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Enrolling by invitationNCT06985199AHOMKAUpdated Jul 18, 2025

Culturally-adapted Mobile Health Intervention for Hypertension Care

An interventional study of Enhanced Usual Care Group in Hypertension, sponsored by Tufts University. Enrolling by invitation at 2 sites in Ghana. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-07-18.

Sponsored by Tufts University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jul 2025, 1 year 3 months ago, but the record still lists the study as enrolling by invitation.
  • Registered 6 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2024, registered May 2025).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
160
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
30 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

A single-arm study to assess the ability of the AHOMKA platform for hypertension management to affect blood pressure change among urban and rural patients in Ghana.

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Conditions studied

  • Hypertension

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Keywords

  • hypertension, mobile health
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In context

Hypertension

6,114 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypertension; 912 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 160 is above the median of 100 across 4,575 interventional studies indexed under Hypertension.

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Lead sponsor

Tufts University is the lead sponsor of 228 studies on the registry; 23 are open to participants now.

Of its 11 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 8 (73%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • diagnosis of hypertension

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Comorbidities
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
160 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Enhanced Usual Care Group

    Participants with uncontrolled hypertension and the owner of a cell phone are selected. Participants will receive usual care as determined by their provider.

    Behavioral: Enhanced Usual Care Group

Interventions

  • BehavioralEnhanced Usual Care Group

    A culturally-adapted mobile health platform will be used in the intervention to enable participants to record blood pressure and heart rate readings at home and store data in the mobile platform. Providers will have access to the store data using a provider-facing app.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Blood Pressure levels from Baseline

    Changes in blood pressure levels, measured in mmHg, will be assessed at the baseline and 6-month endline visit.

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 months

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Study locations

2 sites
  • National Cardiothoracic Center
    Accra, Ghana, Ghana
  • Cardiothoracic Center - Outpatient Department
    Ho, Ghana, Ghana
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 18, 2025, 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
NCT06985199
Lead sponsor
Tufts University
Collaborators
University of Ghana Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, University of Health and Allied Sciences
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 22, 2025
Start date
Oct 31, 2024
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 30, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 18, 2025

Study contacts

Valencia Koomson
principal investigator · Tufts University
Mark Tettey, MD
principal investigator · University of Ghana

Oversight

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