Effect of a WeChat Platform-based Management Intervention on Blood Pressure Control

NCT ID: NCT04682015

Last Updated: 2021-02-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

436 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-18

Study Completion Date

2022-12-31

Brief Summary

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WeChat is the largest and most popular social media platform in China, In this study, investigators will evaluate the use of management program delivered via WeChat platform in patients with hypertension.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Hypertension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

The intervention group will be enrolled into WeChat platform. Participants will receive health education materials, monitor blood pressure at home and sent the blood pressure record to the platform and consult doctors online via platform.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

WeChat platform group

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants in the intervention group will receive educational messages related to hypertension, such as impact of hypertension on cardiovascular system, lifestyle adjustment and side effects of antihypertensive drugs. Participants will be reminded to take their blood pressure regularly and enter the blood pressure readings into the WeChat platform. If participants enter extremely high or low readings, they will be asked to seek medical help from doctors. Participants can also consult doctors online via WeChat platform by text and voice messages, or voice calls.

Control

Control group will receive usual care and follow up in hospitals and community health centers.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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WeChat platform group

Participants in the intervention group will receive educational messages related to hypertension, such as impact of hypertension on cardiovascular system, lifestyle adjustment and side effects of antihypertensive drugs. Participants will be reminded to take their blood pressure regularly and enter the blood pressure readings into the WeChat platform. If participants enter extremely high or low readings, they will be asked to seek medical help from doctors. Participants can also consult doctors online via WeChat platform by text and voice messages, or voice calls.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients aged ≥ 18 years with confirmed diagnosis of hypertension
* Office systolic blood pressure (SBP)≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP)≥90 mmHg, or ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) indicating 24- hour SBP ≥130 mmHg and/or DBP ≥80 mmHg and/or daytime SBP ≥135 mmHg and/or DBP ≥85 mmHg and/or nocturnal SBP ≥120 mmHg and/or DBP ≥70 mmHg.
* Patients have smart phone and often use WeChat to communicate with others (including written interaction)
* Patients are willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the trial

Exclusion Criteria

* Secondary hypertension
* Hypertensive emergency: defined as severe elevations in BP (SBP ≥180 mmHg and/or DBP≥120mmHg) associated with evidence of new or worsening target organ damage, including hypertensive encephalopathy, intracranial hemorrhage, cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, heart failure, acute coronary syndrome (unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction), aortic dissection, perioperative hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia
* Refractory hypertension: defined as failure to control BP despite lifestyle changes and use of at least 5 antihypertensive agents of different classes, including a thiazide-type diuretic and a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist
* Pregnancy or lactation or having pregnancy plan during the study period
* Life expectancy less than 1 year
* Participation in another clinical study or clinical trial in the 3 months prior to the confirmation of eligibility or current user of WeChat platform provided by hypertension center of the first affiliated hospital of Wenzhou medical university
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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GaoJun Wu

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

hypertension center of the first affiliated hospital of Wenzhou medical university

Central Contacts

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GaoJun Wu

Role: CONTACT

+86 13758715199

Other Identifiers

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WMU1H-HTN

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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