Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mr Tom Fahey
ORCID ID
Contact details
Division of Primary Health Care
University of Bristol
Canynge Hall
Whiteladies Road
Bristol
BS8 2PR
United Kingdom
+44 (0)117 928 7381
tom.fahey@bristol.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Grant number RC016
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Diagnostic
Patient information sheet
Condition
Hypertension
Intervention
Framing of risk as an Absolute Risk (AR) or as the Number Needed to Treat (NNT) to prevent an adverse event.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2000
Overall trial end date
01/01/2001
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients with hypertension taking blood pressure lowering medication.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
457
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2000
Recruitment end date
01/01/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Division of Primary Health Care
Bristol
BS8 2PR
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS Wales Office of Research and Development (UK)
Sponsor details
The National Assembly for Wales
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Wales Office of Research and Development (UK) (grant ref: RC016)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11686857
Publication citations
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Results
Fahey T, Montgomery AA, Peters TJ, Randomized trial evaluating the framing of cardiovascular risk and its impact on blood pressure control [ISRCTN87597585]., BMC Health Serv Res, 2001, 1, 10.