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A Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of PS433540 to Treat Hypertension

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Hypertension
Interventions
Drug: placebo
Registration Number
NCT00522925
Lead Sponsor
Ligand Pharmaceuticals
Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to see if PS433540 lowers blood pressure better than placebo and to see how safe PS433540 is compared to placebo.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
280
Inclusion Criteria
  • Males or females 30 - 80 years
  • Mean seated Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) ≥ 150 - ≤ 179 mmHg and mean seated DBP < 110 mmHg at two consecutive qualifying visits. The mean difference in SBP between the two consecutive qualifying visits must be ≤ 10 mmHg.
  • Mean daytime (8AM - 4PM) ambulatory SBP must be between ≥ 140 - ≤ 179 mmHg and mean daytime (8AM - 4PM) Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) ≤ 110 mmHg
  • Subjects must have a usual daytime schedule. Night shift workers are excluded from participation.
  • Women of child-bearing potential (WOCBP) and male subjects must use two reliable forms of contraception if sexually active. Alternatively, female subjects must be postmenopausal (for at least 1 year)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subjects with serious disorders which may limit the ability to evaluate the efficacy or safety of PS433540, including cardiovascular, renal (including the absence of one kidney), pulmonary, hepatic, gastrointestinal (including clinically significant malabsorption), endocrine/metabolic, hematologic/oncologic (including an active malignancy other than basal cell carcinoma), neurologic and psychiatric diseases.
  • Subjects with a history of myocardial infarction, angina, coronary angioplasty, bypass surgery or New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-IV heart failure within the last 6 months.
  • Subjects with a history of cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack within the last 1 year.
  • Subjects with diabetes mellitus (type I and type II).

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
2PS433540-
1placeboMatching Placebo
3PS433540-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change From Baseline in Mean 24-hour Ambulatory Systolic Blood Pressure4 weeks of treatment with PS43540
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change From Baseline in Mean 24-hour Ambulatory Diastolic Blood Pressure4 weeks of treatment with PS43540
Change From Baseline in Mean Seated Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure4 weeks of treatment with PS43540

Trial Locations

Locations (15)

Westlake Medical Center

🇺🇸

Westlake Village, California, United States

Long Beach Center for Clinical Research

🇺🇸

Long Beach, California, United States

Cedar Crosse Research Center

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

University Clinical Research Deland, LLC

🇺🇸

Deland, Florida, United States

Punzi Medical Center

🇺🇸

Carrolton, Texas, United States

Clinical Trials Research

🇺🇸

Lincoln, California, United States

Lindner Clinical Trial Center

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Orland Primary Care Specialists

🇺🇸

Orland Park, Illinois, United States

Gemini Scientific

🇺🇸

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Premiere Pharmaceutical Research, LLC

🇺🇸

Tempe, Arizona, United States

National Research Institute

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Orange County Research Center

🇺🇸

Tustin, California, United States

Alan Graff, MD PA

🇺🇸

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

MD Medical Research

🇺🇸

Oxon Hill, Maryland, United States

Sacramento Research Medical Group

🇺🇸

Sacramento, California, United States

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