Status:

UNKNOWN

Olmesartan on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Change

Lead Sponsor:

National Taiwan University Hospital

Conditions:

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-90 years

Brief Summary

We will conduct an open label, non-comparative, observational study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Olmesartan therapy in Taiwan patients with essential hypertension, and the prim...

Detailed Description

Vitamin D plays an important role for cardiac function and blood pressure regulation, and the serum 25(OH)D concentration change is an important indicator for Vitamin D nutritional status, and serum 1...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female, 18 years of age or over.
  • naïve patients with Stage I\*\* or Stage II\*\* (JNC VII) essential hypertension or patients uncontrolled on current hypotensive drug therapy (in cuff BP\>140/90mm Hg)
  • All selected patients must give their written informed consent before recording their personal data

Exclusion

  • Subject with secondary form of hypertension
  • Subject is being treated or with unstable condition for disease of myocardial infarction, clinically decompensated congestive heart failure, angina pectoris, sick sinus syndrome, second or third degree atrioventricular block
  • Subject with history of hypertensive encephalopathy, grade 3 or 4 hypertensive retinopathy within 3 months before entering this trial
  • Subjects with a cerebrovascular accident within 6 months before entering this trial
  • Subject with auto-immune disease
  • Subject with uncontrolled endocrine diseases, such as Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Hypercorticism and Hypocorticism
  • Subject with confirmed evidence of renal impairment (creatinine \> 1.5 x upper limit of normal)
  • Subject with hyperkalemia with serum potassium \> 5.5 meq/L
  • Subject with terminal stage of malignant disease
  • Subject with substance abuse history
  • Subject with gastrointestinal disease which can interfere the absorption of the oral medications
  • Subject with any contraindication to the use of angiotensin II receptor blocker or calcium channel blocker
  • Subject is pregnant or lactating
  • Premenopausal subjects not taking reliable methods for contraceptives
  • Subject with any other serious disease considered by the investigator not in the condition to enter the trial
  • Subject is not able to comply to the protocol requirements
  • Subject participated investigational drug trial within 3 months before entering this study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00854763

Start Date

April 1 2009

Last Update

March 3 2009

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National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan, 100