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Can a smartphone app tame high blood pressure in african americans?

NCT ID NCT06078540

Disease control Sponsor: University of Chicago Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested a mobile app called USeeBP in 31 African American adults with poorly controlled high blood pressure. Participants used the app alongside their usual remote monitoring program to track blood pressure readings at home. The goal was to see if the app could help improve blood pressure control and medication adherence.

What this could mean

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Active substance
USeeBP mobile app
What this could lead to
If successful, this app could offer a simple, low-cost way for African American adults to better control their blood pressure at home.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early proof-of-concept study with only 31 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The app only helps track health data, not treat the condition directly.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

31 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Oct 2023

Finished

Jul 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * African American * Ages 18 to 65 years old * Able to demonstrate English reading literacy of at least 8th grade level \[Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine, Revised (REALM-R) score ≥ 6\] * Prior hypertension (HTN) diagnosis * Clinically measured SBP ≥ 160 mmHg recorded during at least 2 of last 4 encounters within past 2 years * UCM-RPM Hypertension Management Program current or eligible participant * Access to an Android or Apple iOS smartphone and its corresponding health app * Access to an active data plan or home Wi-Fi * Willing to use wireless electronic blood pressure cuff (eCuff) * Has access to EPIC myChart mobile app or is willing to establish myChart account and download app * Willing to download USeeBP study app to phone * Willing to download and use USeeBP app with staff assistance Exclusion Criteria: * Hypertension is managed by a specialist (specialist prescribes the anti-hypertensive therapies) * Baseline blood pressure greater than 180/110 * Prior enrollment in the study * Known pregnancy * Prisoners * Active opioid dependency * Homelessness * Psychiatric hospitalization in the last year * Serious existing medical conditions that may make BP control difficult or necessitate frequent hospitalization (cirrhosis or hepatic failure, stage IV or V chronic kidney disease, interstitial nephritis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, right heart failure, history of dementia or neurocognitive disability, advanced heart failure, organ transplant, immunosuppressive therapy, active cancer treatment, patients on hospice care), stroke or myocardial infarction in past 90 days, severe aortic stenosis * Hospital admission for primary diagnosis of hypertensive emergency, hypertensive urgency, or uncontrolled hypertension in the past 90 days

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

hypertensive disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

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Blood pressure Hypertension

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

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