Pharmacogenomics of Hypertension Personalized Medicine (PGX-HT) (PGX-HT)
Hypertension

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Hypertension focused on measuring hypertension, pharmacogenomics, anti-hypertensive therapy
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male/Female patients aged 25-60 years.
- Naive hypertensive patients (newly diagnosed, never treated before).
Documented mild to moderate arterial hypertension, as defined below:
- At Visits 1 and 2 (week -4 and week -2 run-in period) the mean of the last 3 consecutive readings of office SBP must be >= 140 mmHg and/or DBP must be >=90 mmHg, when measured by office blood pressure (OBP);
- At Visit 3 (week 0) enrolment , the mean of the last 3 consecutive readings of SBP must be >= 140 mmHg and <160 mmHg, and DBP must be >= 90 mmHg and <110 mmHg, when measured by OBP.
- Signed informed consent for genotyping.
Exclusion Criteria:
- known causes of secondary hypertension;
- pregnant, nursing women or women of childbearing potential taking anti-contraceptive medication;
- severe or malignant hypertension;
- history of renal artery disease;
- significant renal disease (estimated creatinine clearance less than 60 mL/min);
- hepatic disease;
- cardiac diseases (myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, etc);
- diabetes (fasting plasma glucose >125mg/dL);
- statin treatment;
- obesity (BMI>30 kg/m2).
Sites / Locations
- Azienda Sanitaria 6Recruiting
- San Raffaele HospitalRecruiting
- Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria S. Maria della Misericordia
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Peri profile yes
HCTZ profile yes
Peri no profile
HCTZ no profile
patient with genetic Perindopril profile, receiving Perindopril treatment with 4-8 mg/day oral for 4-8 weeks
patient with genetic HCTZ profile, receiving HCTZ treatment with 12,5-25 mg/day oral for 4-8 weeks
patient with no genetic profile, receiving after randomisation Perindopril treatment with 4-8 mg/day oral for 4-8 weeks
patient with no genetic profile, receiving after randomisation HCTZ treatment with 12,5-25 mg/day oral for 4-8 weeks