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Remote Hypertension Management for Black Patients
Remote Hypertension Tracking, Help, and Management to Reduce Disparities in Black Patients
Who can join
Ages 21 to 85 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Black or African American race * Hypertension diagnosis * aged 21 to 85 years * Uncontrolled blood pressure as defined by \[a\] most recent SBP ≥140 mmHg and an additional SBP≥140 mmHg within the past 12 months in an outpatient setting (excluding urgent care, emergency department or surgery clinic), or \[b\] most recent SBP\>160mmHg in an outpatient setting (excluding urgent care, emergency department or surgery clinic), or \[c\] referral by PCP for uncontrolled hypertension with at least one documented SBP≥140 mmHg (in clinic or at home) in the past 12 months; and (v) primary care provided at a participating clinic. * Able to speak English * Primary care provided at a participating clinic Exclusion Criteria: * currently pregnant or planning to get pregnant during the study period * residence in a long-term care facility, hospice or with a terminal illness with less than 1 year life expectancy as determined by the Primary Care Physician or study team. Stable chronic illness such as compensated cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure etc. will not be excluded. * estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) \<30 ml/min or on dialysis. Patients with a functioning kidney transplant will not be excluded. * inability to provide informed consent or participate in study procedures. For example, conditions that limit ability to participate in phone visits or check BPs in at least one arm. * currently participating in another BP management program. * plan to move out of the area within the next 12 months. * Hispanic ethnicity.
About the study
This study will compare two approaches for managing hypertension in Black patients with uncontrolled blood pressure (BP). One approach will include home BP telemonitoring supported by a pharmacist and a community health worker. The other approach will include usual clinic-based care along with a home BP monitor and routine care.
What is being tested
- RHYTHM (Remote Hypertension Tracking Help Management) (behavioral)
- Enhanced usual care (UC) (behavioral)
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Participants: 864 · Started: Dec 13, 2024
Contact the study team
- Yhenneko J. Taylor, PhD · Phone: (704) 355-6562
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06527794
Locations in the U.S.
| North Carolina | Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.