To determine the efficacy of Azilsartan 20 mg versus Amlodipine 5 mg oral administration once per day for 8 weeks in patients with grade I or grade II essential hypertension.
Treatment \<Run-in period\> Use of any antihypertensives, including azilsartan and amlodipine, is prohibited during the run-in period. \<Treatment period\> Subjects who are considered eligible for participation in the study based on the results of eligibility assessment during the run-in period will be randomized to the azilsartan 20 mg or amlodipine 5 mg group at a ratio of 1:1 according to the following stratification factors; the type of awake-sleep blood pressure variation determined based on the data from ABPM at the start of run-in, complication status (chronic kidney diseases \[CKD\], type 2 diabetes), age, and sex. Subjects will start treatment with either antihypertensive after examination for the start of treatment (Week 0) and visit the study site every 2 weeks, 5 visits in total, until the end of treatment (Week 8). Subjects will orally take azilsartan 20 mg or amlodipine 5 mg, according to their group allocation, once daily before or after breakfast in the morning.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
957
Azilsartan 20mg/day
Amlodipine 5mg/day
Change in Nocturnal Systolic Blood Pressure Level
Change at the end of a treatment period (Week 8) from the beginning point of an observation period \*Nocturnal systolic blood pressure level: the mean value of systolic arterial pressure during night (during sleeping)
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Change in the Absolute Value in Difference With Targeted Value* (15 Percent) of Nocturnal Systolic Blood Pressure Fall**
Change from the start of the run-in period (Week -1) at the end of the treatment period (Week 8) \*The targeted value has been set as the median of the dipping rate, normal type of nocturnal blood pressure variation, rate of nocturnal blood pressure fall (10-20 percent) \*\* Rate of nocturnal blood pressure fall: calculated as (awake SBP-sleep SBP)/awake SBP
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Change in Nocturnal Diastolic Blood Pressure Level
Change from the start of the run-in period (Week -1) at the end of the treatment period (Week 8)
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Change in 24-hour Mean Systolic Blood Pressure Level
Change from the start of the run-in period (Week -1) at the end of the treatment period (Week 8)
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Change in 24-hour Mean Diastolic Blood Pressure Level
Change from the start of the run-in period (Week -1) at the end of the treatment period (Week 8)
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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