Primary: * To evaluate the efficacy of two regimens of irbesartan in patients responding but not normalized at 6 weeks of treatment (schema N°1: maintenance 150 mg/day, schema n°2: 300 mg/day for 6 more weeks) Secondary: * To evaluate the percentage of patients with DBP \< 90 mmHg at 6 and 12 weeks * To evaluate the percentage of patients with SBP \< 140 mmHg at 6 and 12 weeks * To evaluate rate of adverse events during the study
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
115
Irbesartan: 150mg tablets Dosage: Until 6 weeks: 150mg/day, then a dosage adjustment according to the blood pressure(normalized: DBP\<90mmHg, responding non normalized:DBP≥90mmHg and a decrease of DBP≥10mmHg, non responding: decrease of DBP\<10mmHg and DBP≥90mmHg) for the period between 6 and 12 weeks: • 150mg/day for normalized patients and patients responding non normalized randomized in the group A
Irbesartan: 150mg tablets Until 6 weeks: 150mg/day, then a dosage adjustment according to the blood pressure(normalized: DBP\<90mmHg, responding non normalized:DBP≥90mmHg and a decrease of DBP≥10mmHg, non responding: decrease of DBP\<10mmHg and DBP≥90mmHg) for the period between 6 and 12 weeks: • Or 300 mg/day for non responding patients and responding patients non normalized randomized in the group B
Sanofi-Aventis
Mégrine, Tunisia
To Evaluate the efficacy of two regimens of irbesartan in patients responding but not normalized (schema N°1: maintenance 150mg/day, schema n°2: 300mg/day for 6 more weeks)
Time frame: at 6 weeks of treatment
• To evaluate the percentage of patients with DBP<90 mmHg
Time frame: at 6 and 12 weeks
• To evaluate rate of adverse events
Time frame: during the study duration
• To evaluate the percentage of patients with SBP<140 mmHg
Time frame: at 6 and 12 weeks
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