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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00987662
Date of registration: 30/09/2009
Primary sponsor: Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Public title: Irbesartan Versus Amlodipine: The OBI Study OBI
Scientific title: Double Blind Study of Irbesartan vs. Amlodipine in Obese Hypertensive Subjects- The OBI Study
Date of first enrolment: January 2011
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00987662
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Countries of recruitment
Greece
Contacts
Name:   Vasilios Kotsis, Prof
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Affiliation: 
Name:   Vasilios Kotsis, Prof
Address: 
Telephone: +306974748860
Email: vkotsis@auth.gr
Affiliation: 
Name:   Vasilios Kotsis, Prof
Address: 
Telephone:
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Affiliation:  AUTH
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age between 18 and 60 years.

2. All patients are going to give their informed consent to participate in the study.

3. Stage I hypertension.

4. BMI > 30.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Known oversensitiveness,

2. Chronic renal disease (GFR < 50 ml/min) or ESRD,

3. Heart or respiratory failure, OR

4. Recent MI, shock, liver deficiency (ALT or AST > 3 times normal and pregnancy or
lactation.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Obesity
Intervention(s)
Drug: Amlodipine
Drug: Irbesartan
Primary Outcome(s)
Reduction of 24h BP and arterial stiffness in obese hypertensives [Time Frame: 12]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Drug specific effect on reduction in central fat deposition and the leptin to adiponectin ratio [Time Frame: 12]
New onset of diabetes [Time Frame: 12]
Secondary ID(s)
AUTH170909
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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