Combination of OLMesartan and CCB or Low Dose Diuretics in High Risk Elderly Hypertensive Patients Study (COLM-Study)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate which combination therapy is more effective in reducing the incidence of cardiovascular events in Japanese elderly high-risk hypertensive patients: AT1 subtype angiotensin II receptor antagonist/calcium channel blocker or AT1 subtype angiotensin II receptor antagonist/low dose diuretic.

Timeline

Start

2007-04

Primary completion

2011-09

Completion

2011-09

Publications

• Rakugi H, Ogihara T, Saruta T, Kawai T, Saito I, Teramukai S, Shimada K, Katayama S, Higaki J, Odawara M, Tanahashi N, Kimura G; COLM Investigators. Preferable effects of olmesartan/calcium channel blocker to olmesartan/diuretic on blood pressure variability in very elderly hypertension: COLM study subanalysis. J Hypertens. 2015 Oct;33(10):2165-72. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000668.

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