Trial of bed head elevation for high blood pressure
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study checks whether raising the head of the bed lowers blood pressure while you’re lying down in people with autonomic failure. It may help find a simple positioning change to reduce risks from high lying blood pressure.
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Who can take part
- You have autonomic failure (your body has trouble controlling automatic functions like blood pressure).
- Your blood pressure is high when you are lying down (supine hypertension).
- You are between 18 and 85 years old.
- You are not in the excluded group of medical students.
- You are not pregnant, and you do not have major medical conditions that make the trial higher-risk (like heart failure, past heart attack/stroke, major coronary artery disease, or significant liver problems).
Quick eligibility check
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