Comparison of Two Treatment Strategies in Hypertensive Patients

Novartis

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Behavioral: Medical education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00171444

CVAH631DFR06

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine whether a specific training of General Practitioners (Family Physicians) regarding the new official guidelines for the treatment of hypertension results in a higher control of high Blood pressure in their patient population.

Enrollment: 4,445 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Male or female patients >18 years of age

  • Hypertension defined by MSDBP ≥ 90 and /or MSSBP ≥ 140 mmHg for untreated patients, patients on diet and exercise, patients on current anti-hypertensive monotherapy or bitherapy treatment who remain uncontrolled or patients experiencing unacceptable side-effects,

Exclusion criteria

• • Severe hypertension, secondary hypertension, type 1 diabetes mellitus

  • History of congestive heart failure, unstable coronary insufficiency, life threatening arrhythmia, significant valvular disease, second or third degree heart block etc.
  • Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria may apply.