Essential Hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age >= 65 years at the time of obtaining informed consent 2. Regardless of sex 3. Outpatients without assistance 4. Capable of measuring home blood pressure regularly and measured morning homed blood pressure within 5 days prior enrollment 5. Appropriate to add 20mg/day of olmesartan or 20mg/day of azilsartan to treated antihypertensive therapy or naive 6. Office blood pressure on the enrollment day is lower than bellow Age from 65 to 75 years: SBP >=140mmHg and/or DBP >= 90mmHg Age >= 75 years: SBP >= 150mmHg and/or DBP >= 90mmHg Office blood pressure is the mean value of twice steady blood pressure values 7. Having provided written consent prior to participation in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. History of hypersensitivity to test drugs 2. Secondary hypertension 3. Grade 3 hypertension (SBP >= 180mmHg and/or DBP >= 110mmHg) 4. Pregnant, possible to pregnancy, or patients who desire pregnancy 5. Taking ARB or ACE inhibitors (excluding taking these drugs more than 3 months before obtaining informed consent) 6. Taking aliskiren fumarate 7. Having serious renal dysfunction (serum creatinine >= 3.0mg/dL) 8. Having serious liver dysfunction 9. Developed cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction within one year before obtaining informed consent 10. Developed myocardial infarction within one year before obtaining informed consent 11. Had a treatment of malignant tumor within 5 years before obtaining informed consent 12. undergoing hemodialysis treatment 13. Any those the investigator or other researchers consider as unsuitable
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in morning home BP from baseline after 12 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Change in home blood pressure variability (SD, CV) 2. Successful control rate of home blood pressure (SBP) 3. Change in home blood pressure (DBP) and pulse rate at 12 weeks 4. Change in office blood pressure(SBP, DBP) and pulse rate at 12 weeks 5. Change in pulse pressure with home and office blood pressure Others Home blood pressure (SBP) at 12 weeks Safety endpoints 1. Adverse events 2. Laboratory values | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Mebix, Inc. Research Promotion Division