The COREG And Lisinopril Combination Therapy In Hypertensive Subjects (COSMOS) Trial

Summary

This is a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, parallel group trial employing 15 cells of a 4x4 factorial design (no placebo)to compare the hypertensive effects in patients with Stage 1 and Stage 2 hypertension of carvedilol (20, 40 or 80 mg daily) alone, lisinopril (10, 20 or 40 mg daily) alone, and all combinations of the doses.

Timeline

Start

2006-07

Primary completion

2008-04

Completion

2008-04

Publications

• Bakris GL, Iyengar M, Lukas MA, Ordronneau P, Weber MA. Effect of combining extended-release carvedilol and lisinopril in hypertension: results of the COSMOS study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2010 Sep;12(9):678-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00341.x. Epub 2010 Jul 8.

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