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Clinical Decision Support Tool for the Treatment of Uncontrolled Hypertension
Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to study whether having a clinical decision support (CDS) tool available to clinician use will more effectively lower BP 4 weeks after an outpatient visit compared with usual care. The main objective is to assess the impact of the CDS tool, that is embedded with the electronic medical record (EMR), that is available during outpatient clinical encounters, on blood pressure (BP) changes among participants with uncontrolled hypertension. Participants will: Visit the clinic 4 weeks, after their initial clinician visit, for a BP check.
Official title: A Stepped Wedged, Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Support Tool in the Treatment of Uncontrolled Hypertension
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
168
Start Date
2026-05-01
Completion Date
2027-10-01
Last Updated
2026-03-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Standard medical treatment
Clinicians will use their own standard of care recommendations for combinations of medications.
Clinical Decision Support Tool
Clinical Decision Support Tool embedded into the Electronic Medical Record to help support clinicians to prescribe more effective combinations of medications
Locations (1)
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States