Home Blood Pressure Support Compared With Usual Care in Black Adults
Tests remote blood pressure monitoring with pharmacist help in Black adults with uncontrolled hypertension.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Remote Hypertension Management for Black Patients
Key facts
- Where
- Winston-Salem, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 21 and 85 years old?
Source: NCT06527794, who can take part
Where in United States
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston-Salem, United StatesTaking people
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
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Trial code
- NCT06527794
- Record updated
- 2 June 2026
- Original description
This study will compare two approaches for managing hypertension in Black patients with uncontrolled blood pressure (BP). One approach will include home BP telemonitoring supported by a pharmacist and a community health worker. The other approach will include usual clinic-based care along with a home BP monitor and routine care.Read full original descriptionShow less
Remote Hypertension Tracking, Help, and Management to Reduce Disparities in Black Patients
This study will compare two approaches for managing hypertension in Black patients with uncontrolled blood pressure (BP). One approach will include home BP telemonitoring supported by a pharmacist and a community health worker. The other approach will include usual clinic-based care along with a home BP monitor and routine care.
Inclusion: Black or African American race; Hypertension diagnosis; aged 21 to 85 years; Uncontrolled blood pressure as defined by [a] most recent SBP ≥140 mmHg and an additional SBP≥140 mmHg within the past 12 months in an outpatient setting (excluding urgent care, emergency department or surgery clinic), or [b] most recent SBP>160mmHg in an outpatient setting (excluding urgent care, emergency department or surgery clinic), or [c] referral by PCP for uncontrolled hypertension with at least one documented SBP≥140 mmHg (in clinic or at home) in the past 12 months; and (v) primary care provided at a participating clinic; Able to speak English; Primary care provided at a participating clinic.
Exclusion: residence in a long-term care facility, hospice or with a terminal illness with less than 1 year life expectancy as determined by the Primary Care Physician or study team. Stable chronic illness such as compensated cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure etc. will not be excluded; inability to provide informed consent or participate in study procedures. For example, conditions that limit ability to participate in phone visits or check BPs in at least one arm; estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) <30 ml/min or on dialysis. Patients with a functioning kidney transplant will not be excluded; currently pregnant or planning to get pregnant during the study period; currently participating in another BP management program; plan to move out of the area within the next 12 months; Hispanic ethnicity.