Hypertension Prevention in Pre-Hypertensive Individuals (PREVER)
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Purpose
The incidence of hypertension in individuals with pre-hypertension was 80% in ten years in a study conducted in Southern Brazil. The effectiveness of non-drug interventions to prevent hypertension is low in the long term. It may be hypothesized that a population-based drug intervention could reduce relevantly the burden of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Diuretics are at least as efficacious as other blood pressure-lowering drugs, are well tolerated, have longer duration of action and the advantage of very low cost to be used in a population intervention. Chlorthalidone is the more efficacious agent. Its main limitation is to induce hypokalemia in a proportion of patients, an adverse effect that can be antagonized by a potassium-sparing diuretic, as amiloride.
A study with this objective is therefore recommendable in Brazil, in order to support a plan of precocious intervention in individuals with pre-hypertension. Such a study was demanded and funded by the Health and Technology Ministries in Brazil.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
|---|---|---|
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Pre-hypertension Hypertension Cardiovascular Disease |
Drug: Chlorthalidone plus amiloride Drug: placebo |
Phase 3 |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | Prevention of Hypertension in Patients With Pre-hypertension: PREVER-prevention Study |
- Incidence of hypertension, by blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg in individuals without diabetes or ≥ 135/85 mmHg in participants with diabetes. [ Time Frame: 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Adverse events. [ Time Frame: 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Development or worsening of microalbuminuria and of left ventricular hypertrophy in the EKG [ Time Frame: 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- fatal or major cardiovascular events: myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary interventions, heart failure, duplication of creatinine [ Time Frame: 18 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 1250 |
| Study Start Date: | July 2010 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2012 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
| Placebo Comparator: placebo |
Drug: placebo
Oral placebo once a day, for 18 months
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| Experimental: chlortalidone-amiloride |
Drug: Chlorthalidone plus amiloride
Oral Chlorthalidone 12.5 mg plus amiloride 2.5 mg, once a day for 18 months
Other Name: diuretic
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Detailed Description:
This is a nation-based trial, with 24 clinical centers distributed in 9 States. A Coordinating Committee is responsible for the elaboration of this proposal and for the main decisions of the trial. The organizational chart of the study will include an executive Committee, a safety committee, outcome committee, lab and EKG centers, and the research units Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is already the leading cause of death in Brazil. High blood pressure is the major risk factor for CVD. The risks start at blood pressure values as lower as 115/75 mmHg but increase exponentially and confer higher absolute risks with blood pressure higher than 140/90 mmHg. The prevalence of hypertension in Brazil was established in population-based studies conducted in different cities and States, varying from 22.3 to 44% of adults The benefit of treatment of individuals with pre-hypertension and cardiovascular disease was demonstrated in several clinical trials. In face of the higher incidence of hypertension in individuals with pre-hypertension, the low effectiveness of non-drug interventions and the risks for cardiovascular events and end-organ damage at lower blood pressure levels, it may be advisable to start blood pressure drugs at low doses at this point of the inexorable elevation of blood pressure with aging.
Research questions
- Does an association of low doses of chlorthalidone and amiloride reduce the incidence of hypertension in individuals with pre-hypertension?
- Does an association of low doses of chlorthalidone and amiloride reduce the incidence of cardiovascular events in patients with pre-hypertension?
- 2. Does an association of low doses of chlorthalidone and amiloride reduce the incidence of target-organ damage in patients with pre-hypertension?
Methods
Design: randomized, double-blind, clinical trial, controlled by placebo.
Eligible participants: individuals with 30 to 70 years of age with pre-hypertension.
Exclusion criteria: low life expectancy, other indications for the use of diuretics, such as cardiovascular disease, intolerance to the study drugs, pregnancy.
Random allocation: by a computer generated list, stratified by center.
Interventions: Chlorthalidone 12.5 mg plus amiloride 2.5 mg or identical placebo.
Primary outcomes:
- Incidence of hypertension, by blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg in individuals without diabetes or ≥ 135/85 mmHg in participants with diabetes.
- Adverse events.
- Development or worsening of microalbuminuria and of left ventricular hypertrophy in the EKG.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 30 Years to 70 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- individuals with 30 to 70 years of age with pre-hypertension
Exclusion Criteria:
- low life expectancy
- other indications for the use of diuretics, such as cardiovascular disease
- intolerance to the study drugs
- pregnancy
Contacts and Locations| Contact: Sandra C Fuchs, MD, PhD | 55-5133597621 | scfuchs@terra.com.br |
| Contact: Leila B Moreira, MD, PhD | 55-5133597695 | lbmoreira@hcpa.ufrgs.br |
| Brazil | |
| Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, UFRGS | Recruiting |
| Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 90035 903 | |
| Contact: Sandra C Fuchs, MD, PhD 55 5133597621 scfuchs@terra.com.br | |
| Contact: Leila B Moreira, MD, PhD 55 5133597695 lbmoreira@hcpa.ufrgs.br | |
| Principal Investigator: Sandra C Fuchs, MD,PhD | |
| Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre | Recruiting |
| Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 90035-903 | |
| Contact: Sandra C Fuchs, MD PhD 55-51-33598449 scfuchs@terra.com.br | |
| Contact: Leila B Moreira, MD PhD 55-51-33597695 lbmoreira@hcpa.ufrgs.br | |
| Principal Investigator: Sandra C Fuchs, MD PhD | |
| Study Chair: | Flávio D Fuchs, MD, PhD | Hospital de Clínics de Porto Alegre |
| Study Director: | Sandra C Fuchs, MD, PhD | Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre |
More Information
No publications provided by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
| Responsible Party: | Flávio Danni Fuchs, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00970931 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | GPPG08621-1 |
| Study First Received: | September 2, 2009 |
| Last Updated: | April 20, 2011 |
| Health Authority: | Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research |
Keywords provided by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre:
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hypertension diuretics |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Cardiovascular Diseases Hypertension Prehypertension Vascular Diseases Amiloride Chlorthalidone Diuretics Sodium Channel Blockers Membrane Transport Modulators |
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Pharmacologic Actions Cardiovascular Agents Therapeutic Uses Natriuretic Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors Antihypertensive Agents |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013