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Home BP Monitoring
Home BP Monitoring for Diagnosis of Hypertension in African American Adolescents
Who can join
Ages 13 to 18 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full 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
About the study
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.
What is being tested
- Home Blood Pressure Machine (device)
- 24-Hour Blood Pressure Machine (device)
Sponsor: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center · Participants: 750 · Started: Oct 1, 2023
Contact the study team
- Goutham Rao, MD · Phone: (216)844-3791
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05552547
Locations in the U.S.
| Ohio | University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.