Clinical Utility of Short-Term Blood Pressure Measures to Inform Long-Term Blood Pressure Management

BACKGROUND: Decisions about hypertension management are substantially influenced by blood pressure (BP) levels measured before and soon after starting BP lowering drugs. We aimed to assess the utility of short-term BP changes in individuals in terms of long-term treatment response.

METHODS: Post hoc analyses of 2 randomized trials with 4-to-6 weeks active run-in for all participants, followed by randomization to active BP lowering treatment (combination perindopril±indapamide) or placebo. We categorized individuals by degree of systolic BP (SBP) change during active run-in treatment and assessed associations with subsequent postrandomization placebo-corrected BP reduction, cardiovascular events, and tolerability. We included individuals with baseline BP ≥140/90 mm Hg from the PROGRESS trial (Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study; 4275 individuals with cerebrovascular disease) and ADVANCE trial (The Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease: Preterax and Diamicron-MR Controlled Evaluation; 6610 individuals with diabetes).

RESULTS: During the active run-in period, the proportion of participants with initial SBP changes in 4 categories (SBP increase, 0-9.9 mm Hg decrease, 10-19.9 mm Hg decrease, and ≥20 mm Hg decrease) were 17%, 27%, 28%, and 28% in PROGRESS and 21%, 22%, 24%, and 33% in ADVANCE. Randomization to active therapy achieved similar placebo-corrected long-term BP reductions across the 4 initial SBP change groups in both trials (P-values for heterogeneity >0.1). There was no significant difference in achieving BP <140/90 mm Hg at follow-up, major cardiovascular events, nor treatment tolerability according to the SBP change during active run-in period (all P-values >0.1).

CONCLUSIONS: An individual's apparent BP change immediately after commencing therapy has limited clinical utility. Therefore, more emphasis should be given to use of evidence-based regimens and measures over the long-term to ensure sustained BP control.

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Errataetall:

CommentIn: Hypertension. 2023 Jun;80(6):1180-1182. - PMID 37196101

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:80

Enthalten in:

Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 80(2023), 3 vom: 05. März, Seite 608-617

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Nelson [VerfasserIn]
Harris, Katie [VerfasserIn]
Woodward, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Harrap, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Mancia, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Poulter, Neil [VerfasserIn]
Chalmers, John [VerfasserIn]
Rodgers, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
PROGRESS and ADVANCE collaborators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antihypertensive Agents
Blood pressure
Clinical trial
Hypertension
Journal Article
Office blood pressure
Perindopril
Randomized Controlled Trial
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Date Completed 22.02.2023

Date Revised 19.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00145925

CommentIn: Hypertension. 2023 Jun;80(6):1180-1182. - PMID 37196101

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.20458

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349809089