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Trial reportJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2004

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in African-American patients with hypertension.

Vasilios Papademetriou, Puneet Narayan, Peter Kokkinos

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Trial report in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Direct renin inhibition--commonly asked questions.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2008
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Hypertension control among African Americans: an urgent call for action.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2004
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Vasilios PapademetriouDepartment of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC 20422, USA. papavip@aol.com
Puneet Narayan
Peter Kokkinos
Georgetown University · USGeorgetown University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

African-American patients with hypertension are less responsive to blockers of the renin-angiotensin system than white patients. The relative efficacy of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers and the extent of cross-resistance to these agents has not been studied. Fifty-one African-American patients with stage 1-2 hypertension were randomly assigned to enalapril or candesartan cilexetil for 8 weeks and then crossed over to the other treatment. Nonresponders to enalapril and candesartan used a combination of the two. Of the 51 patients randomized (average age 61.2+/-9 years, blood pressure 148/100 mm Hg, heart rate 74 bpm, and body weight 92.8 kg), 44 completed the study. At Week 8, systolic blood pressure (SBP) was reduced by 4.8 mm Hg with enalapril and by 4.7 mm Hg with candesartan (p=NS), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was reduced by 4.4 mm Hg and 5.6 mm Hg, respectively (p<0.04). Of these 44 patients, 11 (25%) responded to enalapril by SBP criteria and 19 (43%) by DBP criteria. Seven patients (16%) responded by both SBP and DBP criteria, and 21 patients (48%) were nonresponders. With candesartan, 13 patients (29%) responded by SBP criteria, 20 (45%) by DBP criteria and 12 (27%) by both SBP and DBP criteria (p<0.04, compared with enalapril). Only six patients (14%) responded to both enalapril and candesartan by both SBP and DBP criteria. Of the 18 nonresponders to either enalapril or candesartan, the combination of the two had minimal additional effect. Significant changes in plasma-renin activity and angiotensin II levels were noted only with the high dose of each drug. In this small group of patients, treatment with candesartan resulted in slightly higher response and control rates than enalapril, more than 40% of patients who responded to enalapril did not respond to candesartan and vice versa, and in nonresponders, a combination of candesartan and enalapril offered little additional antihypertensive effect.

Indexed as

Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersBlack or African AmericanAgedAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsBenzimidazolesBiphenyl CompoundsBlood PressureCross-Over StudiesDrug Therapy, CombinationEnalaprilHospitals, VeteransHumansHypertensionMiddle AgedTetrazolesTreatment OutcomeAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersBenzimidazolesBiphenyl CompoundscandesartanEnalaprilTetrazoles

Identifiers

PMID15187493
PMCPMC8109657
OpenAlexW2035317979

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