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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03276598
Date of registration: 06/09/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Helsinki University Central Hospital
Public title: A Study on Molecular Genetics of Drug Responsiveness in Essential Hypertension GENRES
Scientific title: A Randomised Double-blind Cross-over Single-centre Study on Molecular Genetics of Drug Responsiveness in Essential Hypertension
Date of first enrolment: November 25, 1999
Target sample size: 233
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03276598
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Contacts
Name:     Kimmo K Kontula, Professor
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Affiliation:  Helsinki University Central Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- essential hypertension diagnosed on an earlier occasion or during the present study
(three diastolic blood pressure readings >=95 mmHg on separate occasions are
required).

Exclusion Criteria (before and during the study):

- usage of three or more antihypertensive drugs

- secondary hypertension

- left ventricular hypertrophy

- drug-treated diabetes mellitus

- coronary heart disease

- stroke and other disorders of cerebral circulation

- renal disease

- obstructive pulmonary disease

- a disease treated with corticosteroids

- a disease with drug treatment potentially influencing blood pressure levels

- significant obesity (BMI >=32 kg/m2)

- allergic reaction towards any of the study drugs

- The patient is excluded from the study if his blood pressure level rises to 200/120
mmHg or above during the study.



Age minimum: 35 Years
Age maximum: 59 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Pharmacogenetics
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Amlodipine
Drug: Losartan
Drug: Hydrochlorothiazide
Drug: Bisoprolol
Primary Outcome(s)
Blood pressure [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
GENRES
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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