🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-03-09

Implementing a Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program in Primary Care (NCT05885997)

Implementing a Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Program to Improve Hypertension Control in a Primary Care Network: the MonitorBP Cluster Randomized Trial

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: Columbia University

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

The goal of this research is to determine whether a theory-informed implementation strategy is successful at increasing the uptake of a supported home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) program as well as to determine the effectiveness of this evidence-based practice when implemented across multiple practices serving a diverse patient population.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (3 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (8 items).

Location: Columbia University Irving Medical Center — New York, New York

Age range: 18 Years to 85 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

  • Supported HBPM program plus multifaceted implementation strategy (BEHAVIORAL)
  • Usual care (OTHER)

📋 "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:
  • Advanced dementia or other measure of frailty (as per ICD-10 codes)
  • Pregnancy during measurement period (as per ICD-10 codes)
  • Stage 5 or end-stage kidney disease (as per ICD-10 codes)
  • Terminal illness/in hospice care (as per ICD-10 codes) Practice-level Inclusion Criteria:
  • Primary care practice that provides care to adult patients affiliated with New York Presbyterian's Ambulatory Care Network, ColumbiaDoctors, or Weill Cornell Medicine, including practices that specialize in HIV medicine Exclusion Criteria:
  • Medical director declines participation in the trial
  • Site for pilot testing the supported HBPM program or its implementation strategy

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

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (2 Sites)

  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center — New York, New York
  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University — New York, New York

💰 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. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  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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