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Medical Research Council trial of treatment of mild hypertension
ISRCTN ISRCTN72268178
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
Public title Medical Research Council trial of treatment of mild hypertension
Scientific title
Acronym N/A
Serial number at source N/A
Study hypothesis Lowering mild to moderate hypertension leads to a reduction in rates of stroke, deaths due to hypertension and of coronary events in men and women aged 35-64 years.
Lay summary
Ethics approval Not provided at time of registration.
Study design Randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Hypertension
Participants - inclusion criteria Men and women age 35-64 at recruitment in 176 general practices in the Medical Research Council's General Practice Research Framework. Diastolic blood pressure of 90-109 mmHg with a systolic pressure below 200 mmHg.
Participants - exclusion criteria Secondary hypertension; already on antihypertensive treatment; accepted indication for antihypertensive treatment; myocardial infarction or stroke within previous three months; presence of angina, intermittent claudication, diabetes, gout, bronchial asthma, serious intercurrent disease, pregnancy.
Anticipated start date 01/01/1973
Anticipated end date 01/12/1982
Status of trial Completed
Patient information material
Target number of participants 18,000 participants
Interventions Bendrofluazide or propranolol compared with placebo.
Primary outcome measure(s) Stroke, deaths due to hypertension and of coronary events.
Secondary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration
Sources of funding Medical Research Council (UK)
Trial website
Publications 1992 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1445513
Contact name Prof  Tom  Meade
  Address Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode WC1E 7HT
  Country United Kingdom
  Email tom.meade@lshtm.ac.uk
Sponsor Sponsor not defined - Record provided by the Medical Research Council (UK)
  Address 20 Park Crescent
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode W1B 1AL
  Country United Kingdom
  Email tom.meade@lshtm.ac.uk
Date applied 07/09/2005
Last edited 19/05/2011
Date ISRCTN assigned 08/09/2005
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