Status:

WITHDRAWN

Spironolactone Versus Amiloride as an Add on Agent in Resistant Hypertension

Lead Sponsor:

VA Salt Lake City Health Care System

Conditions:

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Joint National Committee 7 (JNC-7) defines resistant hypertension as a persistent elevation of blood pressure (BP) above goal - ≥ 140/90 mm Hg for the general hypertensive population or ≥ 130/80 mm Hg...

Detailed Description

m/a

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants will be selected from a broad range of medical clinics at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center and surrounding community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs).
  • The participants will be referred to a resistant hypertension clinic by either their primary care provider or by a subspecialist. The referrals are made via a computerized system that is used in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VA) called Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).
  • Patients are referred if their blood pressure is above goal as defined by JNC 7 and they are on 3 antihypertensive medications with one of the agents being a diuretic.
  • All patients age 18 -80 years old.

Exclusion

  • Patients that will be excluded from the study if they have had a documented adverse reaction to either spironolactone or amiloride.
  • diagnosis of primary hyperaldosteronism
  • inability to adhere to frequent laboratory monitoring
  • estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \< 45 ml/min/1.73m2
  • baseline serum potassium above 5.0 mEq/L
  • type 4 renal tubular acidosis
  • pregnancy
  • heart failure that meets criteria for using either eplerenone or spironolactone
  • current unstable renal function

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00709137

Start Date

October 1 2008

End Date

November 1 2010

Last Update

May 28 2014

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VAMC SLC - George Wahlen VA

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84148