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Trial reportJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2011

Comparison of aliskiren/hydrochlorothiazide combination therapy and amlodipine monotherapy in patients with stage 2 systolic hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Raymond R Townsend, Alan D Forker, Vaishali Bhosekar, Anthony Yadao, Deborah L Keefe

Open access · bronzeAbstract readComparative StudyMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2011. 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
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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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, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Raymond R TownsendUniversity of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. townsend@mail.med.upenn.edu
Alan D Forker
Vaishali Bhosekar
Anthony Yadao
Deborah L Keefe
Novartis (Switzerland) · CHUniversity of Pennsylvania · USNovartis (India) · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with stage 2 hypertension and diabetes are at high cardiovascular risk and require large blood pressure (BP) reductions to reach treatment goals. This randomized double-blind study compared aliskiren/hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) combination therapy with amlodipine monotherapy in 860 patients with mean sitting systolic BP (msSBP) ≥160 mm Hg to <200 mm Hg and type 2 diabetes. Patients received either once-daily aliskiren/HCTZ 150/12.5 mg or amlodipine 5 mg for 1 week then force-titrated to double the doses for 7 weeks. Baseline BP was 167.7/91.4 mm Hg. At week 8 end point, aliskiren/HCTZ provided significantly greater reductions in msSBP than amlodipine (28.8 mm Hg vs 26.2 mm Hg; P<.05). Mean sitting diastolic BP reductions were similar with aliskiren/HCTZ (9.9 mm Hg) and amlodipine (9.0 mm Hg). Achievement of BP control (<130/80 mm Hg) was significantly greater with aliskiren/HCTZ (23.2%) than amlodipine (13.8%; P<.0001). Aliskiren/HCTZ provides substantial msSBP reductions and greater BP control rates than amlodipine, and offers an attractive treatment option for patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus.

Indexed as

AmidesAmlodipineAnalysis of VarianceAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Double-Blind MethodDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleFumaratesHumansHydrochlorothiazideHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedReninaliskirenAmidesAmlodipineAntihypertensive AgentsFumaratesHydrochlorothiazideRenin

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PMID22142348
PMCPMC8108762
OpenAlexW1539711020

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