Clevidipine in the Treatment of Patients With Severe Hypertension (VELOCITY)

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the safety of clevidipine for treating severely elevated blood pressure, defined as systolic (SBP) \>180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) \>115 mmHg assessed on 2 successive occasions 15 minutes apart at baseline, in patients with or without major organ injury, particularly with respect to controlled dose adjustment to desired effect and prolonged continuous infusion. Enrollment of patients into the study was to continue until the target goal of 100 patients with at least 18 hours of continuous clevidipine treatment, including a minimum of 50 patients with acute or chronic end-organ injury, was met.

Timeline

Start

2006-09

Primary completion

2007-01

Completion

2007-02

Publications

• Results Pollack CV, Varon J, Garrison NA, Ebrahimi R, Dunbar L, Peacock WF 4th. Clevidipine, an intravenous dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, is safe and effective for the treatment of patients with acute severe hypertension. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Mar;53(3):329-38. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.04.025. Epub 2008 Jun 5.

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