Fixed Combination for Lipid and Blood Pressure Control

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effect of fixed and free combination of atorvastatin/perindopril/amlodipine on blood pressure and lipid levels.

Timeline

Start

2017-09-01

Primary completion

2019-12-31

Completion

2019-12-31

Publications

• Background Lawes CM, Vander Hoorn S, Rodgers A; International Society of Hypertension. Global burden of blood-pressure-related disease, 2001. Lancet. 2008 May 3;371(9623):1513-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60655-8.
• Background Stamler J, Wentworth D, Neaton JD. Prevalence and prognostic significance of hypercholesterolemia in men with hypertension. Prospective data on the primary screenees of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. Am J Med. 1986 Feb 14;80(2A):33-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90158-0.
• Background Gupta AK, Arshad S, Poulter NR. Compliance, safety, and effectiveness of fixed-dose combinations of antihypertensive agents: a meta-analysis. Hypertension. 2010 Feb;55(2):399-407. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.139816. Epub 2009 Dec 21.
• Background Grimm R, Malik M, Yunis C, Sutradhar S, Kursun A; TOGETHER Investigators. Simultaneous treatment to attain blood pressure and lipid goals and reduced CV risk burden using amlodipine/atorvastatin single-pill therapy in treated hypertensive participants in a randomized controlled trial. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2010 May 6;6:261-71. doi: 10.2147/vhrm.s7710.
• Background Malekzadeh F, Marshall T, Pourshams A, Gharravi M, Aslani A, Nateghi A, Rastegarpanah M, Khoshnia M, Semnani S, Salahi R, Thomas GN, Larijani B, Cheng KK, Malekzadeh R. A pilot double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial of the effects of fixed-dose combination therapy ('polypill') on cardiovascular risk factors. Int J Clin Pract. 2010 Aug;64(9):1220-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02412.x.
• Background Neutel JM, Bestermann WH, Dyess EM, Graff A, Kursun A, Sutradhar S, Yunis C. The use of a single-pill calcium channel blocker/statin combination in the management of hypertension and dyslipidemia: a randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2009 Jan;11(1):22-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.00058.x.
• Background PILL Collaborative Group; Rodgers A, Patel A, Berwanger O, Bots M, Grimm R, Grobbee DE, Jackson R, Neal B, Neaton J, Poulter N, Rafter N, Raju PK, Reddy S, Thom S, Vander Hoorn S, Webster R. An international randomised placebo-controlled trial of a four-component combination pill ("polypill") in people with raised cardiovascular risk. PLoS One. 2011;6(5):e19857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019857. Epub 2011 May 25.
• Background Wald DS, Morris JK, Wald NJ. Randomized Polypill crossover trial in people aged 50 and over. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e41297. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041297. Epub 2012 Jul 18.
• Background Indian Polycap Study (TIPS); Yusuf S, Pais P, Afzal R, Xavier D, Teo K, Eikelboom J, Sigamani A, Mohan V, Gupta R, Thomas N. Effects of a polypill (Polycap) on risk factors in middle-aged individuals without cardiovascular disease (TIPS): a phase II, double-blind, randomised trial. Lancet. 2009 Apr 18;373(9672):1341-51. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60611-5. Epub 2009 Mar 30.
• Background Thom S, Poulter N, Field J, Patel A, Prabhakaran D, Stanton A, Grobbee DE, Bots ML, Reddy KS, Cidambi R, Bompoint S, Billot L, Rodgers A; UMPIRE Collaborative Group. Effects of a fixed-dose combination strategy on adherence and risk factors in patients with or at high risk of CVD: the UMPIRE randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2013 Sep 4;310(9):918-29. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.277064.
• Background Soliman EZ, Mendis S, Dissanayake WP, Somasundaram NP, Gunaratne PS, Jayasingne IK, Furberg CD. A Polypill for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a feasibility study of the World Health Organization. Trials. 2011 Jan 5;12:3. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-3.
• Background Cho EJ, Kim JH, Sutradhar S, Yunis C, Westergaard M; CRUCIAL trial investigators. Reduction in cardiovascular risk using a proactive multifactorial intervention is consistent among patients residing in Pacific Asian and non-Pacific Asian regions: a CRUCIAL trial subanalysis. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2014 Mar 26;10:145-56. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S54586. eCollection 2014.

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