Treatment of Severe Hypertension During Pre-Eclampsia: A Preliminary Equivalence Study Between Urapidil and Nicardipine

Summary

The aim of this study is to confirm that URAPIDIL is as efficient and as safe as NICARDIPINE to correct severe hypertension in pre-eclamptic patients. * efficacy endpoint : mean arterial blood pressure corrected to 105-125 mmHg after 120 min of study drug administration. * safety endpoints : clinical, biological and ultrasound observation for any side effect.All infants will be observed in the neonatology unit (during 48h).

Timeline

Start

2007-06

Primary completion

2010-06

Completion

2010-08

Publications

• Diemunsch P, Garcia V, Lyons G, Pottecher J, Emmanuel S. Urapidil versus nicardipine in preeclamptic toxaemia: A randomised feasibility study. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2015 Nov;32(11):822-3. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000303. No abstract available.

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