Hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Hypertensive patients, 65yeas of age and older (2) The untreated hypertensive patients with BP beyond 140/90mmHg, or the uncontrolled hypertensive patients treated with single antihypertensive drugs other than RAS blockades (renin inhibitor, ACE inhibitor, ARB, aldosterone blocker) (3) Muscle mass of appendicular skeletal muscle measured by BIA methods less than 7.0kg//m2 in male, 5.8kg/m2 in female
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) The subjects found difficult to perform functional therapy because of prior stroke or orthopedic disease. (2) The subjects who have past medical history of hypersensitivity to azilsartan or amlodipine (3) The subjects found offensive by attending physicians for this research
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1)Muscle strength of lower limbs (2)Muscle mass of appendicular skeletal muscle. (3)ABPM (4)Serum concentration of angiotensin 1-7 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Serum myokine concentration | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Osaka university graduate school of medicine geriatric medicine and nephrology