Fixed‐dose combination therapy‐based protocol compared with free pill combination protocol: Results of a cluster randomized trial
| Title: | Fixed‐dose combination therapy‐based protocol compared with free pill combination protocol: Results of a cluster randomized trial |
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| Authors: | Olutobi A. Sanuade, Boni M. Ale, Abigail S. Baldridge, Ikechukwu A. Orji, Gabriel L. Shedul, Tunde M. Ojo, Grace Shedul, Eugenia N. Ugwuneji, Nonye Egenti, Kasarachi Omitiran, Rosemary Okoli, Helen Eze, Ada Nwankwo, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Aashima Chopra, Jiancheng Ye, Priya Tripathi, Bolanle Banigbe, Namratha R. Kandula, Mark D. Huffman, Dike B. Ojji, the Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria Program Investigators |
| Source: | The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Vol 25, Iss 2, Pp 127-136 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system |
| Subject Terms: | cluster‐randomized trial, fixed‐dose combination, free pill combination, hypertension, Nigeria, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701 |
| More Details: | Abstract Fixed‐dose combination (FDC) therapy is recommended for hypertension management in Nigeria based on randomized trials at the individual level. This cluster‐randomized trial evaluates effectiveness and safety of a treatment protocol that used two‐drug FDC therapy as the second and third steps for hypertension control compared with a protocol that used free pill combinations. From January 2021 to June 2021, 60 primary healthcare centers in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria were randomized to a protocol using FDC therapy as second and third steps compared with a protocol that used the same medications in free pill combination therapy for these steps. Eligible patients were adults (≥18 years) with hypertension. The primary outcome was the odds of a patient being controlled at their last visit between baseline to 6‐month follow‐up in the FDC group compared to the free pill group. 4427 patients (mean [SD] age: 49.0 [12.4] years, 70.5% female) were registered with mean (SD) baseline systolic/diastolic blood pressure 155 (20.6)/96 (13.1) mm Hg. Baseline characteristics of groups were similar. After 6‐months, hypertension control rate improved in the two treatment protocols, but there were no differences between the groups after adjustment (FDC = 53.9% versus free pill combination = 47.9%, cluster‐adjusted p = .29). Adverse events were similarly low ( |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1751-7176 1524-6175 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1524-6175; https://doaj.org/toc/1751-7176 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jch.14632 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/4b2d93f5be6d4865b749f2dccdbc94f5 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.4b2d93f5be6d4865b749f2dccdbc94f5 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 17517176 15246175 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/jch.14632 |
| Published in: | The Journal of Clinical Hypertension |
| Language: | English |