This is a study in hypertensive patients with mild to moderate renal impairment. The antihypertensive efficacy of olmesartan medoxomil is compared to losartan.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
393
Olmesartan oral tablets 20 or 40 mg + losartan placebo. Medications are taken once daily before breakfast with water.
Medications are taken once daily before breakfast with water.
If its use is necessary, the dose of furosemide allowed is 20 to 120 mg per day at the discretion of the investigator
Unnamed facility
Darmstadt, Germany
Change in mean sitting diastolic blood pressure (dBP), assessed by conventional blood pressure measurements after 12 weeks of treatment
Time frame: Baseline to 12 weeks
Change in mean sitting diastolic blood pressure, assessed by conventional blood pressure measurements after 1, 2, 3, 8, 18, 24, 30, 36, 44 and 52 weeks of treatment;
Time frame: Baseline to 1, 2, 3, 8, 18, 24, 30, 36, 44 and 52 weeks
Change in mean sitting systolic blood pressure, assessed by conventional blood pressure measurements after 1, 2, 3, 8, 18, 24, 30, 36, 44 and 52 weeks of treatment;
Time frame: Baseline to 1, 2, 3, 8, 18, 24, 30, 36, 44 and 52 weeks
Response to treatment after 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 44 and 52 weeks of treatment;
Response to treatment = mean sitting diastolic blood pressure less than or equal to 90 mmHg or reduction greater than or equal to 10 mmHg
Time frame: Baseline to 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 44 and 52 weeks
Changes in creatinine clearance after 12 and 52 weeks of treatment, changes in proteinuria after 4, 12, 24, 36 and 52 weeks of treatment;
Time frame: Baseline to 12 and 52 weeks
Changes in serum creatinine after 12 and 52 weeks of treatment
Time frame: Baseline to 12 and 52 weeks
Rate of patients per dose level after 12 and 52 weeks of treatment
Time frame: Baseline to 12 and 52 weeks
Change in proteinuria after 4, 12, 24, 36 and 52 weeks of treatment
Time frame: Baseline to 4, 12, 24, 36 and 52 weeks
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