Perindopril Amlodipine for the Treatment of Hypertension (PATH)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01556997 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 19, 2012
Results First Posted : August 25, 2015
Last Update Posted : September 28, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Essential Hypertension | Drug: XOMA 985 Drug: Amlodipine Besylate Drug: Perindopril Erbumine | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 837 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Perindopril Amlodipine for the Treatment of Hypertension (PATH): A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of a Fixed-Dose Combination of Perindopril Arginine Plus Amlodipine Besylate Versus Perindopril Erbumine and Amlodipine Besylate in Subjects With Essential Hypertension |
Study Start Date : | February 2012 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: XOMA 985
fixed-dose combination of perindopril arginine/amlodipine besylate(PERa/AMLb)
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Drug: XOMA 985
PERa/AMLb capsule taken once daily by mouth for six weeks |
Active Comparator: Amlodipine Besylate (AMLb) |
Drug: Amlodipine Besylate
AMLb capsule taken once daily by mouth for six weeks |
Active Comparator: Perindopril Erbumine (PERe) |
Drug: Perindopril Erbumine
PERe capsule taken once daily by mouth for six weeks |
- Change From Baseline to End of Treatment in the Mean Seated Trough Cuff Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP). [ Time Frame: Day 0 to Day 42 ]
- Change From Baseline to End of Treatment in the Mean Seated Trough Cuff Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP). [ Time Frame: Day 0 to Day 42 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Essential hypertension
- For female subjects, a negative serum pregnancy test
- Ability to provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Night shift workers whose work hours include midnight to 4:00 a.m.
- Secondary hypertension
- An arm size that precludes the use of the digital blood pressure monitor cuff (arm size > 42 cm)
- Renal dysfunction, severe renal impairment, bilateral renal artery stenosis, renal artery stenosis in a solitary kidney, subjects with only 1 kidney, or post-renal transplant subjects
- Female subjects who are pregnant, planning to become pregnant
- History of malignancy within 5 years
- Primary aldosteronism
- Heart failure (NYHA functional class 3-4), hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, or hemodynamically relevant stenosis of the aortic or mitral valve
- Significant cardiac arrhythmias, MI, stroke, CABG, PTCA, unstable angina
- Known hypersensitivity to any component of the study drugs
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01556997
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Responsible Party: | Symplmed Pharmaceuticals LLC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01556997 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
X985400 |
First Posted: | March 19, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | August 25, 2015 |
Last Update Posted: | September 28, 2015 |
Last Verified: | August 2015 |
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