Risk Assessment and Treat Compliance in Hypertension Education Trial (RATCHET)

Lawson Health Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Dyslipidemia

Treatments: Behavioral: Knowledge of Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00694239

13014E (Other Identifier)

R-07-053

Details and patient eligibility

About

The RATCHET study assesses if patient knowledge of estimated cardiovascular risk at current and recommended target blood pressure levels improves compliance in the management of hypertension.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 84 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Essential hypertension (new diagnosis or established diagnosis) meeting criteria for pharmacologic therapy as defined by current guidelines

Exclusion criteria

• Lack of written informed consent
• Previous myocardial infarction
• Previous stroke
• Congestive heart failure
• Stage 3 or greater chronic kidney disease
• Pregnancy
• Usage of medication bubble/blister package

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

B

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard Care

A

Experimental group

Description:

Risk Assessment plus standard care

Treatment:

Behavioral: Knowledge of Cardiovascular Risk Assessment