Controlling Blood Pressure in Treatment Resistant Hypertension: A Pilot Study

Summary

Comparative Effectiveness Research using an intent-to-treat approach in 8 clinics in South Carolina. The investigators will assess 4 efficacious approaches to controlling treatment-resistant hypertension (TRH): Aldosterone Antagonist, Referral to Hypertension Specialist, Renin Treatment-Guided Therapeutics, and combination of Hypertension Specialist and Renin Treatment-Guided Therapeutics. Patients with TRH are evaluated with the BpTRU device for an accurate and representative blood pressure measure on two occasions before entry into the study. Qualitative data from focus group discussions with practice staff, and patient surveys and interviews will provide contextual data to help explain why some interventions are more acceptable and successful than others.

Timeline

Start

2011-06

Primary completion

2015-01

Completion

2015-01

Publications

• Background Laken MA, Dawson R, Engelman O, Lovelace O, Way C, Egan BM. Comparative effectiveness research in the "real" world: lessons learned in a study of treatment-resistant hypertension. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2013 Jan-Feb;7(1):95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2012.12.002.
• Results Egan BM, Laken MA, Sutherland SE, Qanungo S, Fleming DO, Cook AG, Hester WH, Jones KW, Jebaily GC, Valainis GT, Way CF, Wright MB, Davis RA. Aldosterone Antagonists or Renin-Guided Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Hypertension: A Comparative Effectiveness Pilot Study in Primary Care. Am J Hypertens. 2016 Aug;29(8):976-83. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpw016. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

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