internet or own a smartphone with a data and text plan. * Parent reported sleep duration on school nights less than or equal to 7.5 hours. * Recently diagnosed with essential hypertension by Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM). * If taking over the counter sleep aides, willing to stop them over the course of the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Any clinically diagnosed sleep disorder (e.g. sleep apnea) in the electronic health record and or regular use of prescribed sleep aide. * Underlying chronic medical conditions, defined as a medical condition with a duration or expected duration longer than 3 months that involved taking regular medication, taking medications that could affect blood pressure (e.g., anti-hypertensive medications, glucocorticoids, or stimulants), and patients with underlying diagnoses known to be associated with elevated blood pressure (e.g., cardiac disease, kidney disease or diabetes). Inclusion Criteria for Parents/Legal Guardians: * Be the parent/guardian of an eligible child enrolled in the main study. * Speak, read, and write in English. Exclusion Criteria for Parents/Legal Guardians: \- Limited English proficiency

Study sites (1)

PA