imidapril as effective as candesartan cilexetil for hypertension
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Inpharma 1592 - 16 Jun 2007
Imidapril as effective ascandesartan cilexetil for
hypertensionImidapril is at least as effective as candesartan cilexetil
in patients with mild to moderate essentialhypertension, report researchers from Spain andPortugal.
In their double-blind, randomised, multicentre trial,*112 evaluable patients received either imidapril 5mg(n = 55) or candesartan cilexetil 4mg, for 12 weeks;doses could be titrated up to imidapril 10mg or 20mgand candesartan cilexetil 8mg or 16mg, at 4-weekintervals to achieve systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP(DBP) readings of < 140mm Hg and < 90mm Hg,respectively.
Significant reductions in mean SBP and DBP frombaseline to study end were seen with both imidapriltreatment (156.6 vs 138.9mm Hg and 96.8 vs86.8mm Hg, respectively) and candesartan cilexetiltreatment (159.2 vs 140.1mm Hg and 98.6 vs88.5mm Hg, respectively); between-treatmentdifferences were comparable.
Overall, 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM)measurements showed effective BP control throughoutthe 24-hour dosing interval in both treatment groups.Moreover, all ABPM parameters were similar in the twotreatment groups, although there was a trend towardslower awake and sleeping HR values in the imidaprilgroup.
The imidapril arm demonstrated greater reductionsfrom baseline than the candesartan cilexetil arm in bothBP load** (DBP load, 44.6% vs 34.5%; SBP load, 38.0%vs 32.9%) and 24-hour average deviation load index(41.0% vs 33.6%).* supported by Bial** the percentage of ABPM readings > 140/90mm Hg during theawake period and > 120/90mm Hg in the sleep period
Palma-Gamiz JL, et al. A multicentre, 12-week study of imidapril and candesartancilexetil in patients with mild to moderate hypertension using ambulatory bloodpressure monitoring. Clinical Drug Investigation 27: 407-418, No. 6,2007 801055215
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