Comparison of Optimal Hypertension Regimens

NCT ID: NCT02847338

Last Updated: 2025-09-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

940 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-11-30

Study Completion Date

2023-10-31

Brief Summary

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High blood pressure (Hypertension) is extremely common and is a major cause of heart disease, kidney disease and stroke. One in three of the UK (United Kingdom) population will require treatment for hypertension at some point in their lives. A healthy lifestyle alone is often not enough to control blood pressure, and drug treatment is usually required. Although a wide variety of drugs are available to treat hypertension, choosing the right kind of tablet or combination of tablets for individual patients is a problem, and therefore many people have poor blood pressure control.

Hypertension treatment within the UK is currently selected according to age and self-defined ethnicity (SDE). There are limitations to this approach which include wide variability in the response to hypertension drug classes between people. There is also uncertainty about selecting hypertension drugs for ethnic minorities other than those of African/Caribbean ancestry, for example, South Asians because of a lack of information from trials. In the AIM HY-INFORM study the investigators are looking to recruit equal number of black/caribbean, south asian and white european participants to be able to compare differences in hypertension treatments and ethnicity.

The primary objective of this study is to determine if the response to antihypertensive drugs differs by self defined ethnicity.

Detailed Description

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In the UK, current NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) guidance stratifies hypertension treatment according to age and self-defined ethnicity (SDE). Different initial monotherapies are recommended for all those aged over 55 years, and for younger black compared to white individuals. However, there is no recommended stratification for combination therapy. The evidence based supporting the current guidance on SDE stratification is limited, and there is a specific lack of data from UK based populations.

Stratification based on SDE has a number of limitations and an alternative approach is stratification based on ancestry informative markers (AIM). There are genetic polymorphisms, which show substantially different frequencies between populations from different geographical regions, and can predict geographical ancestry with remarkable accuracy. AIM are thus more likely to capture the genetic component of variation in drug response in ethnically diverse population.

Metabolomic profiling of plasma and urine may provide complementary information to AIM, as differences between individuals will reflect both genetic and environmental influences. To address these issues the investigators intend to compare the variation in response to antihypertensive drug treatments in three SDE cohorts, and relate this to variation in AIM and metabolomic profiles. Our objective is to test the validity of current NICE guidance on antihypertensives stratification based on SDE, to provide evidence about SDE stratification for dual therapy, and to examine whether more effective personalisation of antihypertensive treatment, can be achieved using AIM and/or metabolomic profiling.

An assessment of patient stratification based on AIM phenotypes against SDE will enable the selection of optimal and more effective choices of anti-hypertensive treatments from currently existing first line drugs (and combinations of) and ultimately reduce the attrition of antihypertensive therapies.

Output from the trial will provide the first perspective evidence for best treatment choice according to SDE for white, black and asian populations in the UK. This should reduce the number of consultations; time required to achieve optimal blood pressure control and the contribution to between hypertension control in the UK.

Patients in the trial will be enrolled on a monotherapy or dual therapy regime depending on their history of hypertension. The monotherapy group of patients will enter a randomised, open-label, three-treatment three-period cross over trial.

The dual therapy group of patients will enter a randomised, open-label, four-treatment four-period cross over trial.

Randomisation, for each crossover design, will be stratified by three SDE groups.

The duration for individual participants will be approximately 24 (monotherapy) or 32 weeks (dual therapy)

The hypertensive medication used in this trial are:

Amlodipine 5 or 10mg, Chlortalidone 25mg, Amiloride 10mg, Lisinopril 10 or 20mg,

Participants on the dual therapy treatment arm will have a total of 11 visits including screening/enrolment (visit 1) and baseline visit (visit 2)

Participants on the monotherapy treatment arm will have a total of 9 visits including screening/enrolment (visit 1) and baseline visit (visit 2)

A total number of 1320 participants will be enrolled in the study across participating sites, so that approximately 660 participants in each therapy regime (approximately 220 participants per ethnic group) complete the trial.

An optional skin-sodium investigation will be conducted at selected sites only where capacity and capability to complete the sub study investigations is demonstrated. The sub study aims to recruit up to 60 participants who have already given consent for the main AIM HY INFORM Trial. Consent for the optional sub-study will be obtained separately.

The investigation comprises two optional assessments: a skin biopsy and a sodium magnetic resonance imaging (23Na MRI) scan. Both assessments will be used to quantify skin sodium levels. Participants in the mono and dual therapy arms can elect to have the skin biopsy, the MRI scan, or both, at the baseline visit. Participants in the mono therapy arm only, can elect to have the skin biopsy, the MRI scan, or both, following completion of the amlodipine (A) and chlortalidone (C) study arms. The additional measurements are not anticipated to take more than approximately 2 hours.

Conditions

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Hypertension

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Mono-therapy group

The monotherapy group will be treated with the following treatments:

A) 1 to 2 weeks of Amlodipine 5mg followed by 6 to 7 weeks of Amlodipine 10mg B) 1 to 2 weeks of Lisinopril 10mg followed by 6 to 7 weeks of Lisinopril 20mg C) Approximately 8 weeks of 25mg Chlortalidone

Participants will be randomly allocated to one of six possible sequences of treatments of the three-treatment-three period Williams design: ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB, and CBA.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Amlodipine

Intervention Type DRUG

Amlodipine 5mg and Amlodipine 10mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the monotherapy arm and on the dual therapy arm.

Lisinopril

Intervention Type DRUG

Lisinopril 10mg and Lisinopril 20mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the monotherapy arm.

Lisinopril 20mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the dual therapy arm.

