Long-Term Tolerability and Efficacy of Single-Pill Combinations of Telmisartan 40-80 mg Plus Amlodipine 5 or 10 mg in Patients Whose Blood Pressure Was Not Initially Controlled by Amlodipine 5-10 mg: Open-Label, Long-Term Follow-Ups of the TEAMSTA-5 and TEAMSTA-10 Studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Two 8-week, randomized, double-blind, controlled studies previously evaluated the efficacy and tolerability of single-pill combinations of telmisartan 40-80 mg/amlodipine 5-10 mg (T40-80/A5-10) in patients with hypertension not at diastolic blood pressure (DBP) goal (DBP <90 mm Hg) after 6 weeks of amlodipine 5 mg monotherapy (A5) (TEAMSTA-5) or amlodipine 10 mg monotherapy (A10) (TEAMSTA-10). The long-term (≥6 months) tolerability and efficacy of single-pill combinations of T40-T80/A5-A10 have now been evaluated in 2 open-label studies in patients who had successfully completed either TEAMSTA-5 or TEAMSTA-10 (TEAMSTA-5 and TEAMSTA-10 Follow-Ups).

Methods

In the TEAMSTA-5 Follow-Up, 976 patients whose blood pressure was not initially controlled by taking A5 receiv

SUBMITTER: Neldam S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3954024 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature