[Optimization of BP Control and Arterial Elasticity With Fixed Combination Therapy Perindopril and Amlodipine In Patients With Arterial Hypertension and Increased Pulse Wave Velocity].

The aim of the study was to assess the possibility of fixed combination perindopril+amlodipine to improve arterial elesticity in patients with hypertension and high pulse wave velocity, despite previous combination antihypertensive therapy. In an open, multicenter, observational study duration of 24 weeks 80 patients were included, divided into 4 equal-sized groups, depending on initial antihypertensive therapy: Group 1 - the combination of ACE inhibitor and diuretic, Group 2 - the combination of ACE inhibitor and calcium channel blocker, Group 3 - the combination of diuretic and angiotensin receptor blocker, Group 4 - the combination of angiotensin receptor blocker and calcium antagonist. All patients underwent ambulatory BP monitoring, applanation tonometry (assessment of augmentation index and central blood pressure), pulse wave velocity measurement. According to the office BP measurements fixed combination perindopril+amlodipine provided the SBP reduction by 17.5%, 15.6%, 15, 6%, 15.5% and 17.7%, DBP reduction by 14.6%, 12.9%, 13.8%, respectively, in groups ACEI+D initial combination therapy, ACEI+AC initial combination therapy, ARB+D initial combination therapy, ARB+AC initial combination therapy. According ABPM data SBP has been decreased by 12.2%, 12.4%, 11.3%, 12.6% and DBP by 14.3%, 11.1%, 8.9%, 12.6%. The fixed combination perindopril+amlodipine reduced PWV by 25.2%, 21.6%, 23.1%, 23.0%, augmentation index by 43.4%, 48.9%, 41.5%, 38.3%, central SBP by 16.1%, 15.5%, 14.4%, 15.2%, the central DBP by 15.1%, 13.8%, 13.8%, 18.0% (p<0.01 vs. baseline). CONCLUSIONS: Fixed combination perindopril+amlodipine provides goal blood pressure control, improves arterial elasticity indexes (augmentation index, PWV, central blood pressure). Additional properties include reduction of BMI and lipid metabolism improving in patients initially treated with a combination antihypertensive therapy.

[Optimization of Control of Blood Pressure, Metabolic Disorders and Target Organs Protection With Fixed Perindopril and Indapamide Combination in Treated Patients With Arterial Hypertension].

PURPOSE: to assess the potential of fixed perindopril/indapamide combination (FPIC) to improve angioprotection in patients with arterial hypertension (AP) with various efficacy of preceding therapy with combination of losartan and hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). MATERIAL AND METHODS: We included in this open study 50 patients with AP divided into two equal-sized groups in dependence on the achievement of target blood pressure (BP) less than 140/90 mm Hg on preceding therapy with losartan (100 mg) and HCTZ (12.5 mg). All patients underwent ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), applanation tonometry (assessment of augmentation index and central blood pressure), measurement of pulse wave velocity (PWV), laboratory tests (lipid profile, fasting glucose, HOMA index, homocysteine, leptin, adiponectin, high sensitivity C reactive protein [hsCRP]). Study duration was 12 weeks. RESULTS: Treatment with FPIC in patients not at target BP provided 14.5 and 6.6% reduction of systolic and diastolic BP (SBP and DBP), respectively (p<0.01), while in patients with target BP it was associated with additional reductions of SBP and DBP by 3.9 and 5.4%, respectively (p<0.01). According to ABPM data average day- and nighttime SBP decreased by 16.9 and 15.0%, average day- and nighttime DBP - by 10.6 and 13.6% (p<0.01) in the group of patients not at target BP. Reductions of PWV (by 15.2 and 2.2%), augmentation index (by 10.7 and 9.4%), central SBP (by 10.9 and 2.1%), central pulse BP vascular age (by 8.7 and 6.0%) were observed in groups of patients without and with target BP on preceding therapy, respectively (p<0.01). Leptin level decreased by 10.0 and 14.4%, hsCRP - by 17.7 and 11.0%; while level of adiponectin increased by 6.7 and 9.9% (p<0.01). CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrated advantages of FPIC over losartan+HCTZ combination relative to BP control, improvement of arterial elasticity, alleviation of insulin resistance and inflammation.