Status:

UNKNOWN

Treatment of HYpertension: Morning Versus Evening

Lead Sponsor:

Erasmus Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

Conditions:

Essential Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Rationale: The nocturnal blood pressure mean is an independent and stronger predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk than either daytime office, awake or 24hour mean blood pressure. In general,...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Essential hypertension
  • Stable blood pressure on treatment with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACEI) or Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker (ARB) and hydrochlorothiazide
  • Age between 18 and 85 years
  • WHO performance status 0-1
  • Available for a time period of 15 weeks
  • Written informed consent
  • Dippers: Nocturnal blood pressure fall of 10-20% of daytime values.20
  • Non-dippers: -Nocturnal blood pressure fall of \<10% of daytime values

Exclusion

  • secondary cause of hypertension
  • use of ARB because of intolerability (e.g. dry cough) of ACEI
  • nocturnal blood pressure fall of \>20% or rise
  • renal insufficiency (GFR\<60 ml/min)
  • shift work
  • pregnancy or wish to get pregnant
  • use of other antihypertensive medication than ACEI, ARB, hydrochlorothiazide or a calcium channel blocker
  • use of sleeping medication

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02214498

Start Date

May 1 2015

End Date

May 1 2017

Last Update

August 15 2014

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Erasmus MC

Rotterdam, Netherlands