Avoiding Cardiovascular Events Through Combination Therapy in Patients Living With Systolic Hypertension

NCT00170950 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11506

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Summary

A comparison study of two combination drugs, amlodipine/benazepril and benazepril/HCTZ to evaluate the effectiveness of the combination on reducing heart disease and death in a high risk hypertensive population.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Benazepril/amlodipine 20/5 mg - Dose Level 1 from Day 1 to Month 1

Benazepril hydrochloride (HCl)/amlodipine besylate 10/5 mg capsules for oral administration once daily.

DRUG

Benazepril/amlodipine 40/5 mg - Dose Level 2 from Month 1 to Month 2

Benazepril hydrochloride (HCl)/amlodipine besylate 20/5 mg capsules for oral administration once daily.

DRUG

Benazepril/amlodipine 40/10 mg - Dose Level 3 from Month 2 to Month 3 and thereafter

Benazepril hydrochloride (HCl)/amlodipine besylate: 40/10 mg capsules for oral administration once daily. Patients titrated to this dose level had the possibility of subsequent free add-on antihypertensive agents after month 3 based on target blood pressure.

DRUG

Benazepril/hydrochlorothiazide 20/12.5 mg - Dose Level 1 from Day 1 to Month 1

Benazepril hydrochloride (HCl)/hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) 20/12.5 mg capsules for oral administration once daily.

DRUG

Benazepril/hydrochlorothiazide 40/12.5 mg - Dose Level 2 from Month 1 to Month 2

Benazepril hydrochloride (HCl)/hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) 40/12.5 mg capsules for oral administration once daily.

DRUG

Benazepril/hydrochlorothiazide 40/25 mg - Dose Level 3 from Month 2 to Month 3 and thereafter

Benazepril hydrochloride (HCl)/hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) 40/25 mg capsules for oral administration once daily. Patients titrated to this dose level had the possibility of subsequent free add-on antihypertensive agents after month 3 based on target blood pressure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Novartis Pharmaceuticals · Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-05-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • Norway
  • Sweden

Study Locations

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