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ArticleJournal of hypertension2025

Differences in sex and age response to single pill combination based antihypertensive therapy reflecting in blood pressure and arterial stiffness.

Jana Brguljan Hitij, Zbigniew Gaciong, Dragan Simić, Péter Vajer, Parounak Zelveian, Irina E Chazova, Bojan Jelaković, Precious trial investigators

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Article in Journal of hypertension, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03738761 (Fixed-Dose Combination of Perindopril/Amlodipine), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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NCT03738761 phase4completednot on this map

Fixed-Dose Combination of Perindopril/Amlodipine (Amlessa®) and Fixed-Dose Combination of Perindopril/Indapamide /Amlodipine (Co-Amlessa®) - Contribution to Management in Newly Diagnosed and Uncontrolled Hypertensive Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorKRKARan2018 to 2019Enrolled471ConditionsHypertensionArmsAmlessa®, Co-Amlessa®
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jana Brguljan HitijUniversity Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Hypertension, Medical University Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Zbigniew GaciongUniversity Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Vascular Diseases, Warsaw, Poland.
Dragan SimićClinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
Péter VajerSemmelweis University Budapest, Family Medicine Department, Budapest, Hungary.
Parounak ZelveianCenter of Preventive Cardiology, Research Institute of Cardiology, Yerevan, Armenia.
Irina E ChazovaFederal State Budgetary Institution "National Research Medical Center for Cardiology" of the Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Bojan JelakovićUniversity Hospital Centre Zagreb, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Arterial hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation, Zagreb, Croatia.
Precious trial investigators

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThere are noticeable sex differences in the treatment response to antihypertensives, with limited data on the response to single pill combinations. The aim of the PRECIOUS trial was to assess the treatment response to perindopril/amlodipine and perindopril/amlodipine/indapamide dual and triple single-pill combination in men and women.

methodsFour hundred and forty adults with essential hypertension were assessed in the 16-week interventional, open-label, prospective, international, multicentre trial. Based on the previous antihypertensive therapy, patients were assigned to either perindopril/amlodipine 4/5 mg or perindopril/amlodipine/indapamide 4/5/1.25 mg, with the initial dose up-titrated in 4-week intervals in case of uncontrolled blood pressure. An additional analysis was performed for sex- and age-related differences on the blood pressure response and arterial stiffness in men and women aged 35-74 years.

resultsWomen achieved better overall blood pressure control in all age groups, except for the 35-44 age group. Women presented higher average 24 h aortic augmentation indexes than men, but had more pronounced decreasing trends. The pulse wave velocity was only age-dependent, with reductions slightly greater in women. Both the aortic augmentation index and pulse wave velocity were significantly decreased in all groups compared to baseline.

conclusionsThe results of the PRECIOUS trial contribute significant data to the expanding body of evidence on sex differences in hypertension, including the aspect of age-related changes during the life course of women. The differences between same-aged men and women tend to be smaller with advancing age, but with a greater treatment response in women in all age groups for all observed blood pressure parameters and arterial stiffness.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT03738761.

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Antihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureHypertensionVascular StiffnessAdultAgedAge FactorsAmlodipineDrug CombinationsFemaleHumansIndapamideMaleMiddle AgedPerindoprilProspective StudiesAmlodipineAntihypertensive AgentsDrug CombinationsIndapamidePerindopril

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PMID39445609
PMCPMC11789607

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