High Dose BAYA1040_Nifedipine: a Dose-comparative Study

Summary

This is a clinical study evaluating the superiority in efficacy and assess safety and tolerability of BAYA1040\_Nifedipine 80 mg/day (40 mg twice daily) compared with BAYA1040\_Nifedipine 40 mg/day (40 mg once daily) in patients with essential hypertension who are not at target blood pressure by BAYA1040\_Nifedipine 40 mg once daily treatment.

Timeline

Start

2011-01

Primary completion

2011-08

Completion

2011-08

Publications

• Shimamoto K, Hasebe N, Ito S, Kario K, Kimura K, Dohi Y, Kawano Y, Rakugi H, Horiuchi M, Imaizumi T, Ohya Y. Nifedipine controlled-release 40 mg b.i.d. in Japanese patients with essential hypertension who responded insufficiently to nifedipine controlled-release 40 mg q.d.: a phase III, randomized, double-blind and parallel-group study. Hypertens Res. 2014 Jan;37(1):69-75. doi: 10.1038/hr.2013.80. Epub 2013 Aug 15.

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