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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 11 July 2016
Main ID:  NCT01628172
Date of registration: 12/06/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Vivek Reddy
Public title: Renal Sympathetic Denervation for the Management of Chronic Hypertension RELIEF
Scientific title: Renal Sympathetic Denervation for the Management of Chronic Hypertension
Date of first enrolment: January 2011
Target sample size: 96
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01628172
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Czech Republic
Contacts
Name:     Vivek Reddy, MD
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Affiliation:  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- = 18 and = 85 years of age

- Uncontrolled hypertension (defined as SBP = 140 mmHg during 24Hr Ambulatory BP
monitoring)

- Current treatment with = 3 anti-hypertensive drugs (including at least one diuretic)

- Accessibility of renal vasculature

- Ability to understand the requirements of the study

- Willingness to adhere to study restrictions and comply with all post-procedural
follow-up requirements

Exclusion Criteria:

- Secondary cause of hypertension

- White coat hypertension

- Estimated GFR < 45

- Type 1 Diabetes

- Known renovascular abnormalities (eg, renal artery stenosis, previous renal artery
stenting or angioplasty)

- Life expectancy <1 year for any medical condition



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Uncontrolled Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Device: Biosense Webster Celcius Thermacool catheter
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in 24-hour ambulatory BP [Time Frame: baseline and at 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
change in office BP [Time Frame: baseline, 6 months, and 12 months]
Creatinine [Time Frame: baseline and at 6 months]
Renal artery dimensions [Time Frame: baseline and at 6 months]
change in ambulatory BP [Time Frame: baseline and at 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
GCO 11-0965
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Biosense Webster, Inc.
Ethics review
Results
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