高血圧におけるネビボロールとヴァルサータンの固定用量併用薬の有効性と安全性:ランダム化され,多センター研究
Thomas D Giles1, Michael A Weber2, Jan Basile3
1Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Lancet (London, England)
|June 3, 2014
まとめ
定量ネビボロールとヴァルサルタンは,高血圧の成人の血圧を効果的に低下させます. この組み合わせ療法は,単一療法と比較して,よく耐受され,強力な治療オプションを提供します.
科学分野:
- 心血管医学 心血管医学
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
- クリニック・トライアル 臨床試験
背景:
- 異なるクラスの抗高血圧薬の固定用量の組み合わせは,エスカレート単一療法と比較して,一般的に優れた血圧低下を提供します.
- 高血圧の成人におけるネビボロール (血管拡張ベータブロッカー) とヴァルサルタン (アンジオテンシンII受容体ブロッカー) の固定用量の組み合わせの有効性と安全性の評価.
研究 の 目的:
- 高血圧の成人患者におけるネビボロールとヴァルサルタンの固定用量併用薬の有効性と安全性を評価する.
主な方法:
- 8週間の第3相,多センター,ランダム化,ダブルブラインド,プラセボ対照試験で,高血圧患者4161人の成人を対象とした.
- 参加者は,ネビボロールとヴァルサルタン固定用量組み合わせ (様々な強度),単独療法 (ネビボロールまたはヴァルサルタン),またはプラセボに割り当てられました.
- プライマリ・エンドポイントとセカンダリー・エンドポイントは,ベースラインから第8週までのダイアストリックおよびシストリック血圧の変化を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 最高用量固定用量併用 (20 mg ネビボロール/320 mg バルサタン) は,最大用量単独療法 (40 mg ネビボロールまたは 320 mg バルサタン) と比較して,ダイアストリック血圧の有意な減少を示しました.
- すべての比較では,静脈動脈および静脈動脈動脈動脈の両方の血圧低下において,単一療法よりも固定用量の組み合わせを好みました.
- すべての治療グループで有害事象の発生率は類似しており,参加者の30~36%が少なくとも1件の有害事象を経験した.
結論:
- ネビボロールとヴァルサータンの固定用量併用は,高血圧患者の血圧を下げるのに有意な有効性を示しています.
- この組み合わせ治療は,高血圧の管理に適した耐受性があり,効果的な治療法です.
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