Active clinical trials for "Hypertension"

The purpose of the study is to determine whether a diuretic drug called amiloride is capable of increasing renal salt excretion and thereby decrease blood pressure in diabetic patients with kidney disease. Our hypothesis states that amiloride is capable of reducing blood pressure in these patients and thus decrease the cardiovascular risk associated with diabetic kidney disease.

Hypertension is still one of the major preventable risk factor for cardiovascular as well as cerebrovascular diseases globally, including ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, and renal impairment. Despite knowledge on hypertension and the availability of effective antihypertensive medications have progressed dramatically in recent years, the rate of uncontrolled hypertension ( reached 90%) remains high in China[1]. Among those with uncontrolled hypertension，it has been reported that 8.9% in all individuals with hypertension, and 12.8% in the hypertensive drug-treated population[2] are attributed to resistant hypertension. Resistant hypertension has been defined by AHA as high blood pressure (BP) in spite of appropriate lifestyle interventions and treatment of three or more different types of antihypertensive drugs at optimal dose, including at least one diuretics[3,4] or achieving adequate BP control with optimal doses of 4 or more antihypertensive drugs. At present, not many specifically designed prospective researches concerning resistant hypertension are available. The prevalence of resistant hypertension is not well established and most knowledge about resistant hypertension derives from cross-sectional analyses and clinical trials. The patients with resistant hypertension have been expected to have server target damage, and worse prognosis than those who are non-resistant, but not well established either in the literature[2]. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of resistant hypertension ascertained with systemic investigation and optimal treatment with antihypertensive drugs in community populations and clinic as well as the prognosis among patients with resistant hypertension compared with those who are non-resistant.

Resistant hypertension is defined as uncontrolled blood pressure (BP ≥ 140/90mmHg) despite the current use of three or more antihypertensive drugs at full doses, including a diuretic. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is at high risk for cardiovascular morbidity and is highly prevalent in patients with resistant hypertension. The prospective observational POP-ART study will assess the efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on BP in patients with resistant hypertension and collect data from usual care.

The purpose of this study is to estimate the proportion of patients with "true" resistance among patients referred to the Medical Outpatient Department of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin with the diagnosis "resistant hypertension". Moreover, data on medication adherence will be collected based on therapeutic drug monitoring and on the answers to validated questionnaires. Finally, efficacy, safety and costs of renal sympathetic denervation will be compared to an intensified drug treatment in an exploratory way.

The purpose of this study is to create a registry of patients with Pulmonary Hypertension who received medical care in the Hospital Italiano of Buenos Aires.

The primary objective of the study is whether subjects with hypertension and proteinuria display increased sympathetic nerve activity compared to hypertensive subjects without proteinuria and normotensive controls.

The purpose of this study is to test the accuracy of the Pulsewave wrist blood pressure cuff in pregnant and postpartum women who have either normal blood pressure or high blood pressure.

The purpose of this study is to assess the value in terms of sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio of the stress echocardiography in the screening of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with systemic sclerosis and indirect signs of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

The purpose of this study is to compare the accuracy of the Sotera ViSi, an investigational device, to auscultation (measurement with a cuff) in determining systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) in adult subjects.

To study central blood pressure changes caused by commonly used high blood pressure medications in pregnancy.