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CompletedNCT03920956Updated Feb 5, 2020

24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Community Pharmacies

An interventional study of ABPM service by Pharmacists in Hypertension, sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-05.

Sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
53
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is designed to explore the feasibility of providing 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in community pharmacies. The investigators hypothesize it will be feasible for community pharmacies to provide the service to assist medical providers in the diagnosing and management of high blood pressure. The investigators will also survey participants regarding their experience with the service as well as conduct interviews with participating pharmacists and medical providers to understand their views and opinions on the feasibility of the service.

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Conditions studied

  • Hypertension

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In context

Hypertension

6,689 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypertension; 965 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 53 is below the median of 90 across 4,995 interventional studies indexed under Hypertension.

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Lead sponsor

Virginia Commonwealth University is the lead sponsor of 641 studies on the registry; 82 are open to participants now.

Of its 88 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 62 (70%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults greater than or equal to 18 years of age suspected by their physician of having "white coat" or "masked" hypertension (HTN), hypotension symptoms due to antihypertensive therapy, uncontrolled sustained HTN, requiring additional confirmation of an initial diagnosis if HTN, or resistant HTN.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Documented past medical history of persistent atrial fibrillation, on hemodialysis, pregnancy, or dementia.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
53 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental: 24-hour ABPM by Pharmacists

    Patients will meet with the pharmacist to be equipped with a 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor (ABPM). Patients will return the monitor for the pharmacists to download the results to send to their medical provider.

    Other: ABPM service by Pharmacists

Interventions

  • OtherABPM service by Pharmacists

    Patients will receive ABPM services provided by a pharmacist and complete a patient satisfaction survey

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient satisfaction with the pharmacy service and experience wearing the ABPM

    Patient satisfaction will be assessed using a 9 item survey. Participants will rate items on a 5-point scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree.

    Time frame: up to 72 hours

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Study locations

1 site
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
    Richmond, Virginia 23236, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Khaddage SJ, Patterson JA, Sargent LJ, Price ET, Dixon DL. Sex and Age Differences in Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Tolerability. Am J Hypertens. 2021 Apr 20;34(4):335-338. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa182. PubMed 33180905 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 5, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03920956
Lead sponsor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 19, 2019
Start date
Jul 24, 2019
Primary completion
Jan 24, 2020
Completion
Jan 24, 2020
Last update
Feb 5, 2020

Study contacts

Dave Dixon, PharmD
principal investigator · Virginia Commonwealth University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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