Short Treatment with the Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Candesartan Surveyed by Telemedicine
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000000941
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 220
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Patients satisfying any one of the following criteria will be excluded from the study: 1.Secondary hypertension 2.Diabetes mellitus (HbA1c values of 6.5% or greater) 3.Renal dysfunction (serum creatinine values of 2 mg/dl or greater) 4.Patients with a history of cardiovascular disease (stroke, transient ischemic attack, coronary heart disease, heart failure) 5.Patients with severe liver dysfunction 6.Patients with malignancies 7.Pregnant patients, or patients intending to be pregnant 8.Other patients judged to be inappropriate by the attending physician
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Antihypertensive drug withdrawal success rates
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Median duration of drug withdrawal 2. Changes in home and office BP values after drug withdrawal