Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:38 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:38 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00746902
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients of either gender, of between 18 and 70
* Suffering from refractory hypertension as defined by persistent clinical hypertension (\> 140/90 mm Hg according to two different readings 24 hours apart) despite at least three classes of antihypertensive drugs (including a thiazide diuretic) at appropriate doses.
* Recruited in the Cardiology Departments of the University Hospitals in Grenoble, Toulouse, Marseille and Poitiers, and in the Mozart Clinic in Paris.
* Outpatients
* Patients who have signed the consent form
* Patients affiliated to or beneficiary of the social security system
Exclusion Criteria:
* Failure to fulfil the inclusion criteria
* Treated SAS, whatever the form of the treatment
* Disease which might affect BP regulation, including Parkinson's disease, kidney or heart transplantation, dysautonomia, severe heart failure
* Atrial fibrillation or regular extrasystole (\> 10/minute)
* Night- or shift-work
* Pregnant and breast-feeding women
* Patients under legal guardianship
* Incarcerated patients or adults protected by the law
* Hospitalised patients
* Ongoing participation in another clinical research study
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
70 Years
Study:
NCT00746902
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00746902