Overview
Hypertension Detection and Follow-up Program (HDFP)
Status:
Completed
Completed
Trial end date:
1982-05-01
1982-05-01
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
To determine the effectiveness of systematic, sustained, antihypertensive therapy in reducing morbidity and mortality from hypertension in a wide spectrum of persons with elevated blood pressure in 14 communities. During its course, the trial also obtained a direct measure of the prevalence, severity, and treatment status of representative white and black populations with high blood pressure in these 14 communities, and obtained an estimate of the extent of attainable reduction of complications of high blood pressure by an organized screening and blood pressure management program.Phase:
Phase 3Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
NoDetails
Lead Sponsor:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)Treatments:
Antihypertensive Agents
Diuretics
Criteria
Men and women, ages 30-69. Hypertension. Diastolic blood pressure home readings and clinicreadings equal to or above 95 mm Hg and 90 mm Hg, respectively.