Study of Clevidipine Assessing Its Preoperative Antihypertensive Effect in Cardiac Surgery (ESCAPE-1)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of clevidipine injection versus placebo in treating preoperative hypertension.

Timeline

Start

2004-01

Primary completion

2004-11

Completion

2004-11

Publications

• Results Levy JH, Mancao MY, Gitter R, Kereiakes DJ, Grigore AM, Aronson S, Newman MF. Clevidipine effectively and rapidly controls blood pressure preoperatively in cardiac surgery patients: the results of the randomized, placebo-controlled efficacy study of clevidipine assessing its preoperative antihypertensive effect in cardiac surgery-1. Anesth Analg. 2007 Oct;105(4):918-25, table of contents. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000281443.13712.b9.

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