Efficacy of fimasartan/hydrochlorothiazide combination in hypertensive patients inadequately controlled by fimasartan monotherapy
- Authors
- Rhee, Moo-Yong; Baek, Sang Hong; Kim, Weon; Park, Chang Gyu; Park, Seung Woo; Oh, Byung-Hee; Kim, Sang-Hyun; Kim, Jae-Joong; Shin, Joon-Han; Yoo, Byung-Su; Rim, Se-Joong; Ha, Jong-Won; Doh, Joon Hyung; Ahn, Youngkeun; Chae, Jei Keon; Park, Jeong Bae; Kim, Soon-Kil; Kim, Cheol Ho
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Publisher
- DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
- Keywords
- blood pressure; antihypertensive; angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; angiotensin-receptor blocker; angiotensin II type 1 receptor; renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor
- Citation
- DRUG DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPY, v.9, pp.2847 - 2854
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- DRUG DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPY
- Volume
- 9
- Start Page
- 2847
- End Page
- 2854
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/96154
- DOI
- 10.2147/DDDT.S82098
- ISSN
- 1177-8881
- Abstract
- Background: The study reported here compared the blood pressure (BP)-lowering efficacy of fimasartan alone with that of fimasartan/hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) combination in patients whose BP goal was not achieved after 4 weeks of treatment with once-daily fimasartan 60 mg. Methods: Patients with sitting diastolic blood pressure (siDBP) >= 90 mmHg with 4 weeks of once-daily fimasartan 60 mg were randomly assigned to receive either once-daily fimasartan 60 mg/HCTZ 12.5 mg or fimasartan 60 mg for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks, the dose was increased from fimasartan 60 mg/HCTZ 12.5 mg to fimasartan 120 mg/HCTZ 12.5 mg or from fimasartan 60 mg to fimasartan 120 mg if siDBP was >90 mmHg. Results: Of the 263 randomized patients, 256 patients who had available efficacy data were analyzed. The fimasartan/HCTZ treatment group showed a greater reduction of siDBP compared to the fimasartan treatment group at Week 4 (6.88 +/- 8.10 mmHg vs 3.38 +/- 7.33, P=0.0008), and the effect persisted at Week 8 (8.67 +/- 9.39 mmHg vs 5.02 +/- 8.27 mmHg, P=0.0023). Reduction of sitting systolic BP in the fimasartan/HCTZ treatment group was also greater than that in the fimasartan treatment group (at Week 4, 10.50 +/- 13.76 mmHg vs 5.75 +/- 12.18 mmHg, P=0.0069 and, at Week 8, 13.45 +/- 15.15 mmHg vs 6.84 +/- 13.57 mmHg, P=0.0007). The proportion of patients who achieved a reduction of siDBP. 10 mmHg from baseline and/or a mean siDBP. 90 mmHg after 4 weeks of treatment was higher in the fimasartan/HCTZ treatment group than in the fimasartan treatment group (53.6% vs 39.8%, P=0.0359). The overall incidence of adverse drug reaction was 11.79% with no significant difference between the treatment groups. Conclusion: The combination treatment of fimasartan and HCTZ achieved better BP control than fimasartan monotherapy, and had comparable safety and tolerance to fimasartan monotherapy.
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