Olmesartan Comparison to Losartan in Hypertensive Subjects

Completed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Hypertension

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00949884

Run by

Daiichi Sankyo

People needed

941

Starts

2009-08-01

Expected to finish

2010-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-03-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

You may not qualify if…

• 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.

Where it is running

• Study site — Mesa, Arizona, United States
• Study site — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Study site — Harbor City, California, United States
• Study site — Tustin, California, United States
• Study site — Westlake Village, California, United States
• Study site — Pueblo, Colorado, United States
• Study site — Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States
• Study site — DeLand, Florida, United States
• Study site — South Bend, Indiana, United States
• Study site — Wichita, Kansas, United States
• Study site — Metairie, Louisiana, United States
• Study site — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
• Study site — Binghamton, New York, United States
• Study site — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
• Study site — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Study site — Greenville, South Carolina, United States
• Study site — Bristol, Tennessee, United States
• Study site — New Tazewell, Tennessee, United States
• Study site — Dallas, Texas, United States
• Study site — Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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