NCT03557502Completed
Heat Therapy Versus Exercise Training in Hypertension
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Jun 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a clinical trial to determine whether 30 sessions of heat therapy in the form of hot water immersion is better than 30 sessions of traditional aerobic exercise training on blood pressure reduction in people with elevated or Stage 1 hypertension.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 44 (actual)
- First submitted
- 4 Jun 2018
- Start date
- 1 Dec 2019
- Primary completion date
- 30 Dec 2023
- Lead sponsor
- University of Oregon
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT03557502
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 44
- From 1 Dec 2019 to the primary completion date, 30 Dec 2023
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Lab values
- Secondary hypertension; diagnosed cardiovascular disease other than hypertension; taking anti-hypertensive drugs; BMI of 35 or greater; fasting glucose greater than 125 mg/dl; women who are pregnant, nursing, or desiring to become pregnant.
Who the study is looking for
- Systolic Blood Pressure 120 mmHg or greater and less than 180 mmHg or Diastolic Blood Pressure of 80mmHg or greater and less than 120mmHg
Age in the registry: 35 years to 60 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oregon Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Eugene | United States | Unknown status |
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