Testing a support program for clinics treating high blood pressure in pregnancy
Tests a support program helping clinic staff treat pregnant patients with severe high blood pressure.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Testing Implementation Strategies to Support Clinic Fidelity to an Outpatient Hypertension Bundle
Key facts
- Where
- Burlington, Chapel Hill, Durham, Hillsborough, and Raleigh, United StatesSee the 8 sites
Could this be for you?
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Source: NCT06002165, who can take part
Where in United States
- Alamance County Health DepartmentBurlington, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Cone HealthBurlington, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Piedmont Health ServicesChapel Hill, United StatesNo longer taking part
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Unified Women's Healthcare of the CarolinasChapel Hill, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Duke University Health SystemDurham, United StatesNo longer taking part
- Orange County Health DepartmentHillsborough, United StatesNo longer taking part
- WakemedRaleigh, United StatesNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Trial code
- NCT06002165
- Record updated
- 6 November 2026
- Original description
The goal of this clinical trial is to test an approach to improve care for pregnant and post-partum patients with high blood pressure. The study participants are providers and staff in prenatal care clinics, and the condition of interest is severe hypertension. The research questions are:Read full original descriptionShow less
Testing Implementation Strategies to Support Clinic Fidelity to an Outpatient Hypertension Bundle: ACHIEVE (Advancing Community and Clinical Care for Childbirth-related Hypertension Through Implementation, Engagement, and Valuing Everyone)
The goal of this clinical trial is to test an approach to improve care for pregnant and post-partum patients with high blood pressure. The study participants are providers and staff in prenatal care clinics, and the condition of interest is severe hypertension. The research questions are:
1. Does the ACHIEVE intervention increase the quality and accuracy of measuring patient blood pressure? 2. Does the ACHIEVE intervention increase the documentation of delivery of patient education on hypertension? 3. Does the ACHIEVE intervention result in better recognition and treatment of severe hypertension during practice sessions (simulations)? 4. Does the ACHIEVE intervention result in better recognition and treatment of severe hypertension for patients who come to the clinic?
Participants from outpatient prenatal care clinics in North Carolina will work with an ACHIEVE Nurse Coordinator who will deliver training, coaching, simulations, and educational materials. Three groups of clinics will be phased into Active Implementation every six months. The study team will examine data collected before, during, and after the intervention to see if the results show improvement.
Inclusion: Sites/Facilities Enrolling Participants; The prenatal care clinics being recruited must meet all of the following inclusion criteria:; Physical location of the clinic is in Orange, Alamance, Durham, or Wake County; The clinic patient population includes ≥ 50 births per year; The clinic uses an electronic health record system; Additionally, the clinic's patient population must meet one or more of the following inclusion criteria:; ≥ 50% uninsured or insured by Medicaid; ≥ 20% Black / African American; ≥ 20% rural residents; Clinic Participants; Participants will include volunteers within the following categories:; Implementation Team b. Care Team c. Medical Support Personnel; Patients (Patient Education Cohort); Gave birth up to six months prior to the data collection timepoint; Received at least two or more prenatal care visits from the participating clinic; At least one of the two prenatal care visits must occur between 20- and 34-weeks gestation; Patients: (Timely Delivery of Care Cohort); >20 weeks pregnant or up to six weeks post-partum in the 12 months prior to the data collection timepoint; Had at least one documented episode of severe hypertension (systolic blood pressure of 160 mmHg or higher, or diastolic blood pressure of 110 mmHg or higher) during a visit encounter with a participating clinic; Individual pregnant or postpartum people should have all episodes included if they present with severe range blood pressures more than once on different days.
Exclusion: Sites/Facilities Enrolling Participants; Clinics that were part of the Pilot Phase of this study; Clinics that had recently completed a similar quality improvement project focused on severe hypertension; Implementation Team; Provider cannot be a Medical Resident; Care Team; Provider cannot be a Medical Resident; Medical Support Personnel; None; Patients (Patient Education Cohort); None; Patients (Timely Delivery of Care Cohort) a. None.