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American heart journal · Feb 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative StudyTRIple pill vs Usual care Management for Patients with mild-to-moderate Hypertension (TRIUMPH): Study protocol.
- Abdul Salam, Ruth Webster, Kavita Singh, Sudha Kallakuri, Anthony Rodgers, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Pallab K Maulik, Stephen Jan, Simon Thom, Nitish Naik, Rama Guggilla, Vanessa Selak, and Anushka Patel.
- The George Institute for Global Health, Hyderabad, India; The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia; School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
- Am. Heart J. 2014 Feb 1; 167 (2): 127-32.
BackgroundHypertension management strategies have traditionally focused on "tailored therapy" and "stepped-care" approaches. These tend to be costly and time consuming and often fail to achieve adequate blood pressure (BP) control. The TRIUMPH study aims to investigate the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and acceptability of early use of a 3-in-1 BP-lowering pill ("Triple Pill") compared with usual care for the management of hypertension.MethodsThe prospective, open, randomized controlled clinical trial (n = 700) will compare Triple Pill-based strategy to usual care among individuals with persistent mild-to-moderate hypertension (systolic BP >140 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP >90 mm Hg, or systolic BP >130 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP >80 mm Hg in patients with diabetes or chronic kidney disease) on no or minimal drug therapy. The study will be conducted within approximately 20 hospital-based clinics in India. Participants will be randomized to the Triple Pill (initially strength 1-telmisartan 20 mg, amlodipine 2.5 mg, hydrochlorothiazide 6.25 mg, with the option of subsequent titration to strength 2-telmisartan 40 mg, amlodipine 5 mg, hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg) or continued usual care. Participants will be followed up for 6 months. The primary outcome is the proportion of participants achieving target BP at the end follow-up.ConclusionThis study will determine whether early use of a low-dose triple combination therapy has the potential to address some of the challenges in hypertension control through earlier achievement of BP control, better adherence, and fewer adverse effects, in the context of less intensive clinical follow-up.© 2014.
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