Chlortalidone

Intervention Type DRUG

Chlortalidone 25mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the dual therapy arm and monotherapy arm.

Dual-therapy arm

The dual-therapy group will be treated with the following treatments:

A) Approximately 8 weeks of Amlodipine 5mg and Lisinopril 20mg B) Approximately 8 weeks of Amlodipine 5mg and Chlortalidone 25mg C) Approximately 8 weeks of Lisinopril 20mg and Chlortalidone 25mg D) Approximately 8 weeks of Amiloride 10mg and Chlortalidone 25mg

Participants will be randomly allocated to one of four possible sequences of treatments of the four-treatment four-period Williams design: ABDC, BCAD, CDBA, and DACB.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Amlodipine

Intervention Type DRUG

Amlodipine 5mg and Amlodipine 10mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the monotherapy arm and on the dual therapy arm.

Lisinopril

Intervention Type DRUG

Lisinopril 10mg and Lisinopril 20mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the monotherapy arm.

Lisinopril 20mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the dual therapy arm.

Amiloride

Intervention Type DRUG

Amiloride 10mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the dual therapy arm.

Chlortalidone

Intervention Type DRUG

Chlortalidone 25mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the dual therapy arm and monotherapy arm.

Interventions

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Amlodipine

Amlodipine 5mg and Amlodipine 10mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the monotherapy arm and on the dual therapy arm.

Intervention Type DRUG

Lisinopril

Lisinopril 10mg and Lisinopril 20mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the monotherapy arm.

Lisinopril 20mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the dual therapy arm.

Intervention Type DRUG

Amiloride

Amiloride 10mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the dual therapy arm.

Intervention Type DRUG

Chlortalidone

Chlortalidone 25mg will be one of the treatments in which patients will receive on the dual therapy arm and monotherapy arm.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

To be included in the trial the participant must:

1. Have given written informed consent to participate
2. Be aged 18 to 65 years inclusive
3. Self-Define Ethnicity: participants should SELF IDENTIFY into 1 of the three groups below:

White White British White Irish Any other white background

Black or Black British Black Caribbean Black African Any other black background

Asian or Asian British Asian Indian Asian Pakistani Asian Bangladeshi Any other Asian background
4. Be hypertensive defined as:- Mono-therapy rotation

1. currently untreated with EITHER an ABPM day time average blood pressure ≥ 135mmHG (systolic) or ≥ 85mmHg (diastolic) OR Home BP measurements using a validated device based on the average of 10 blood pressure readings of ≥135 mmHg (systolic) or ≥85 mmHg (diastolic)
2. Patients who may be taking antihypertensive drugs at sub therapeutic doses or in ineffective combinations, and who are felt likely to be controllable on a study drug and willing and able to be washed out, at the discretion of the CI (Chief Investigator) / PI (Principal Investigator), can enter the trial if they meet the above criteria.

Dual therapy rotation

a.Treated hypertensive receiving one to three antihypertensive drugs with a blood pressure (ABPM daytime average blood pressure or Home BP as in a.) between 135 or 200 mmHg (systolic) AND between 85 or 110 mmHg (diastolic).

Exclusion Criteria

The presence of any of the following will mean participants are ineligible:

* Participant does not fit into one of the defined ethnic groups e.g. Mixed
* Pregnant or breastfeeding women
* Known or suspected secondary hypertension
* Significant sensitivity or contraindications to any of the study medications
* Participants taking lithium or are regularly consuming non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at variable doses
* Requirement to take any of the study drugs continuously e.g. ACEi and heart failure
* Any clinically significant hepatic impairment
* Any clinically significant kidney impairment
* Concurrent participation in another clinical trial using systemic vasoactive medications or medications known to interact with the study drugs (participation in another study as part of the AIM HY mechanistic or social science programme will not be an exclusion criterion)
* Patients who are deemed unsuitable by the investigator on clinical grounds
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medical Research Council

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Ian B Wilkinson

Consultant

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ian Wilkinson

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locations

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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Birmingham, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Birmingham, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Heartlands Hospital

Birmingham, , United Kingdom

Site Status

University Hospital Llandough

Cardiff, , United Kingdom

Site Status

University of Glasgow

Glasgow, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Liverpool, , United Kingdom

Site Status

William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London Medical School

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

St Thomas' Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

St George's Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Hammersmith & Fulham GP Partnership: Richford Gate Medical Practice

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Manchester, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Nottingham University Hospital: QMC Campus

Nottingham, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Lister Hospital

Stevenage, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Wych J, Grayling MJ, Mander AP. Sample size re-estimation in crossover trials: application to the AIM HY-INFORM study. Trials. 2019 Dec 2;20(1):665. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3724-6.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31791376 (View on PubMed)

Mukhtar O, Cheriyan J, Cockcroft JR, Collier D, Coulson JM, Dasgupta I, Faconti L, Glover M, Heagerty AM, Khong TK, Lip GYH, Mander AP, Marchong MN, Martin U, McDonnell BJ, McEniery CM, Padmanabhan S, Saxena M, Sever PJ, Shiel JI, Wych J, Chowienczyk PJ, Wilkinson IB. A randomized controlled crossover trial evaluating differential responses to antihypertensive drugs (used as mono- or dual therapy) on the basis of ethnicity: The comparIsoN oF Optimal Hypertension RegiMens; part of the Ancestry Informative Markers in HYpertension program-AIM-HY INFORM trial. Am Heart J. 2018 Oct;204:102-108. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.05.006. Epub 2018 May 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30092411 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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AO94005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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