Treating Nocturnal Hypertension and Nocturia in African American Men
High Blood Pressure
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for High Blood Pressure
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- African American Men
- Age 35 to 59 years-old
- Able to give informed consent
- Willing to wear the activity monitor, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), and sleep study device
- Uncontrolled hypertension: both a sleeping average systolic blood pressure of ≥ 125 mm Hg and an awake average systolic blood pressure of ≥ 135 mm Hg
Exclusion Criteria:
- Severe Sleep Apnea (Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) of > 30 on home sleep study) or history of sleep apnea diagnosis and use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy
- Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus (a random glucose of ≥ 200 mg/dL)
- History of diagnosis or symptoms of either prostate disease or overactive bladder (urinary urgency or frequency during the daytime)
- Chronic kidney disease (Glomerular filtration rate of < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 based on the MDRD equation)
- Renal transplant recipient
- Loop diuretic use
- Night shift work
- On chemotherapy for cancer
Orthostatic hypotension
o After 2 minutes of standing: a drop in blood pressure of > 20/10 mm Hg, a standing systolic blood pressure of < 100 mm Hg, or tachycardia with an increased heart rate of > 20 beats/minute
- Other reasons deemed unsafe for study participation by Principle Investigator
Sites / Locations
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Thiazide Therapy Group
Combination Therapy Group
• Group (1): Thiazide Therapy Group: Men without diabetes, and mild hypertension - a sleeping systolic blood pressure of 125-139 mm Hg, and an awake average blood pressure of < 160 mm Hg
• Group (2): Combination Therapy Group: Men with diabetes, or with more severe hypertension - a sleeping blood pressure of ≥ 140 mm Hg, or an awake average blood pressure of ≥ 160 mm Hg.