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:
2025-12-24 @ 5:30 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:30 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00160368
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with untreated essential hypertension (sitting systolic blood pressure between 140 and 170 mmHg and/or sitting diastolic blood pressure between 90 and 105 mmHg);
* Age 18 - 75 years.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Individuals younger than 18 or older than 75 years;
* Individuals with impaired renal function with plasma creatinine greater than 120 umol/L for non-blacks or 150 umol/L for blacks;
* Individuals with chronic diarrhea, or history of peptic ulcer;
* Individuals with baseline plasma potassium values greater than 5.0 mmol/L;
* Individuals with severe hypertension i.e. blood pressure \> 170/105 mmHg;
* Individuals with diabetes mellitus;
* Individuals with any secondary cause of hypertension;
* Individuals with malignancy or liver disease;
* Individuals with ischaemic heart disease or heart failure;
* Females who are pregnant or breast feeding or on the oral contraceptive pill.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT00160368
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00160368