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INVEST: INternational VErapamil SR Trandolapril STudy

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00133692

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : August 23, 2005

Last Update Posted : September 20, 2011

Sponsor:

Collaborator:

Abbott

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

University of Florida

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Primary Completion Date :	No date given
Study Completion Date :	February 2003

Publications of Results:

Cooper-DeHoff RM, Gong Y, Handberg EM, Bavry AA, Denardo SJ, Bakris GL, Pepine CJ. Tight blood pressure control and cardiovascular outcomes among hypertensive patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease. JAMA. 2010 Jul 7;304(1):61-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2010.884.

Denardo SJ, Messerli FH, Gaxiola E, Aranda JM Jr, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Handberg EM, Gong Y, Champion A, Zhou Q, Pepine CJ. Coronary revascularization strategy and outcomes according to blood pressure (from the International Verapamil SR-Trandolapril Study [INVEST]). Am J Cardiol. 2010 Aug 15;106(4):498-503. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.03.056.

Denardo SJ, Gong Y, Nichols WW, Messerli FH, Bavry AA, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Handberg EM, Champion A, Pepine CJ. Blood pressure and outcomes in very old hypertensive coronary artery disease patients: an INVEST substudy. Am J Med. 2010 Aug;123(8):719-26. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.02.014.

Beitelshees AL, Navare H, Wang D, Gong Y, Wessel J, Moss JI, Langaee TY, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Sadee W, Pepine CJ, Schork NJ, Johnson JA. CACNA1C gene polymorphisms, cardiovascular disease outcomes, and treatment response. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2009 Aug;2(4):362-70. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.109.857839. Epub 2009 Jun 3.

Cooper-DeHoff RM, Handberg EM, Mancia G, Zhou Q, Champion A, Legler UF, Pepine CJ. INVEST revisited: review of findings from the International Verapamil SR-Trandolapril Study. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2009 Nov;7(11):1329-40. doi: 10.1586/erc.09.102.

Gong Y, Handberg EM, Gerhard T, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Ried LD, Johnson JA, Pepine CJ; INVEST Investigators. Systolic blood pressure and subjective well-being in patients with coronary artery disease. Clin Cardiol. 2009 Nov;32(11):627-32. doi: 10.1002/clc.20501.

Bangalore S, Messerli FH, Franklin SS, Mancia G, Champion A, Pepine CJ. Pulse pressure and risk of cardiovascular outcomes in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease: an INternational VErapamil SR-trandolapril STudy (INVEST) analysis. Eur Heart J. 2009 Jun;30(11):1395-401. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp109. Epub 2009 Apr 7.

Denardo SJ, Messerli FH, Gaxiola E, Aranda JM Jr, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Handberg EM, Gong Y, Champion A, Zhou Q, Pepine CJ. Characteristics and outcomes of revascularized patients with hypertension: an international verapamil SR-trandolapril substudy. Hypertension. 2009 Apr;53(4):624-30. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.111542. Epub 2009 Feb 23.

Johnson AD, Gong Y, Wang D, Langaee TY, Shin J, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Schork NJ, Binkley P, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA, Sadee W. Promoter polymorphisms in ACE (angiotensin I-converting enzyme) associated with clinical outcomes in hypertension. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Jan;85(1):36-44. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2008.194. Epub 2008 Oct 22.

Bavry AA, Anderson RD, Gong Y, Denardo SJ, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Handberg EM, Pepine CJ. Outcomes Among hypertensive patients with concomitant peripheral and coronary artery disease: findings from the INternational VErapamil-SR/Trandolapril STudy. Hypertension. 2010 Jan;55(1):48-53. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.142240. Epub 2009 Dec 7.

Pacanowski MA, Gong Y, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Schork NJ, Shriver MD, Langaee TY, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA; INVEST Investigators. beta-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms and beta-blocker treatment outcomes in hypertension. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Dec;84(6):715-21. doi: 10.1038/clpt.2008.139. Epub 2008 Jul 9.

Gerhard T, Gong Y, Beitelshees AL, Mao X, Lobmeyer MT, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Langaee TY, Schork NJ, Shriver MD, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA; INVEST Investigators. Alpha-adducin polymorphism associated with increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes: results from GENEtic Substudy of the INternational VErapamil SR-trandolapril STudy (INVEST-GENES). Am Heart J. 2008 Aug;156(2):397-404. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.03.007. Epub 2008 Jun 20.

Bangalore S, Messerli FH, Cohen JD, Bacher PH, Sleight P, Mancia G, Kowey P, Zhou Q, Champion A, Pepine CJ; INVEST Investigators. Verapamil-sustained release-based treatment strategy is equivalent to atenolol-based treatment strategy at reducing cardiovascular events in patients with prior myocardial infarction: an INternational VErapamil SR-Trandolapril (INVEST) substudy. Am Heart J. 2008 Aug;156(2):241-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.02.023.

Kolloch R, Legler UF, Champion A, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Handberg E, Zhou Q, Pepine CJ. Impact of resting heart rate on outcomes in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease: findings from the INternational VErapamil-SR/trandolapril STudy (INVEST). Eur Heart J. 2008 May;29(10):1327-34. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn123. Epub 2008 Mar 29.

Coca A, Messerli FH, Benetos A, Zhou Q, Champion A, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Pepine CJ. Predicting stroke risk in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease: a report from the INVEST. Stroke. 2008 Feb;39(2):343-8. Epub 2007 Dec 27.

Beitelshees AL, Gong Y, Wang D, Schork NJ, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Langaee TY, Shriver MD, Sadee W, Knot HJ, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA; INVEST Investigators. KCNMB1 genotype influences response to verapamil SR and adverse outcomes in the INternational VErapamil SR/Trandolapril STudy (INVEST). Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2007 Sep;17(9):719-29.

Cooper-DeHoff RM, Zhou Q, Gaxiola E, Cangiano JL, Garcia-Barreto D, Handberg E, Pepine CJ; INVEST Investigators. Influence of Hispanic ethnicity on blood pressure control and cardiovascular outcomes in women with CAD and hypertension: findings from INVEST. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Jun;16(5):632-40.

Messerli F, Frishman WH, Elliott WJ, Bacher PH, Pepine CJ. Antihypertensive properties of a high-dose combination of trandolapril and verapamil-SR. Blood Press Suppl. 2007 Mar;1:6-9.

Brunner M, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Gong Y, Karnes JH, Langaee TY, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA; INVEST Investigators. Factors influencing blood pressure response to trandolapril add-on therapy in patients taking verapamil SR (from the International Verapamil SR/Trandolapril [INVEST] Study). Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 1;99(11):1549-54. Epub 2007 Apr 16.

Langaee TY, Gong Y, Yarandi HN, Katz DA, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA. Association of CYP3A5 polymorphisms with hypertension and antihypertensive response to verapamil. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Mar;81(3):386-91.

Bakris GL, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Zhou Q, Kupfer S, Champion A, Pepine CJ; INVEST Investigators. Dual therapy in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease: the role of calcium channel blockers and beta-blockers. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2007;7 Suppl 1:25-9.

Mancia G, Messerli F, Bakris G, Zhou Q, Champion A, Pepine CJ. Blood pressure control and improved cardiovascular outcomes in the International Verapamil SR-Trandolapril Study. Hypertension. 2007 Aug;50(2):299-305. Epub 2007 Jul 2.

Uretsky S, Messerli FH, Bangalore S, Champion A, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Zhou Q, Pepine CJ. Obesity paradox in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease. Am J Med. 2007 Oct;120(10):863-70.

Cooper-Dehoff R, Cohen JD, Bakris GL, Messerli FH, Erdine S, Hewkin AC, Kupfer S, Pepine CJ; INVEST Investigators. Predictors of development of diabetes mellitus in patients with coronary artery disease taking antihypertensive medications (findings from the INternational VErapamil SR-Trandolapril STudy [INVEST]). Am J Cardiol. 2006 Oct 1;98(7):890-4. Epub 2006 Aug 7.

Messerli FH, Mancia G, Conti CR, Hewkin AC, Kupfer S, Champion A, Kolloch R, Benetos A, Pepine CJ. Dogma disputed: can aggressively lowering blood pressure in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease be dangerous? Ann Intern Med. 2006 Jun 20;144(12):884-93.

Cooper-DeHoff RM, Aranda JM Jr, Gaxiola E, Cangiano JL, Garcia-Barreto D, Conti CR, Hewkin A, Pepine CJ; INVEST Investigators. Blood pressure control and cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk Hispanic patients--findings from the International Verapamil SR/Trandolapril Study (INVEST). Am Heart J. 2006 May;151(5):1072-9.

Pepine CJ, Kowey PR, Kupfer S, Kolloch RE, Benetos A, Mancia G, Coca A, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Handberg E, Gaxiola E, Sleight P, Conti CR, Hewkin AC, Tavazzi L; INVEST Investigators. Predictors of adverse outcome among patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Feb 7;47(3):547-51. Epub 2006 Jan 18.

Ried LD, Tueth MJ, Taylor MD, Sauer BC, Lopez LM, Pepine CJ. Depressive symptoms in coronary artery disease patients after hypertension treatment. Ann Pharmacother. 2006 Apr;40(4):597-604. Epub 2006 Mar 28.

Elliott WJ, Hewkin AC, Kupfer S, Cooper-DeHoff R, Pepine CJ. A drug dose model for predicting clinical outcomes in hypertensive coronary disease patients. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2005 Nov;7(11):654-63.

Zineh I, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Wessel TR, Arant CB, Sleight P, Geiser EA, Pepine CJ. Global differences in blood pressure control and clinical outcomes in the INternational VErapamil SR-Trandolapril STudy (INVEST). Clin Cardiol. 2005 Jul;28(7):321-8.

Ried LD, Tueth MJ, Handberg E, Kupfer S, Pepine CJ; INVEST Study Group. A Study of Antihypertensive Drugs and Depressive Symptoms (SADD-Sx) in patients treated with a calcium antagonist versus an atenolol hypertension Treatment Strategy in the International Verapamil SR-Trandolapril Study (INVEST). Psychosom Med. 2005 May-Jun;67(3):398-406.

Cooper-DeHoff RM, Handberg EM, Cohen J, Kowey P, Messerli FH, Mancia G, Cangiano JL, Gaxiola E, Garcia-Barreto D, Hewkin AC, Pepine CJ; INVEST Investigators. Characteristics of contemporary patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease. Clin Cardiol. 2004 Oct;27(10):571-6.

Bakris GL, Gaxiola E, Messerli FH, Mancia G, Erdine S, Cooper-DeHoff R, Pepine CJ; INVEST Investigators. Clinical outcomes in the diabetes cohort of the INternational VErapamil SR-Trandolapril study. Hypertension. 2004 Nov;44(5):637-42. Epub 2004 Sep 20.

Pepine CJ, Conti CR. Managing hypertension in European patients with coronary artery disease: design, results, and clinical implications of INVEST. Ital Heart J. 2004 Jun;5(6):411-6.

Brooks CS, Sowers JR. Importance of achieving lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients with diabetes. Hypertension. 2004 Nov;44(5):614-5. Epub 2004 Sep 13.

Pepine CJ, Handberg EM, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Marks RG, Kowey P, Messerli FH, Mancia G, Cangiano JL, Garcia-Barreto D, Keltai M, Erdine S, Bristol HA, Kolb HR, Bakris GL, Cohen JD, Parmley WW; INVEST Investigators. A calcium antagonist vs a non-calcium antagonist hypertension treatment strategy for patients with coronary artery disease. The International Verapamil-Trandolapril Study (INVEST): a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2003 Dec 3;290(21):2805-16.

Other Publications:

Reynolds NA, Wagstaff AJ, Keam SJ. Trandolapril/verapamil sustained release: a review of its use in the treatment of essential hypertension. Drugs. 2005;65(13):1893-914. Review.

Pepine CJ, Cooper-Dehoff RM. Cardiovascular therapies and risk for development of diabetes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Aug 4;44(3):509-12. Review.

Keltai M, Johnson JA, Kowey PR, Ried LD, Tueth M. INVEST substudies: design and patient characteristics. Clin Cardiol. 2001 Nov;24(11 Suppl):V9-11.

Erdine S, Handberg EM, Kolb B. Characteristics of patients with coronary artery disease and hypertension: a report from INVEST. Clin Cardiol. 2001 Nov;24(11 Suppl):V6-8.

