Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: The Feasibility of a Polypill Clinical Trial for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: A Pilot Study
Brief Summary: The purpose of this pilot study is to provide data on the feasibility of conducting a large clinical trial on the polypill (combination of aspirin, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, thiazide diuretic, and statin) for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We hypothesized that A "polypill" comprising the aforementioned four components would significantly reduce the estimated 10-year total CVD risk score with high adherence and no significant increase in adverse effects compared to the standard practice.


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A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Estimated 10-year total CVD risk score \> 20%. The total CVD risk assessment will be based on the recently developed WHO CVD risk prediction charts
* No contraindication for treatment with aspirin, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, low-dose diuretics, or statins
* Informed consent given

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with established angina pectoris, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attacks, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, coronary revascularization and/or carotid endarterectomy Left ventricular hypertrophy (on ECG) or hypertensive retinopathy (grade III or IV)
* Patients with secondary hypertension
* Patients with diabetes type 1 or 2 with overt neuropathy or other significant renal disease.
* Known renal failure or impairment
* Atrial fibrillation
* ALT \> 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
* History of liver cirrhosis or hepatitis
* History of recent gastrointestinal bleeding (within the last year)
* Women in child bearing period
* History of life-limiting diseases or events
* Unwillingness to sign informed consent.
B: Inclusion criteria:

1. Ability to provide written informed consent in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and local legislation;
2. Age 18 years or older;
3. Patients with grade 2 or grade 3 hypertension as defined SBP\>=160 mmHg and DBP\>=100 mmHg at randomization
4. Ability to stop any current antihypertensive therapy without unacceptable risk to the patient (Investigator's discretion)

Exclusion criteria:

1. Pre-menopausal women (last menstruation \<=1 year prior to signing informed consent) who: a) are not surgically sterile; or b) are nursing, or c) are pregnant, or d) are of childbearing potential and are NOT practicing acceptable methods of birth control, or do NOT plan to continue practicing an acceptable method throughout the trial. The only acceptable methods of birth control are: Intra-Uterine Device (IUD), Oral contraceptives, Implantable or injectable contraceptives, Estrogen patch Hormonal birth control should have been in use for at least three months before the study and continue at least until the next menstrual period after completing the study.
2. Night shift workers who routinely sleep during the daytime and whose work hours include midnight to 4:00 a.m.
3. Known or suspected secondary hypertension (e.g., renal artery stenosis orphaeochromocytoma)
4. Mean in-clinic seated cuff SBP\>= 200 mmHg and/or DBP \>=120 mmHg
5. Renal dysfunction as defined by the following laboratory parameters: Serum creatinine \>3.0 mg/dL (or \>265 umol/L) and/or known creatinine clearance of \<30 ml/min and/or clinical markers of severe renal impairment.
6. Bilateral renal artery stenosis, renal artery stenosis in a solitary kidney, post-renal transplant patients or patients with only one kidney
7. Clinically relevant hypokalemia or hyperkalemia (i.e., \<3.5 mmol/L or \>5.5 mmol/L, may be rechecked for suspected error in result)
8. Uncorrected sodium or volume depletion
9. Primary aldosteronism.
10. Hereditary fructose intolerance
11. Biliary obstructive disorders (e.g., cholestasis) or hepatic insufficiency
12. Congestive heart failure New York Heart Association functional class Congestive Heart Failure III-IV (Refer to Appendix 10.3)
13. Contra-indication to a placebo run-in period (e.g., stroke with-in the past 6 months, myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, unstable angina or coronary artery bypass graft within the past 3 months prior to start of run in period)
14. Clinically significant ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter or other clinically relevant cardiac arrhythmias as determined by the Investigator
15. Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, severe obstructive coronary artery disease, aortic stenosis, hemodynamically relevant stenosis of the aortic or mitral valve
16. Patients whose diabetes has not been stable and controlled for at least the past 3 months as defined by an Glycosylated Hemoglobin \>=10%
17. Patients who have previously experienced symptoms characteristic of angioedema during treatment with ACE inhibitors or angiotensin-II receptor antagonists
18. History of drug or alcohol dependency within 6 months prior to signing the informed consent form
19. Concomitant administration of any medications known to affect blood pressure, except medications allowed by the protocol
20. Any investigational drug therapy within 1 month of signing the informed consent
21. Known hypersensitivity to any component of the trial drugs (telmisartan, hydrochlorothiazide, or placebo)
22. History of non-compliance or inability to comply with prescribed medications or protocol procedures (less than 80% or more than 120%, especially during run-in)
23. Any other clinical condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would not allow safe completion of the protocol and safe administration of the trial medication
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Phase 1: All patients, male and female, 40 years of age or older, with a history of ST-elevation AMI within the last 2 years, attending any of the selected sites and signing the consent
* Phase 2: All patients, male and female, 40 years of age or older, with a history of ST-elevation AMI within the last 2 years, attending any of the selected sites and signing the consent Patients in whom secondary prevention with ASA, statin and ACEI is indicated, Signing informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Phase 1: Patients in which any of the components of the FDC is contraindicated. Living in a nursing home. Memtal illness limiting the capacity of
* Phase 2:Secondary dyslipemia, Patients in which any of the components of the FDC is contraindicated, Living in a nursing home, Mental illness limiting the capacity of self care, Participating in another trial, , Previous Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) with a drug eluting stent (DES) whitin the last year, Severe Congestive Heart Failure (NYHA III-IV), Serum creatinine \>2 mg/dl, any condition limiting life expectancy \<2 years. Pregnant or premenopausal women.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* At least 55 years of age.
* Previously untreated or treated hypertension.
* For patients \>= 60 years, evidence of at least one CV disease or target organ damage, or for patients 55-59 years evidence of at least two CV diseases or target organ damage from two different organ systems as defined in the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Allergy to any of the drugs administered in this trial.
* Current angina pectoris (ie, no anginal event requiring NTG within 1 month prior to Visit 1).
* Secondary hypertension.
* Refractory hypertension defined as SBP \>= 180 mmHg and/or DBP \>= 110 mmHg unresponsive to triple-drug regimens of sympatholytics, diuretics and vasodilators.
* History of symptomatic heart failure (NYHA classes II-IV) or ejection fraction \< 40%.
* Myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization (CABG or PCI), unstable angina within one month of Visit 1.
* Stroke or transient ischemic event (TIA) within 3 months of Visit 1.
* Significant obstructive valvular cardiovascular disease or any valvular disease expected to lead to surgery during the course of the study.
* Evidence of hepatic disease (AST or ALT values \>= 2 X upper limit of normal).
* Impaired renal function (serum creatinine \>= 2.5 mg/dL (221 µmol/L)).
* Baseline serum potassium of \> 5.2 meq/L not on potassium supplements.
* History of malignancy including leukemia and lymphoma (but not basal cell skin cancer) within the last 5 years.
* History of clinically significant auto immune disorders such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
* Significant non-cardiovascular illness or condition likely to result in death prior to trial completion, e.g., major organ transplant (life expectancy \<5 years).
* Significant cardiovascular disease such as an aortic aneurysm ≥ 6 cm, likely requiring surgical intervention during the course of the study.

Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria applied to the study.

Answer: A