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Aliskiren-based dual- and triple-combination therapies in high-risk US minority patients with Stage 2 hypertension.
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PMID:  22305998     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Previously, we reported the efficacy of aliskiren/amlodipine in US minority adults with stage 2 hypertension, with additional blood pressure (BP) lowering from the addition of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). A subgroup analysis in patients with hypertension and comorbidities of diabetes, cardiometabolic syndrome, or obesity, and in black participants is reported. This 8-week, multicenter, double-blind study included 412 self-identified minority patients with mean sitting systolic BP (msSBP) ≥160 mm Hg and <200 mm Hg). Patients were randomized to receive either combination aliskiren/amlodipine 150/5 mg or amlodipine 5 mg. Doses were forced-titrated to a maximum of aliskiren/amlodipine/HCTZ 300/10/25 mg or aliskiren/amlodipine 300/10 mg, respectively. There were 256 black (62%), 118 diabetic (29%), 284 cardiometabolic syndrome (69%), and 249 obese (60%) randomized patients. Baseline msSBP was ∼167 mm Hg across all subgroups. Least-square mean reductions in msSBP, the primary efficacy outcome, from baseline to week 8 across all subgroups, ranged from 35 to 37 mm Hg with aliskiren/amlodipine/HCTZ and 28 to 30 mm Hg with aliskiren/amlodipine (P < .01 for all between-treatment comparisons). Both regimens were well tolerated. Among high-risk patients, such as diabetics or those with cardiometabolic syndrome, combination aliskiren/amlodipine is effective in lowering BP; the addition of HCTZ provided incremental BP-lowering efficacy while maintaining tolerability. However, because our subgroups were not mutually exclusive, the generalization of our findings to the population seen in clinical practice is limited.
Authors:
Keith C Ferdinand; Richard Weitzman; Das Purkayastha; Kanaka Sridharan; Edgar A Jaimes
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-2-2
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1933-1711     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-2-6     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101312518     Medline TA:  J Am Soc Hypertens     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2012 American Society of Hypertension. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA; Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc., New Orleans, LA.
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