Trials of Hypertension Prevention (TOHP)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00000528
First received: October 27, 1999
Last updated: January 3, 2006
Last verified: December 2005
  Purpose

To determine if nonpharmacological interventions, including diet and lifestyle change, could prevent increases in arterial blood pressure leading to systemic hypertension.


Condition Intervention Phase
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Hypertension
Vascular Diseases
Behavioral: diet, sodium-restricted (Phase III) diet, sodium-restricted
Behavioral: diet, reducing (Phase III)
Phase 3

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Primary Purpose: Prevention

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Further study details as provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):

Study Start Date: September 1986
Estimated Study Completion Date: June 1998
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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   30 Years to 54 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Men and women, ages 30 to 54, with high normal diastolic blood pressure between 83 and 89 mm Hg.

Subjects were mildly obese.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000528

Sponsors and Collaborators
Investigators
Investigator: Charles Hennekens Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Publications:

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000528     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 47
Study First Received: October 27, 1999
Last Updated: January 3, 2006
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Hypertension
Vascular Diseases

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