Nephrocare mHealth Project: Telemonitoring of Blood Pressure

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Kidney Diseases; Blood Pressure
• Interventions: Other: Telemonitoring of blood pressure

• Registration Number: NCT03708666
• Lead Sponsor: Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Brief Summary

The Nephrocare mHealth project supports patients with Chronic Kidney Disease with a mobile application and telemonitoring. The application includes the follow-up of blood pressure.

Detailed Description

Patients that are included in the Nephrocare mHealth project send their blood pressure results through an app or online website.

The clinical decision support system will alert the patient, as well as the general practitioner and the hospital when the blood pressure is too high or low. In addition the clinical decision support will calculate monthly averages and all the data are connected with the electronic patient files.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-31
• Study Completion: 2018-06-30
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Study First Submitted: 2018-10-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-10-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-13
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 79

Inclusion Criteria

• Dutch-speaking
• Signed and approved informed consent
• Follow-up by nephrology at the University Hospitals Leuven or General Hospital Groeninge

Exclusion Criteria

• No Dutch-speaking
• Impaired cognitive condition or medically unstable

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Telemonitoring of blood pressure	Telemonitoring of blood pressure	Patients measure their blood pressure and register their results on the app or website.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure under control	6 months	Percentage of patients with blood pressure within target limits

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adaptations of treatment	6 months	Percentage of change in hypertension therapy

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospitals Leuven; 🇧🇪 Leuven, Belgium