Antihypertensive Pharmacological Therapy With Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in Obese Hypertensive Patients — HEVRO  

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title: HYpertension Therapy With Valsartan Versus EpleRenone for Obese Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Obesity is a complex metabolic state at which many pathophysiological pathways seem to interfere, like imbalance of autonomic nervous system, as well as renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) activation. Latest studies have shown that the increase of peripheral fat in obese patients, alongside with the increase of P-450 aromatase leads to hyper-aldosteronism, which results to increased sodium intake and rise of blood pressure. The present study aims to investigate the potential superiority of an aldosterone antagonist based therapy (eplerenone) over the renin-angiotensin antagonists (ARBs) (valsartan) based therapy in hypertensive obese patients regarding reduction of blood pressure (office, home and ambulatory) over a 24-week period.

Clinical Trial Description

The present study plans to enroll obese patients (BMI= 30-40 kg/m2) of 30-75 years of age, with untreated or never-treated essential hypertension to either eplerenone-based or valsartan-based therapy Patients visiting hypertension center(s), eligible to participate in the study and meeting study's inclusion criteria, will at first thoroughly be informed of study's protocol rationale, including scheduled follow-up visits. There will be a period of 2-4 weeks, at which medical history will be taken, as well as somatometrics, including height, weight, BMI and waist circumference. Moreover, a thorough clinical examination will take place, including office blood pressure, ECG, heart-echo, renal ultrasound, blood and urine ultrasound. All women of gestational age should have pregnancy test.

At randomization visit, patients still meeting inclusion/exclusion criteria will be randomized (1:1) to either eplerenone (E) 25mg bd or valsartan (V) 160mg od for 8 weeks. At 8, 16 and 24 weeks, patients at both arms will be evaluated with ambulatory BP measurements primary, as well as home and office BP measurements. At week 8, patients with controlled hypertension (mean ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) <130/80mmHg), will continue in monotherapy with eplerenone or valsartan and patients with uncontrolled hypertension (mean 24-h ambulatory≥130/80mmHg) will continue with the addition of calcium-channel blocker, amlodipine (C) 5 mg od. At week 16, patients achieving BP control will continue in either monotherapy (E), (V) or dual therapy (E+C), (V+C). However, in patients not achieving blood pressure target, a third drug, thiazide-like-diuretic will be added [indapamide (D) 1.25 mg od]. All groups at both arms will be finally evaluated at 24 weeks. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hypertension
• Obesity

• NCT number: NCT03476616
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Hippocration General Hospital
• Contact: Konstantinos P Tsioufis, Ass. Prof.
• Phone: 6932586087
• Email: ktsioufis@hippocratio.gr
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: September 1, 2018
• Completion date: September 1, 2020