Reducing Blood Pressure in Patients With High Cardiovascular Risk

Description

BP-REACH is a study of a team-based (pharmacist and health coach) program for lowering blood pressure for people with a prior stroke or heart attack in the Los Angeles Department of Health Services healthcare system. The goal of this clinical trial is to test if this team based program is better at helping people reduce their blood pressure than usual care for people with prior heart attack or stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do people in the REACH BP program have lower blood pressure at 12 months compared to those getting usual care? * Do people in the REACH BP program have better Life's Essential 8 scores and patient experience compared to those getting usual care?

Conditions

Myocardial Infarction, Hypertension, Stroke

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

BP-REACH is a study of a team-based (pharmacist and health coach) program for lowering blood pressure for people with a prior stroke or heart attack in the Los Angeles Department of Health Services healthcare system. The goal of this clinical trial is to test if this team based program is better at helping people reduce their blood pressure than usual care for people with prior heart attack or stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do people in the REACH BP program have lower blood pressure at 12 months compared to those getting usual care? * Do people in the REACH BP program have better Life's Essential 8 scores and patient experience compared to those getting usual care?

BP-REACH: Blood Pressure Disparities Reduction, Equity, and Access Among Safety Net Patients With Cardiovascular Health Risk

Reducing Blood Pressure in Patients With High Cardiovascular Risk

Condition
Myocardial Infarction
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Downey

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, California, United States, 90242

Los Angeles

LA General Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033

Sylmar

Olive View Medical Center, Sylmar, California, United States, 91342

Torrance

Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States, 90502

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients of LA General Medical Center, Rancho Los Amigos, Olive Medical Center or Harbor-UCLA Medical Center with ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, or myocardial infarction
  • * English or Spanish speaking
  • * Systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 130 mm Hg
  • * Age \< 35 years
  • * SBP \< 130 mm Hg
  • * Only speaks a language other than English or Spanish
  • * Cannot provide informed consent due to dementia or aphasia

Ages Eligible for Study

35 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Southern California,

Alejandra Casillas, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, Los Angeles

Amytis Towfighi, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Southern California

Study Record Dates

2026-07