🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2025-11-16

Mobile Health Program for Rural Hypertension (NCT05546931)

Multilevel Mobile Health Program to Improve Rural Hypertension

🟢 Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

Hypertension (HTN) is the leading modifiable cause of cardiovascular disease. Rural individuals experience challenges of the rural health divide: geographic distance from providers, social isolation, limited social resources, and high rates of low health literacy. This study evaluates a home-based blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) program that provides longitudinal health education, empathic guidance, monitoring, and adaptable patient-centered coaching to rural individuals. Participants in this study will be randomized to receive (1) HBPM with the intervention; or (2) the control, consisting of HBPM and a smartphone with a general health application (WebMD).

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (4 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (9 items).

Location: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Age range: 18 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

  • Coaching application (BEHAVIORAL)
  • WebMD (OTHER)
  • Home-based blood pressure monitoring (BEHAVIORAL)

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Heart failure necessitating hospital admission ≤3 months prior to study inclusion;
  • Acute coronary syndrome (defined as at least 2 of the following: chest pain, ischemic electrocardiographic changes, or troponin ≥0.1 ng/mL) ≤3 months prior to study inclusion;
  • Planned major surgery, cardiovascular or non-cardiovascular;
  • Pregnancy or planned pregnancy within 12 months;
  • Presence of non-cardiovascular conditions likely to be fatal within 12 months (e.g., cancer);
  • Inability to comprehend the study protocol, defined by failing 3 times to answer correctly a set of questions during consent;
  • Institutionalized status (e.g., nursing home, incarceration);
  • Inability to operate a smartphone or HBPM device due to sensory or neurocognitive deficit.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)

  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

📞 Contact the Study Coordinator

Phone: (412) 383-0611

Email: magnanij@pitt.edu

Coordinator details come directly from the registered NIH protocol. Confirm the study is still recruiting before traveling.

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

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💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Contact the study coordinator using the phone/email above.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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