A Pilot Trial to Test the Feasibility of Utilizing Home Blood Pressure Monitoring to Optimize the Administration of Midodrine Among Decompensated Cirrhosis Patients (WATCH)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Portal Hypertension; Cirrhosis, Liver; Ascites Hepatic

Treatments: Other: Standard of Care; Device: Withings Home Blood Pressure Device and Scale

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05928624

22-36046

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized single-blind feasibility trial to test the utilization of home blood pressure devices to improve the clinical management of decompensated cirrhosis patients.

Full description

This is a feasibility trial to determine the feasibility of using home monitoring devices (e.g. blood pressure cuffs) to improve outcomes for cirrhosis patients.

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients will need to have decompensated cirrhosis defined as a Child Pugh Score ≥ 7

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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69 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard of Care

Sham Comparator group

Description:

This arm will receive a home blood pressure monitor and scale; however, these data will not be shared with their treating provider in real-time.

Treatment:

Other: Standard of Care

Home Blood Pressure and Scale Monitoring to Inform Clinical Decisions

Experimental group

Description:

This arm will receive a home blood pressure monitor and scale. These data will be reviewed weekly and these data will be shared with the treating provider to inform clinical decisions.

Treatment:

Device: Withings Home Blood Pressure Device and Scale