Home blood pressure monitoring: which delivery and training method works best?
NCT ID NCT07693699
First seen Jul 09, 2026 · Last updated Aug 13, 2026 · Updated 5 times
Summary
This study compares different ways to give blood pressure cuffs and training to adults with uncontrolled high blood pressure during routine primary care visits. Participants receive a cuff either in the clinic or by mail, and training either hands-on or through written instructions. The goal is to find which approach most reliably gets people the tools and knowledge they need to monitor their blood pressure at home.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could identify the most practical and effective way to help people with high blood pressure monitor their condition at home, potentially improving blood pressure control.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, pragmatic study focused on delivery and training methods, not on direct health outcomes. Results may not apply to all clinics or patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 years or older. * Diagnosed hypertension documented prior to the index clinic visit. * Scheduled for and attends an in-person visit with a participating clinician at a study clinic. * Elevated BP (blood pressure) documented in Epic during rooming or the clinic visit before study enrollment, defined as systolic BP \>=140 mmHg or diastolic BP \>=90 mmHg. Exclusion Criteria: * Visit is canceled, rescheduled, or the patient does not attend the visit. * Patient already has a usable home BP cuff provide through insurance within the past 5 years. * Patient declines assistance obtaining a BP cuff. * Patient declines submitting cuff order to insurance. * Patient unable to participate for operational reasons.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Advocate Medical Group Beverly
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60643, United States
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Advocate Medical Group Chicago (Imani Village)
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60619, United States
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Advocate Medical Group Chicago (Southeast)
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60617, United States
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Advocate Medical Group Merrionette Park
RECRUITINGMerrionette Park, Illinois, 60803, United States
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Advocate Medical Group Oak Lawn (FP)
RECRUITINGOak Lawn, Illinois, 60453, United States
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Advocate Medical Group Oak Lawn (IM)
RECRUITINGOak Lawn, Illinois, 60453, United States
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