This trial evaluates the effects of Nifedipine GITS and Amlodipine besylate on blood pressure rhythm restoration and arterial stiffness in young and middle-aged non-dipper hypertensives. Half of participants will receive Nifedipine GITS, half of half will take medicine in the morning or at night. While the other half participants will take amlodipine besylate, whom will also be assigned taking medicine in the morning or at night. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and arterial stiffness examination will be performed before and after pharmaceutical intervention.
Written informed consent will obtained from all the participants. All the adverse reaction or adverse event, related or unrelated to the study drug, will be recorded in detail, including the occurrence time, symptoms and vital signs, degree, duration, laboratory test indexes, treatment methods and results, process, follow-up time, etc. If serious adverse event occurs, study drugs should be stopped and necessary remedy should be delivered immediately. At the same time, the investigator must report it to the local drug supervision, medical ethics committee and China Food and Drug Administration. \-
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
99
Nifedipine GITS 30\~60mg/day for 8 weeks
Amlodipine besylate 5\~10mg/day for 8 weeks
Peking University People's Hospital
Beijing, China
Nighttime systolic blood pressure reduction
Compare the effects of two active drugs on nighttime systolic blood pressure reduction
Time frame: 8 weeks
The proportion of recovery of dipper rhythm of blood pressure
Compare the effects of two active drugs and different time administration on recovery of dipper rhythm. The proportion of blood pressure dipper rhythm at 8 weeks after two drugs administration will be calculated. The proportion of dipper rhythm at 8 weeks after two drugs administration in the morning or at night will also be calculated.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Change of pulse wave velocity
Compare the effects of two active drugs on pulse wave velocity(PWV). PWV will be measured before and after 8 weeks two active drugs administration.
Time frame: 8 weeks
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