Search / Trial NCT00000522

Treatment of Mild Hypertension Study (TOMHS)

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · Oct 27, 1999

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Trial Information

Current as of July 27, 2024

Completed

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Description

BACKGROUND: Dietary sodium reduction has a mild effect on the reduction of hypertension. Weight loss, while achievable in the short-run with diet alone, may also have only mild effects on hypertension and is very difficult to maintain with diet and/or behavior modification. Alteration of patients' lifestyles to decrease excessive alcohol intake is somewhat controversial. Medications, on the other hand, have clear benefits in terms of blood pressure lowering, and in the case of diuretics and beta-blockers, reduction in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, there is concern about ...

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Eligibility criteria

  • Men and women, ages 45 to 69, with mild hypertension (diastolic blood pressure of 90-99 mm Hg at two of three visits for untreated individuals. Patients who received drug therapy must have had a DBP less than 95 mm Hg two to four weeks after drug.

Attachments

readout_NCT00000522_2024-07-27.pdf

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NCT00000522_study_protocol.pdf

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About company

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

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