Status:

COMPLETED

Olmesartan Comparison to Losartan in Hypertensive Subjects

Lead Sponsor:

Daiichi Sankyo

Conditions:

Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of the FDA approved blood pressure medication olmesartan medoxomil compared to the FDA approved medication losartan potassium.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Males or females aged \> 18 years who are not institutionalized and have signed informed consent.
  • Mean cuff seated diastolic blood pressure (BP) must be \> 95 mmHg and \< 115 mmHg and a mean cuff seated systolic BP must be \< 180 mmHg when measured at two consecutive qualification study visits during the placebo run-in phase.
  • The difference in mean cuff seated diastolic BP must be \< 7 mmHg between two consecutive qualification study visits during the placebo run-in phase.

Exclusion

  • Subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus with an HbA1c ≥ 9.5% at Screening.
  • Subjects with serious disorders which may limit the ability to evaluate the efficacy or safety of olmesartan medoxomil and losartan potassium, including cardiovascular, renal (including the absence of one kidney), pulmonary, hepatic, gastrointestinal (including clinically significant malabsorption), endocrine/metabolic (with the exception of non-insulin, dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus with HbA1c \< 9.5% at Screening), hematologic/oncologic (including an active malignancy other than basal cell carcinoma), neurologic and psychiatric diseases.
  • Subjects with a history of myocardial infarction, angina, coronary angioplasty, bypass surgery or heart failure within the last 12 months.
  • Subjects with any history of New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure (CHF). A history of New York Heart Association Class I or II CHF may be exclusionary at the discretion of the Investigator.
  • Subjects with a history of cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack within the last 1 year.
  • Subjects with clinically significant cardiac conduction defects, including second or third degree atrioventricular (AV) block, left bundle branch block, sick sinus syndrome, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, an accessory bypass tract, or any arrhythmia requiring medication.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

941 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00949884

Start Date

August 1 2009

End Date

January 1 2010

Last Update

March 9 2011

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Mesa, Arizona, United States, 85213

2

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85050

3

Harbor City, California, United States, 90710

4

Tustin, California, United States, 92780