Use of a Hypertension Tool to Manage Blood Pressure in Hemodialysis

University Health Network, Toronto

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Other: Hypertension tool

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03089385

15-9951

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this project is to develop, validate, and implement a tool to help manager hypertension in patients on hemodialysis.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ≥ 18 years of age
• Receiving in-centre HD for at least 3 months
• Considered hypertensive based on a median intradialytic blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmgHG

Exclusion criteria

• Are unable to provide informed consent
• Are deemed medically unstable by the primary physician

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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38 participants in 2 patient groups

Implementation group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will have the hypertension tool implemented on them.

Treatment:

Other: Hypertension tool

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will not have the tool implemented.