High Blood Pressure Clinical Trial
— LIMBSOfficial title:
Lifestyle Modification and Blood Pressure Study
Verified date | February 2017 |
Source | University of Pennsylvania |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of 24 weeks of either a blood pressure education and walking program versus a yoga exercise program versus the combined intervention of blood pressure education and yoga on reducing mild to moderate high blood pressure in pre-hypertension and stage 1 hypertension subjects.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 147 |
Est. completion date | June 2015 |
Est. primary completion date | June 2015 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 75 Years |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Subjects must be willing and able to give written informed consent. - Age > 18 years, but < 75 years. - BP criteria: Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) of > 130, but < 160 mm Hg. - Willing to comply with all study-related procedures. Exclusion Criteria: - Subjects who are pregnant or post partum < 3 months. - Subjects currently taking BP lowering medications or dietary supplements (magnesium, potassium, calcium > 1200 mg/day, fish oils, ephedra, hawthorn, forskolin, etc…). - Stage II HTN (SBP > 160 mmHg OR diastolic blood pressure (DBP) > 100 mmHg). - Non-dominant arm circumference > 50 cm. - BMI > 40.0 kg/m2. - Practicing yoga >1x/month in the previous 6 months. - Received/used experimental drug or device within 30 days prior to screening, or donated blood > 1 pint within 8 weeks of screening. - Diabetes mellitis. - Established cardiovascular disease. - Known arrhythmias or cardiac pacemakers. - Current users (within 30 days) of any tobacco products. - History of renal insufficiency (glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min). - Women consuming > 7 alcoholic drinks/week; men consuming > 14 drinks/week. - Known autonomic neuropathy. - Known secondary cause of HTN (renal artery stenosis, pheochromocytoma, coarctation of aorta, hyperaldosteronism). - Benzodiazepine, anti-psychotic drugs (3 month stable use of SSRIs are allowed), or steroid use. - Known severe musculoskeletal problems such as spinal stenosis that may limit participation in yoga. - Use of other mind/ body therapies such as Qi Gong, Tai Chi, meditation. - Lack Internet access. - Presence of non-removable metallic foreign object, surgically implanted electrical device, surgically placed metallic clip (aneurysm clip), ear implants, any history of metal implants in the eye. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University of Pennsylvania |
United States,
Cohen D, Townsend RR. Yoga and hypertension. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2007 Oct;9(10):800-1. Review. — View Citation
Cohen DL, Bloedon LT, Rothman RL, Farrar JT, Galantino ML, Volger S, Mayor C, Szapary PO, Townsend RR. Iyengar Yoga versus Enhanced Usual Care on Blood Pressure in Patients with Prehypertension to Stage I Hypertension: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2011;2011:546428. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nep130. — View Citation
Cohen DL, Wintering N, Tolles V, Townsend RR, Farrar JT, Galantino ML, Newberg AB. Cerebral blood flow effects of yoga training: preliminary evaluation of 4 cases. J Altern Complement Med. 2009 Jan;15(1):9-14. doi: 10.1089/acm.2008.0008. — View Citation
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure | baseline, 12 weeks, 24 weeks | ||
Secondary | Cerebral blood flow | baseline, 12 weeks, 24 weeks | ||
Secondary | Urinary Isoprostane | baseline, 12 weeks, 24 weeks | ||
Secondary | serum asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) | baseline, 12 weeks, 24 weeks | ||
Secondary | salivary cortisol | baseline, 12 weeks, 24 weeks | ||
Secondary | psychological measures of mood, perceived stress and health competence | baseline, 12 weeks, 24 weeks | ||
Secondary | physiological measures of flexibility | baseline, 12 weeks, 24 weeks |
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