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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-83-114904 of .1-R3-1011 11.'9.'R3 D-s RESOLUTION NU.S3-1149 A RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF IHE PROPOSED CLINICAL CENTER IN DADE COUNTY FOR IMPLEMFNTAT ION Of THE MIAMI HEART INSTITUTE'S "SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY PROGRAM" BE IT RESOLVED BY 111E COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAll I, FLORIDA: Section 1. Community support of the proposed establishment of a Clinical Center in Dade County For implementation of the Miami Heart Institute's "Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program" is hereby strongly urged. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of December Maurice A. Ferre ATTEST: RALP G. ONG , CM CLE&K PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: �64a �/- &A�14k, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: 4.4 —/ A - #ITYXATTORNEY . 1983. CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF DEC 8 1983 RESOL-j,.t,,... 83-1149 IREt�".?Kits �• i MIAMI HEART tN5TITUT City Mnaoer Howard Gary P.O. Box. 330708 Miami, Fla. 33133 Of - 7 2 4701 North Meridian Avenue • Miami Beach, Florida 33140 * Phone (305) 672-1111 i)2ar City Manager Howard Gary, November 1, 1983 -he National Institute of Health issued a Request for PrcQosaI (RFP-NHLE1 - d,-i) cn S_nr tember 6, 1983. This proposal ent i t I es "SYSTOLIC HYPEPTEN!� ION THE 1 LvtRLY PRGGRA" - CL i h I CAL CENTERS" is directed towards I so I atee :'s-c 1 i c tiyper•tens i on ( I SH) which becomes prevalent in persons. 60 , ears of _ce or older. This form of hypertension is even more prevaient than ias'olic HypertE!?sicn inthe ace group above 70. 1n prospective epidamio- -oc;c3l stuc;as, I5H has been shown to be associated i'th a 2-3 fold :ncreas•: in :-!I-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality arm fatal and •on-fatai stroke. This Isolated Systolic Hypertension can be successfully =reefed with ivw doses of chlo'rthalidone (well-knoHn diuretic) .rith no :rer i ous ad': £rse of f ects as it has been shown in a recent I y comp; a `od !•: i i of study. The gU,1,tion of whether ISH should be treated,however, has not beer: ansv-erect, :.'nc it represents an important public health endeavor. Our fuli- :•vaie trial %.111 have broad public health implications. Prcgr and v, i I l select a numbs- of clinical c.cnterS . Each c en, te.r racr u i t a•-,d follow 330 e l der l y e l i g i b l e patients l or- th i 5 most n-er c.7, r {:.�1y. Our recruitment efforts wi I I involve Scnicr Citizen enters , org.:ar, i eat i Ons, that serve t` ese centers, and ma i 71 1 y meu 1 ca I cor mum i t i 6S. it t%. Frsoarch Division of the iliami Heart Institute have had exten=iv= :�:c•��i�:r•,:e in, conductincr clinical trials, both for N'ly and in ;'ha Yrivats.) �zlor. Gur application must stand on its own scientific merit out also community commitment to the study, and accept3t I e evidence :. i I I t nc I •r;�C. tors :,f supporli from key community personal i t i es , GovernMenT Of f i c i a i s , -^d Orcanizations that serve Senior Citizens. Therefore, a Ie4-•er of full written to us indicating your support ._for our Clinical Ccr,ter r de County would Se do important adjunct to our proposal .►ve^wou I c to !15t nappytC receive I t by the f i rst week of November or at your ear I 1 uS If a ere I era i v i ng great and enti us i ast i c cooperat.i on from Dr. J can Iq-'es „t r t ? FIi n C'+r �l (i1V1�1C'1, tcunder n �.. force in est blis n" our Res arc. �i t•-�*:ber et the Board of 7i rect:jrs of the Via►ni Heart Irlst , tuTe. • �r4i mast grateful for your coopP­:ti(_)n. Lam/' L.�' L [: L L'�� L • � �-� •."!.D. .A.C.P.,F.A.C., r; r; nT TO t'1Ie RC.SC— rcI-, Di ri- ctr.r AN ACCREDITED HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CCNTER DEDICATED TO THE CARE OF THE CARDIAC PATIENT 53-1149 • AW DEFARTMEN T O HEALTH & HUMAN SEPNICES ?ub"ic Htzjlh Service ?ie:ional Inc!imeS o! Health h'alionel Hear,, Lung, September 6, 1983 and Mood Institute Ee:hesde, Maryland 20205 r ecuest for ?:o•acsal :ZF? NnLBI EV-81_-2 - Systolic FYpertension in the Elderly Program Clinical Centers Ladies and Gentlemen: (1) The DirisiC:1 of .-Rear- -and vascuiar Diseases, ZELBI, and the rational Instit•:te o:, Aging are soliciti::: pro----,osals to establish coil a =B---ive Clinical Centers for the Systolic ::v?ertensicn ir• the Elderly Proc=ate_ Isolated systolic hypertension (+S=,) def?ne3 as a s'-stolic blood pressure of _•63 7 =0 0: above and a oiastol=c blood pressure below 90 r.D Eg becomes prevalent in persons 60 vea:s of age or older. in the are group above 70 it is more prevalent -ran diastolic hypertension. iSH :.as in prospective epide:-nie2ogical stunies been shown to be associated with a 2-3 fold incree.sed -risk of all -cause Trio:-ality, car dicvascular mortali-y and fatal and non- fatal Stroke. r, ;:ecently Cor;,pleted pilot StUGV has shown that Is= can be succ ssfully trey-ed wit-h low dosaces of chlorthalidone, -hat t-reatment .does not cause aT:v severe adverse effects, and that elderly people willincly participate in a placebo -controlled trial and co -ply with the drug intervention. The que-stion of whe-her should be tre-ated is a Tajor area in hypertension research that has not yet been resolved and reoresen;.s an im.por-ant publi c health issue. X. fav0rab;.e o'u,tcome of a full-scale trial would have broad public ' ealth implications. The cene:al research design is out -lined in -his Request For Proposals (RFP) . A. three-phase program is planned. Phase : will ccr.sist of reining the :rel minary draft Ierotoccl included in this R:7-1 and the develo=ent of an ooeratio:,s nanual. The final protocol and operations nanual developed du:ing ?^ase I must be ap?roved by the Director, m.iL3I prior to the beginn;-c- of Phase II. Dur i nc ?na se II = ar -i ci -ants wi 11 be recruited, treated and followed; Phase II ::ill last approxi-mately 6 years. 83-1149 h -3- I (7) Prospective offerors are recuested to externally address letters of intent an6 ar000sal packages, for mail or hand delivery, as set forth below: From TO: Review Branch Division of Extramural Affairs National Burt, Lung, and Blood Institute Westwood Building, Room 5A10 5333 4:estbard Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20205- ATTN: Dr. Charles Hollingswortb SUBJz:CT: ?. P NFLBI-F�'- 84-2 (o) Offerors are cautioned that the submission of a proposal to ary Otter address will delay receipt Of the proposal. If a proposal is received at the above i ocation F_f te_ the eY.cCt time speclA. f0: receipt Of the pr0p0S2 5, �� t,•ill be handled in accordance with the provision o= this P.FP entitled "Late Proposals and Fjodifica:.ions of sa" beginning on Page II-:2. Respectfully: Curt D. F L: bey g, *;. D. Chief, Clinical Trials ranch Division of F.eart & Vascular Diseases Ntational Feart, Lung, & Blood Institute C. ✓-uc Harris, Contracting Office for C' nical Trims Program .Division of Beart & Vascular Disease National Beart, Lung, & Blood Instit 83''1149