Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Forced-Titration, Comparing Telmisartan vs Valsartan. Taken Orally for Eight Weeks in Patients With Stage 1 and Stage 2 Hypertension

Sponsor
Boehringer Ingelheim (Industry)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00168779
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of telmisartan 80 mg / hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg [Micardis HCT] to valsartan 160 mg / hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg [Diovan HCT] and placebo in the treatment of Stage 1 and Stage 2 hypertension.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Drug: telmisartan 80 mg / hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg
  • Drug: valsartan 160 mg / hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg
  • Drug: placebo
Phase 4

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Forced-titration, Phase IV Study Comparing Telmisartan 80 mg + Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg Versus Valsartan 160 mg + Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg Taken Orally for Eight Weeks in Patients With Stage 1 or Stage 2 Hypertension.
Study Start Date :
Sep 1, 2005
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Jul 1, 2006
Actual Study Completion Date :
Jul 1, 2006

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Mean seated trough cuff DBP and SBP [after 8 week]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. The percentage of patients responding to treatment based on in-clinic mean seated trough cuff measurements [after 8 week]

  2. The percentage of patients with uncontrolled hypertension [after 8 weeks]

  3. Change in the in-clinic mean seated cuff DBP and SBP at the one and three hour post dose time points [after 8 weeks]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. Ability to provide written informed consent.

  2. Age 18 years or older

  3. Ability to stop current antihypertensive therapy without unacceptable risk to the patient (investigator's discretion)

  4. Seated cuff DBP of ? 95 mmHg at Visit 2 (baseline)

Exclusion Criteria:
  1. Pre-menopausal women (last menstruation ? 1 year prior to start of run-in period) who:

  2. are not surgically sterile and/or

  3. are nursing or pregnant

  4. are of child-bearing potential and are NOT practicing acceptable means of birth control, do NOT plan to continue using this method throughout the study and do NOT agree to submit to periodic pregnancy testing during participation in studies of > 3-months duration. Acceptable methods of birth control include oral, implantable, transdermal, or injectable contraceptives, and Intra-Uterine Device (IUD).

  5. Known or suspected secondary hypertension.

  6. Mean seated SBP >= 180 mmHg or mean seated DBP >= 120 mmHg during any clinic visit prior to randomization.

  7. Hepatic and/or renal dysfunction as defined by the following laboratory parameters:

  8. SGPT (ALT) or SGOT (AST) > 2 times the upper limit of normal range, or

  9. Serum creatinine > 3.0 mg/dL or creatinine clearance < 0.6 ml/sec.

  10. Bilateral renal artery stenosis, renal artery stenosis in a solitary kidney, post-renal transplant or with only one kidney.

  11. Clinically relevant hypokalemia or hyperkalemia.

  12. Uncorrected volume depletion.

  13. Uncorrected sodium depletion.

  14. Primary aldosteronism.

  15. Hereditary fructose intolerance.

  16. Biliary obstructive disorders, cholestatis or moderate to severe hepatic in sufficiency.

  17. Patients who have previously experienced symptoms characteristic of angioedema during treatment with ACE inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor antagonists.

  18. History of drug or alcohol dependency within six months prior to start of run-in period.

  19. Chronic administration of any medications known to affect blood pressure, exc

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 502.476.074 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Athens Alabama United States
2 502.476.059 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Birmingham Alabama United States
3 502.476.071 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Birmingham Alabama United States
4 502.476.079 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Birmingham Alabama United States
5 502.476.014 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Huntsville Alabama United States
6 502.476.031 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Huntsville Alabama United States
7 502.476.110 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Huntsville Alabama United States
8 502.476.037 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Mobile Alabama United States
9 502.476.061 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Glendale Arizona United States
10 502.476.066 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Carlisle Arkansas United States
11 502.476.067 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Buena Park California United States
12 502.476.086 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Encinitas California United States
13 502.476.124 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Greenbrae California United States
14 502.476.005 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Long Beach California United States
15 502.476.024 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Los Angeles California United States
16 502.476.029 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Redondo Beach California United States
17 502.476.048 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Riverside California United States
18 502.476.073 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Sacramento California United States
19 502.476.087 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site San Diego California United States
20 502.476.111 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site San Francisco California United States
21 502.476.050 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Santa Ana California United States
22 502.476.026 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Spring Valley California United States
23 502.476.033 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Tulsa California United States
24 502.476.019 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Boulder Colorado United States
25 502.476.101 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Highlands Ranch Colorado United States
26 502.476.053 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Farmington Connecticut United States
27 502.476.032 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Newark Delaware United States
28 502.476.041 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Coral Gables Florida United States
29 502.476.108 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site DeLand Florida United States
30 502.476.015 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Fort Lauderdale Florida United States
31 502.476.044 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Hollywood Florida United States
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39 502.476.022 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Atlanta Georgia United States
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67 502.476.089 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Turnersville New Jersey United States
68 502.476.068 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Brooklyn New York United States
69 502.476.122 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Hamburg New York United States
70 502.476.020 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Northport New York United States
71 502.476.025 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Rochester New York United States
72 502.476.091 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Williamsville New York United States
73 502.476.046 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Burlington North Carolina United States
74 502.476.083 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Charlotte North Carolina United States
75 502.476.042 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Raleigh North Carolina United States
76 502.476.095 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Salisbury North Carolina United States
77 502.476.027 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Winston-Salem North Carolina United States
78 502.476.034 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Cincinnati Ohio United States
79 502.476.060 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Cincinnati Ohio United States
80 502.476.016 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Columbus Ohio United States
81 502.476.023 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Columbus Ohio United States
82 502.476.128 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Columbus Ohio United States
83 502.476.064 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Kettering Ohio United States
84 502.476.103 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Olmstead Township Ohio United States
85 502.476.007 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Oklahoma City Oklahoma United States
86 502.476.113 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Oklahoma City Oklahoma United States
87 502.476.030 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Tulsa Oklahoma United States
88 502.476.104 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Portland Oregon United States
89 502.476.109 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Erie Pennsylvania United States
90 502.476.094 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Harleysville Pennsylvania United States
91 502.476.121 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Penndel Pennsylvania United States
92 502.476.072 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States
93 502.476.076 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Springfield Pennsylvania United States
94 502.476.013 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site East Providence Rhode Island United States
95 502.476.085 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Cordova Tennessee United States
96 502.476.096 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Jackson Tennessee United States
97 502.476.081 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site New Tazewell Tennessee United States
98 502.476.082 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Selmer Tennessee United States
99 502.476.039 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Carrollton Texas United States
100 502.476.056 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Dallas Texas United States
101 502.476.069 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Dallas Texas United States
102 502.476.107 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Dallas Texas United States
103 502.476.070 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Killeen Texas United States
104 502.476.001 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Bountiful Utah United States
105 502.476.006 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Salt Lake City Utah United States
106 502.476.017 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Salt Lake City Utah United States
107 502.476.097 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Sandy Utah United States
108 502.476.098 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Sandy Utah United States
109 502.476.011 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Falls Church Virginia United States
110 502.476.093 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Norfolk Virginia United States
111 502.476.078 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Tacoma Washington United States
112 502.476.106 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Menomonee Falls Wisconsin United States
113 502.476.105 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site Milwaukee Wisconsin United States

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Boehringer Ingelheim

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Boehringer Ingelheim, Boehringer Ingelheim

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Additional Information:

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00168779
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 502.476
First Posted:
Sep 15, 2005
Last Update Posted:
Dec 28, 2017
Last Verified:
Dec 1, 2017
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Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 28, 2017