Retrospective study to understand the patient profile and prescribing pattern for amlodipine and its combinations in patients with primary hypertension.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/09/057949
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
EMR records of patients =18 years of age
• EMR records of patients with clinically diagnosed as primary hypertensive ?
• EMR records of patients prescribed with amlodipine or its combinations with or without other antihypertensive agents in any visit other than the first visit on EMR platform.
• EMR records of patients with a follow up within 10-30 days from prescription of amlodipine/its combinations.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with hypertension due to secondary reasons – viz. pregnancy induced hypertension.
• Patients with incomplete data on EMR platform.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study the prescription pattern of amlodipine and its <br/ ><br>combinations in patients with different patient profiles and clinical features and comorbidities like diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease and other cardiac diseases and stroke at baseline in EMR records.Timepoint: Outcome analysis will be done for the patients who have a follow up visit within 10-30 days from prescription of amlodipine or its combinations
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the change in SBP and DBP from baseline (index date) to follow-up in all the <br/ ><br>patients (with/without any comorbid condition). <br/ ><br>• To assess the incidence of pedal edema. <br/ ><br>• To evaluate percentage of patients who achieved target blood pressure at follow up.Timepoint: Data will be captured for one consecutive follow-up <br/ ><br>visit within 10-30 days from the baseline visit/index date