New Medical Therapies -- Hypertension articles from December 22 2001

New Medical Therapies -- Hypertension archives from December 22 2001

New formulations of current drugs remain at the forefront of research.
December 22, 2001... Although there have been many advances in medical treatments for heart disease, controlling the risk factors remains the most important means of preventing illness and death from coronary heart disease. Top on the list of controllable...

Acurian. (About the Sponsor).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
December 22, 2001... Acurian is proud to be the sponsor of CenterWatch's New Medical Therapies Reports--a unique series of reports committed to providing current information on new therapies in clinical research. Acurian is based on the simple idea that the...

Editor's note.(hypertension research reports)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... NewMedicalTherapies: REPORT ON HYPERTENSION focuses on investigational treatments that are currently in development by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in clinical trials. Use the News and Clinical Trial Results section for...

Stroke risk in hypertensive women. (News and Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Researchers have determined a link between women with high blood pressure who consume a diet very low in animal fat and hemorrhagic stroke. Hypertension is a key risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke, and doctors have promoted eating a diet low...

Comparative study points to more adverse effects for enalapril. (News and Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... A comparative study of two antihypertensive medications--candesartan cilexetil (CC) and enalapril--showed that both reduced blood pressure. A group of 227 mild to moderate essential hypertensives were randomized to receive either four to...

Antihypertensive withdrawal candidates profiled. (News & Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Researchers have determined a clinical algorithm to help physicians identify patients who may benefit from withdrawal from their antihypertensive medication. The researchers sought out this profile because of concerns that some patients may...

New drug continues on fast-track. (News & Clinical Trials Results).(SPP 100 from Speedel Group)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... The Speedel Group, a drug development company based in Basel, Switzerland, is in the process of evaluating SPP 100 for the treatment of hypertension. SPP 100 is an oral renin inhibitor being developed in a phase II fast-track program. Renin...

Headache, blood pressure link examined. (News & Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence of a link between headache and high blood pressure. Researchers evaluated 76 patients with mild hypertension taking blood pressure measurements before, during and after headaches. They compared...

Salt and diet definitely affects blood pressure. (News & Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Diet continues to be one of the primary ways to control blood pressure. In order to study different levels of dietary sodium, researchers examined the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH diet, in persons with and without...

Left ventricular hypertrophy studied. (News & Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... By studying the echocardiograms of 530 men and 383 women with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy, researchers have determined a link between impaired left ventricular performance and left ventricular hypertrophy. Hypertrophy is...

Drugs may affect sexual activity. (News & Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Men taking hypertension medication may find certain drugs decrease their sexual activity more than others. In a recent study of carvedilol and valsartan in previously untreated hypertensive men between the ages of 40 and 49 years, researchers...

Cuff position causes incorrect blood readings. (News & Clinical Trials Results).(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... Researchers determined the body position can lower blood pressure readings during the night because of the vertical distance between the heart and cuff. The tests were conducted among people with normal blood pressure and hypertensive...

The clinical research process. (Resources).
December 22, 2001... The clinical testing of experimental drugs is normally done in three phases, each successive phase involving a larger number of people. Additionally, once the FDA has granted a New Drug Approval (NDA), pharmaceutical companies also conduct...

In the Pipeline. (Resources).
December 22, 2001... In the Pipeline Use this section to identify specific investigational treatments and their manufacturers by research phase. Key to information contained in this section Clinical Research Phase Drug Name ...

Clinical trials in progress. (Resource).(Directory)
December 22, 2001... USE THIS SECTION to identify investigative sites that are conducting clinical trials in Hypertension. Use the telephone number to speak with the principal investigator or study coordinator to determine if the study is appropriate for you. ...