Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:34 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:34 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00706134
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Male and female outpatients 65 years of age and older.
* Patients who are eligible and able to participate in the study, and who consent to do so after the purpose and nature of the investigation has been clearly explained to them (written informed consent).
* At the randomization visit patients must have an office msSBP greater than or equal to 150 mmHg and \< 180 mmHg (msDBP \<110 mmHg) with a less than or equal to 15 mmHg difference during the last two visits of the single blind run-in period.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Severe hypertension \[Office msDBP ≥110 mmHg and/or mean sitting systolic blood pressure (msSBP) ≥ 180 mmHg\].
* History or evidence of a secondary form of hypertension.
* Known Keith-Wagener grade III or IV hypertensive retinopathy.
* History of hypertensive encephalopathy or cerebrovascular accident, including a history of transient ischemic cerebral attack (TIA).
* Current diagnosis of heart failure (NYHA Class II-IV).
* History of myocardial infarction, coronary bypass surgery, or any percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
* Current angina pectoris requiring pharmacological therapy other than nitrates.
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria applied to the study.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT00706134
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00706134