Can nurses and home monitors tame high blood pressure?
NCT ID NCT06580613
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
Researchers in Sweden are testing a new way to manage high blood pressure in primary care. At some clinics, staff assess each patient's heart risk, teach them about blood pressure, and let nurses lead group education and digital follow-up with home monitors. Other clinics continue usual care. The trial compares how many patients reach a blood pressure target of under 140/90 mmHg, along with satisfaction, knowledge, and costs.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a team-based hypertension care model with cardiovascular risk assessment, home blood pressure monitoring, and digital follow-up
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give primary care clinics a practical way to help more patients control high blood pressure and reduce heart and stroke risk.
- What could go wrong
- The approach may not improve blood pressure control more than usual care, and digital follow-up could be harder for some patients. The pilot phase means results may not apply to all clinics.
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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 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2035
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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: \- Adult patients with hypertension Exclusion Criteria: * secondary hypertension according to the medical records at the Primary Health Care Center * terminal illness * pregnancy-induced hypertension * cognitive impairment * impaired vision (not able to read measurements for the home BP measurements or communicate via "1177 direct" digitally) * psychotic disorder
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Husensjö Primary Health Care Center
RECRUITINGHelsingborg, Sweden
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