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Efficacy and Safety of Aliskiren Administered in Combination With Amlodipine Versus Amlodipine Alone in African American Patients With Stage 2 Hypertension

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00853957

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Official title

An 8-week Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Active Control, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Aliskiren Administered in Combination With Amlodipine (150/5 mg, 300/10 mg) Versus Amlodipine Alone (5 mg, 10 mg) in African American Patients With Stage 2 Hypertension

Brief summary

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The purpose of the study is to evaluate the BP-lowering efficacy of the combination of aliskiren and amlodipine, as initial therapy, compared to amlodipine monotherapy in African American patients with Stage II hypertension.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00853957
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Lead sponsor
Novartis
Industry
Enrollment
443 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 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
Feb 2009 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Aug 2009 (Actual)
Completion
Aug 2009 (Actual)
Last update posted
Apr 30, 2012

2009

United States locations

U.S. sites
9
U.S. states
7
U.S. cities
9
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Investigative Site Chicago Illinois — —
Investigative Site Baltimore Maryland — —
Investigative Site Oxon Hill Maryland — —
Investigative Site Detroit Michigan — —
Investigative Site Trenton New Jersey — —
Investigative Site Brooklyn New York — —
Investigative Site Springfield Gardens New York — —
Investigative Site Philadelphia Pennsylvania — —
Investigative Site Milwaukeee Wisconsin — —

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