Rural Andhra Pradesh Cardiovascular Prevention Study (RAPCAPS)

Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a novel cardiovascular disease prevention program designed for delivery through existing primary health care services in rural villages in Andhra Pradesh. The primary aim is to increase the number of high-risk individuals in the population that are appropriately managed with proven, low-cost preventive interventions. The corresponding null hypothesis is therefore that the prevention program will result in no change in the proportion of high-risk individuals identified and treated in villages assigned to intervention compared with those villages assigned to control.

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Start

2005-12

Primary completion

2008-12

Completion

2009-06

Publications

• Background Chow CK, Joshi R, Gottumukkala AK, Raju K, Raju R, Reddy S, Macmahon S, Neal B. Rationale and design of the Rural Andhra Pradesh Cardiovascular Prevention Study (RAPCAPS): a factorial, cluster-randomized trial of 2 practical cardiovascular disease prevention strategies developed for rural Andhra Pradesh, India. Am Heart J. 2009 Sep;158(3):349-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.05.034. Epub 2009 Jul 15.
• Results Joshi R, Chow CK, Raju PK, Raju KR, Gottumukkala AK, Reddy KS, Macmahon S, Heritier S, Li Q, Dandona R, Neal B. The Rural Andhra Pradesh Cardiovascular Prevention Study (RAPCAPS): a cluster randomized trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Mar 27;59(13):1188-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.901. No abstract available.

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