NCT05760898

Improving Hypertension Control in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Improving Hypertension Control for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a autoimmune disease associated with an increased risk of developing coronary artery disease (CAD) and premature death,. Traditional CAD risk factors like hypertension (HTN) are both very common and poorly controlled among RA patients. Patients with RA face significant challenges in controlling HTN. The goal of this project is to identify barriers to HTN care in patients with RA to reduce CAD events.

Conditions

• Hypertension
• Rheumatoid Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Blood pressure intervention arm	The intervention will focus on empowering patients to actively participate in their HTN care, facilitating patient-provider communication, and creating a cohesive care team to close the coordination loop for HTN management. This pilot intervention will help achieve these goals by providing participants with home blood pressure monitors and teaching, improving patient-provider communication regarding blood pressure and RA management, and initiating care coordination between rheumatology and primary care providers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-01-16
• Primary completion: 2026-12-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2023-03-09
• Last updated: 2026-02-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States