Conditioned Pharmacotherapeutic Effects in Hypertension

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The proposed research is designed to determine if the application of classical conditioning operations could influence the clinical effects of a regimen of antihypertensive drug therapy. It will be determined if, capitalizing on conditioned pharmacotherapeutic effects, patients can be effectively treated with smaller cumulative amounts of drug.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Rochester
• Treatments: Carvedilol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• systolic blood pressure between 140-160 mmHG

• between 18-80 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• abnormal renal function

• currently pregnant, or trying to become pregnant

• being treated with a beta-blocker

• use of illicit drugs