Effectiveness of combination therapy with nifedipine GITS: a prospective, 12-week observational study (AdADOSE).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Observational studies can provide important information on the efficacy and safety of antihypertensive agents in the real-life clinical setting. AdADOSE was a large observational study to assess the effectiveness of nifedipine GITS in combination with other antihypertensive agent(s). The study was also the first to examine the role of combination therapy with nifedipine GITS in the Middle East, Pakistan and Russia, regions that are associated with particularly high cardiovascular risk.

Methods

AdADOSE was a 12-week, international, multicenter, prospective, observational study. Patients with hypertension (ie, blood pressure [BP] >140/90 mm Hg, or >130/80 mm Hg in patients at high or very high cardiovascular risk) received once-daily nifedipine GITS (30, 60 or 90 mg

SUBMITTER: Motaweih AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4448540 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature