A Study Evaluating the Gastrointestinal (GI) Safety and Tolerability of Aliskiren Compared to Ramipril in Essential Hypertension
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Official title
A 54 Week, Randomized, Double-blind, Parallel-group, Multicenter Study Evaluating the Long-term Gastrointestinal (GI) Safety and Tolerability of Aliskiren (300 mg) Compared to Ramipril (10 mg) in Patients With Essential Hypertension
Brief summary
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This study will evaluate the long-term gastrointestinal (GI) safety and efficacy of aliskiren (300 mg) compared to ramipril (10mg) in patients ≥ 50 years with essential hypertension.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00631917
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 774 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Aliskiren Drug
- Ramipril Drug
- Placebo to Ramipril Other
- Placebo to Aliskiren Other
Drug · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 50 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2008
- Primary completion
- Aug 31, 2009
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2009
- Last update posted
- Jul 11, 2011
2008 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigative Site | Kansas City | Missouri | — | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00631917, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jul 11, 2011 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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