24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Community Pharmacies

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Other: ABPM service by Pharmacists

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03920956

HM20015789

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to explore the feasibility of providing 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in community pharmacies. The investigators hypothesize it will be feasible for community pharmacies to provide the service to assist medical providers in the diagnosing and management of high blood pressure. The investigators will also survey participants regarding their experience with the service as well as conduct interviews with participating pharmacists and medical providers to understand their views and opinions on the feasibility of the service.

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults greater than or equal to 18 years of age suspected by their physician of having "white coat" or "masked" hypertension (HTN), hypotension symptoms due to antihypertensive therapy, uncontrolled sustained HTN, requiring additional confirmation of an initial diagnosis if HTN, or resistant HTN.

Exclusion criteria

• Documented past medical history of persistent atrial fibrillation, on hemodialysis, pregnancy, or dementia.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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53 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental: 24-hour ABPM by Pharmacists

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will meet with the pharmacist to be equipped with a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABPM). Patients will return the monitor for the pharmacists to download the results to send to their medical provider.

Treatment:

Other: ABPM service by Pharmacists