NCT07218198

Clinical Decision Support Tool for the Treatment of Uncontrolled Hypertension

A Stepped Wedged, Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Support Tool in the Treatment of Uncontrolled Hypertension

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 168 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to study whether having a clinical decision support (CDS) tool available to clinician use will more effectively lower BP 4 weeks after an outpatient visit compared with usual care. The main objective is to assess the impact of the CDS tool, that is embedded with the electronic medical record (EMR), that is available during outpatient clinical encounters, on blood pressure (BP) changes among participants with uncontrolled hypertension. Participants will: Visit the clinic 4 weeks, after their initial clinician visit, for a BP check.

Conditions

• Hypertension
• Hypertension (HTN)
• Blood Pressure, High
• Blood Pressure Control

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Standard medical treatment	Clinicians will use their own standard of care recommendations for combinations of medications.
OTHER	Clinical Decision Support Tool	Clinical Decision Support Tool embedded into the Electronic Medical Record to help support clinicians to prescribe more effective combinations of medications

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-05-01
• Primary completion: 2027-05-01
• Completion: 2027-10-01
• First posted: 2025-10-20
• Last updated: 2026-03-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States