Hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria - Age: 20-75 years old - Gender: Male or female - Status: Outpatients - Mild to moderate essential hypertension Exclusion criteria - Pregnant women, lactating mothers, women suspected of being pregnant, or women who wish to be pregnant - Patients with msSBP>=180 mmHg and/or msDBP>=110 mmHg at Visit 1, 2 or 3 - Patients with or suspected of having secondary hypertension (due to aortic coarctation, primary aldosteronism, etc.) - Patients suspected of having malignant hypertension Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary Outcomes: Mean sitting diastolic blood pressure (msDBP) lowering from baseline to the study end to placebo and losartan Secondary Outcomes: - Mean sitting systolic pressure (msSBP) lowering from baseline to the study end to placebo and losartan - Successful response; msDBP =10mmHg - Control rate; msDBP <90mmHg and msSBP<140mmHg - The pharmacokinetics / pharmacodynamics - Safety and tolerability | — |