Conditions: Essential Hypertension
Keywords: Hypertensive Blood Pressure, High Cardiovascular disease Vascular Disease Drug Therapy
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 1071
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this study is to compare the antihypertensive effect of azilsartan medoxomil plus chlorthalidone, once daily (QD), to olmesartan medoxomil plus hydrochlorothiazide in participants with moderate to severe hypertension.

Detailed description:
According to the World Health Organization, hypertension is the most common attributable cause of preventable death in developed nations, as uncontrolled hypertension greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and renal failure. As the population ages, the prevalence of hypertension will continue to increase if broad and effective preventive measures are not implemented. Despite the availability of antihypertensive agents, hypertension remains inadequately controlled; only about one third of patients continue to maintain control successfully.

Treatment algorithms for essential hypertension commonly include thiazides or thiazide-like diuretics, either alone or as part of combination treatment. Chlorthalidone is a commercially available, orally administered thiazide-type diuretic agent.

TAK-491 (azilsartan medoxomil) is an angiotensin II receptor blocker developed by Takeda to treat participants with essential hypertension.

This study will compare the safety and tolerability of azilsartan medoxomil plus chlorthalidone (TAK-491CLD) fixed-dose combination to olmesartan medoxomil plus hydrochlorothiazide fixed-dose combination.

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None arm 3: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Azilsartan medoxomil and chlorthalidone intervention 2: Azilsartan medoxomil and chlorthalidone intervention 3: Olmesartan medoxomil and hydrochlorothiazide
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Azilsartan medoxomil 20 mg and chlorthalidone 12.5 mg combination tablets, orally, once daily and olmesartan and hydrochlorothiazide placebo-matching tablets, orally, once daily for up to 4 weeks.

Participants will be force titrated at Week 4 to azilsartan medoxomil 40 mg and chlorthalidone 12.5 mg combination tablets, orally, once daily for the next 4 weeks.

Participants will then be force titrated at Week 8 to azilsartan medoxomil 40 mg and chlorthalidone 25 mg combination tablets, orally, once daily for the next 4 weeks. intervention 2: Azilsartan medoxomil 40 mg and chlorthalidone 12.5 mg combination tablets, orally, once daily and olmesartan and hydrochlorothiazide placebo-matching tablets, orally, once daily for up to 4 weeks.

Participants will be force titrated at Week 4 to azilsartan medoxomil 80 mg and chlorthalidone 12.5 mg combination tablets, orally, once daily for the next 4 weeks.

Participants will then be force titrated at Week 8 to azilsartan medoxomil 80 mg and chlorthalidone 25 mg combination tablets, orally, once daily for the next 4 weeks. intervention 3: Olmesartan medoxomil 20 mg and hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg combination tablets, orally, once daily and azilsartan medoxomil and chlorthalidone placebo-matching tablets, orally, once daily for up to 4 weeks.

Participants will be force titrated at Week 4 to olmesartan medoxomil 40 mg and hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg combination tablets, orally, once daily for the next 4 weeks.

Participants will then be force titrated at Week 8 to olmesartan medoxomil 40 mg and hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg combination tablets, orally, once daily for the next 4 weeks.

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