Who is sponsoring NCT02377960?

NCT02377960 is sponsored by Kuopio University Hospital.

What condition does NCT02377960 study?

NCT02377960 studies Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Patient Compliance, Patient Adherence, Medication Adherence.

Is NCT02377960 still recruiting?

NCT02377960 is currently completed. Last updated 11 July 2018.

Last reviewed 2018-07-11 · How we verify

NCT02377960

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Check and Support -Enhancing the Treatment of Hypertension in Outpatient Care, a Multicenter Study

Completed NA Last updated 11 July 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing IMB model-based initiation of antihypertensive medication in Hypertension in 119 participants. Completed in 6 March 2018.

Timeline

27 January 2015

Primary endpoint
6 March 2018

6 March 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Kuopio University Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	119
Start date	27 January 2015
Primary completion	6 March 2018
Estimated completion	6 March 2018
Sites	6 locations across Finland

Drugs / interventions tested

IMB model-based initiation of antihypertensive medication
Tailored SMS-text message support
Usual care

Conditions studied

Hypertension — all drugs for Hypertension →
Blood Pressure — all drugs for Blood Pressure →
Patient Compliance — all drugs for Patient Compliance →
Patient Adherence — all drugs for Patient Adherence →

Sponsor

Kuopio University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 30 to 75, any sex, with Hypertension or Blood Pressure. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The purpose of this pragmatic multi-centre, cluster randomized controlled trial is to test the effectiveness of tailored SMS-text message support combined with an information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model-based initiation of medication in helping outpatient care patients with hypertension to achieve blood pressure target and to enhance medication adherence.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Mobile phone text messaging to improve medication adherence in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Adler AJ, Martin N, Mariani J, Tajer CD, et al · · 2017 · cited 97× · PMID 28455948 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd011851.pub2
Personalized text message and checklist support for initiation of antihypertensive medication: the cluster randomized, controlled check and support trial.
Tahkola A, Korhonen P, Kautiainen H, Niiranen T, et al · · 2020 · cited 12× · PMID 32362175 · DOI 10.1080/02813432.2020.1753380
Feasibility of a checklist in treating hypertension in primary care - base line results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial (check and support).
Tahkola A, Korhonen P, Kautiainen H, Niiranen T, et al · · 2018 · cited 5× · PMID 30567497 · DOI 10.1186/s12872-018-0963-5
The impact of antihypertensive treatment initiation on health-related quality of life and cardiovascular risk factor levels: a prospective, interventional study.
Tahkola A, Korhonen P, Kautiainen H, Niiranen T, et al · · 2021 · cited 1× · PMID 34530733 · DOI 10.1186/s12872-021-02252-7

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02377960 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Kuopio University Hospital
Last refreshed: 11 July 2018

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