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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00621569
Date of registration: 12/02/2008
Primary sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Public title: ADAPT-Altering Diet for African American Populations to Treat Hypertension ADAPT
Scientific title: A Culturally Appropriate Intervention in Hypertensive African-Americans Based on the DASH Diet—The ADAPT Hypertension Study = Altering Diet for African American Populations to Treat Hypertension
Date of first enrolment: January 2005
Target sample size: 141
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00621569
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Name:   Jamy D Ard, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Baseline SBP 120-159 mmHg and DBP 80-95 mmHg

- Age 25 or older as of the initial screening visit

- Willing and able to participate fully in all aspects of the intervention

- Not on rigid diet

- Provide informed consent

- BMI 18.5-45 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

- Regular use of anti-hypertensive drugs or other drugs that raise or lower BP (any in
previous three months)

- Current use of insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents

- Use of oral corticosteroids >5 days/month on average

- Current use of medications for treatment of psychosis or manic-depressive illness

- Use of oral breathing medications other than inhalers > 5 days/month on average

- Use of weight-loss medications in previous 3 months



Age minimum: 25 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension-The DASH diet
Behavioral: Intervention with no dietary component - information regarding useful life skills
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in blood pressure with dietary intervention [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in weight [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
F0408110045
U01HL079171
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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