Comparison of antihypertensive medical care using telemedicine vs. conventional therapy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Essential Hypertension
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000025372
- Lead Sponsor
- Tokyo Women's Medical University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 450
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1) Those who do not own a smartphone compatible with the telemedicine platform 2) Past history of coronary diseases 3) Those with diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, history of stroke, or peripheral artery disease 4) Those classified as Category III according to the cardiovascular risk chart by Japan Atherosclerosis Society 5) Pregnant women and those with high possibility of becoming pregnant 6) Secondary hypertension, excluding idiopathic hyperaldosteronism and primary aldosteronism after adrenalectomy 7) Those judged by research administrator to be inappropriate for the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Home blood pressure after 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) Major adverse cardiovascular events (coronary events, hospitalization for heart failure, stroke, doubling of serum creatinine) 2) Adverse events 3) Vascular indices: Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index (CAVI), Augmentation Index (AI), Flow Mediated Dilation (FMD), Intima-Media Thickness (IMT), visceral fat area (DUALSCAN) 4) Laboratory data (blood and urine) 5) Questionnaires on quality of life and adherence