VA nurses take on heart disease in HIV-positive veterans
NCT ID NCT04545489
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a nurse-led program could help veterans with HIV lower their blood pressure and reduce their risk of heart disease. 305 veterans with HIV and high blood pressure took part. The program used video visits and care coordination to help manage blood pressure over 12 months.
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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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305 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2020
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
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: 1. Age =\> 18 years 2. Confirmed HIV+ diagnosis 3. Undetectable HIV viral load: defined as the most recent HIV viral load \< 200 copies/mL, checked within the past 18 months (assessed via chart abstraction) 4. Hypertension: defined as the average of 4 most recent outpatient BP measurements in the last 18 months to show systolic BP 130 and/or diastolic 90 mmHg (assessed via chart abstraction) 5. Veteran at one of the sites participating in the study 6. Regular access to a computer, tablet or smart phone device with internet. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Severely hearing or speech impaired, or other disability that would limit participation 2. In a nursing home at baseline and/or any long-term care facility. Individuals will be censored at the point of entering nursing home care 3. In-patient psychiatric care 4. Diagnosis of dementia or active psychosis 5. Terminal illness with life expectancy \< 4 months (ex. Metastatic cancer, Hospice care) 6. Recent (\<90day) hospitalization for coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), myocardial infarction (MI), stroke) 7. Pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning a pregnancy during the study period 8. Planning to move out of the area in the next 12 months. 9. No reliable access to telephone services
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur, GA
Decatur, Georgia, 30033-4004, United States
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Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Durham, North Carolina, 27705-3875, United States
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Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-1702, United States
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