Ramipril - Hypertension
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Registration Number
- NCT00325806
- Lead Sponsor
- Sanofi
- Brief Summary
Primary objective:
Mean values of systolic and diastolic office blood pressure
Secondary objectives:
Total mortality, occurrence of cardio- and cerebrovascular events, change of mean blood pressure (ABPM : Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring) during the observation
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1008
Inclusion Criteria
- no previous antihypertensive therapy
- high-normal blood pressure according to the JNC-VI definition (systolic 130 - 139 and/or diastolic 85 - 89 mmHg)
Exclusion Criteria
- antihypertensive therapy
- blood pressure greater 140/90 mmHg or ABPM greater 135/85 mmHg
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean systolic and diastolic 24-hour blood pressure in ABPM
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Overall mortality and total number of cardiovascular and cerebro-vascular events Changes in mean blood pressure readings over time Reasons for admissions to hospital/-stays Occurrence of pathological fasting glucose levels in serum/pathological HbA1c levels.
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