Efficacy of a digital therapeutics system in the management of essential hypertension: the HERB-DH1 pivotal trial

Autor: Eisuke Hida, Kiyose Nakagawa, Ayako Okura, Akihiro Nomura, Kazuomi Kario, Noriko Harada, Tomoyuki Tanigawa
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: European Heart Journal
ISSN: 1522-9645
0195-668X
Popis: Aims Digital therapeutics is a new approach to facilitate the non-pharmacological treatment of hypertension using software programmes such as smartphone applications and/or device algorithms. Based on promising findings from a small pilot trial, the HERB Digital Hypertension 1 (HERB-DH1) pivotal trial investigated the efficacy of digital therapeutics in patients with hypertension not receiving antihypertensive medication. Methods and results This prospective, open-label, randomized controlled study was performed at 12 sites in Japan. Patients with hypertension [office systolic blood pressure (SBP) 140 to
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