Questions and answers related to the INternational VErapamil SR/trandolapril STudy (INVEST). Clin Cardiol. 2001 Nov;24(11 Suppl):V30.

Conti CR, Cooper-DeHoff RM. How will INVEST and other hypertension trials change clinical practice? Clin Cardiol. 2001 Nov;24(11 Suppl):V24-9.

Marks R, Bristol H, Conlon M, Pepine CJ. Enhancing clinical trials on the internet: lessons from INVEST. Clin Cardiol. 2001 Nov;24(11 Suppl):V17-23.

Cooper-DeHoff R, Handberg E, Heissenberg C, Johnson K. Electronic prescribing via the internet for a coronary artery disease and hypertension megatrial. Clin Cardiol. 2001 Nov;24(11 Suppl):V14-6.

Kolloch RE. INVEST: results of combined strategies to control blood pressure. Clin Cardiol. 2001 Nov;24(11 Suppl):V12-3.

Pepine CJ, Handberg EM. The vascular biology of hypertension and atherosclerosis and intervention with calcium antagonists and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. Clin Cardiol. 2001 Nov;24(11 Suppl):V1-5.

Pepine CJ, Handberg-Thurmond E, Marks RG, Conlon M, Cooper-DeHoff R, Volkers P, Zellig P. Rationale and design of the International Verapamil SR/Trandolapril Study (INVEST): an Internet-based randomized trial in coronary artery disease patients with hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1998 Nov;32(5):1228-37.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Elgendy IY, Bavry AA, Gong Y, Handberg EM, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Pepine CJ. Long-Term Mortality in Hypertensive Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: Results From the US Cohort of the International Verapamil (SR)/Trandolapril Study. Hypertension. 2016 Nov;68(5):1110-1114. Epub 2016 Sep 12.

Denardo SJ, Gong Y, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Farsang C, Keltai M, Szirmai L, Messerli FH, Bavry AA, Handberg EM, Mancia G, Pepine CJ. Effects of verapamil SR and atenolol on 24-hour blood pressure and heart rate in hypertension patients with coronary artery disease: an international verapamil SR-trandolapril ambulatory monitoring substudy. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 2;10(4):e0122726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122726. eCollection 2015. Erratum in: PLoS One. 2016;11(6):e0157212.

Bavry AA, Gong Y, Handberg EM, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Pepine CJ. Impact of aspirin according to type of stable coronary artery disease: insights from a large international cohort. Am J Med. 2015 Feb;128(2):137-43. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.09.028. Epub 2014 Oct 15.

Fontana V, McDonough CW, Gong Y, El Rouby NM, Sá AC, Taylor KD, Chen YD, Gums JG, Chapman AB, Turner ST, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA, Cooper-DeHoff RM. Large-scale gene-centric analysis identifies polymorphisms for resistant hypertension. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Nov 10;3(6):e001398. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001398.

Winchester DE, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Gong Y, Handberg EM, Pepine CJ; INVEST Investigators. Mortality implications of angina and blood pressure in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease: New data from extended follow-up of the International Verapamil/Trandolapril Study (INVEST). Clin Cardiol. 2013 Aug;36(8):442-7. doi: 10.1002/clc.22145. Epub 2013 May 29.

Gerhard T, Delaney JA, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Shuster J, Brumback BA, Johnson JA, Pepine CJ, Winterstein AG. Comparing marginal structural models to standard methods for estimating treatment effects of antihypertensive combination therapy. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2012 Aug 6;12:119. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-119.

Gong Y, Beitelshees AL, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Lobmeyer MT, Langaee TY, Wu J, Cresci S, Province MA, Spertus JA, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA. Chromosome 9p21 haplotypes and prognosis in white and black patients with coronary artery disease. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2011 Apr;4(2):169-78. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.110.959296. Epub 2011 Mar 3.

Niu Y, Gong Y, Langaee TY, Davis HM, Elewa H, Beitelshees AL, Moss JI, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Pepine CJ, Johnson JA. Genetic variation in the beta2 subunit of the voltage-gated calcium channel and pharmacogenetic association with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in the INternational VErapamil SR-Trandolapril STudy GENEtic Substudy (INVEST-GENES). Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2010 Dec;3(6):548-55. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.110.957654.