Community Study to Reduce High Blood Pressure Through Text Messaging (REACH OUT)

NCT ID: NCT02664610

Last Updated: 2023-06-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 94 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2015-05-31

Brief Summary

One of the most powerful predictors of stroke is hypertension, with estimates of approximately 33% of adults in the United States experiencing this condition. Hypertension is significantly more prevalent in African Americans compared to European Americans. Importantly, hypertension is a modifiable stroke risk factor.

This proposal will use a community-based participatory research approach to perform a randomized trial of a mobile phone text-messaging intervention to reduce high blood pressure in an urban African American community in Flint, Michigan.

Detailed Description

This is a randomized controlled trial of text messaging and blood pressure self-monitoring to reduce blood pressure.

Conditions

Hypertension; Stroke

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

No text messages, hypertensive

Participants who have high blood pressure, who are randomized to health information (do not receive text messages).

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Text messages, hypertensive

Participants who have high blood pressure, who are randomized to receive text messages.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Text Messaging

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

hypertensive participants will be randomized to receive tailored, motivational text messages

Interventions

Text Messaging

hypertensive participants will be randomized to receive tailored, motivational text messages

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult (>18 y/o) participants with BP ≥140/90 who have mobile phones with text-messaging capability.

Exclusion Criteria

• Adult who is illiterate, non-English speaking, pregnant, incarcerated/ institutionalized resident, or has a pre-existing condition that makes follow-up for 6 months unlikely.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 110 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lesli E. Skolarus, MD

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Lesli Skolarus

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Michigan

Other Identifiers

GO13884

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id