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Effects of Doxazosin Mesylate Versus Nifedipine on Blood Pressure Variability in Hypertensive Patients: A Randomized Crossover Study (SIMILAR)

Effects of Doxazosin Mesylate Versus Nifedipine on Blood Pressure Variability in Hypertensive Patients: A Randomized Crossover Study (SIMILAR)

Jing Shi, Desen Liang, Yujiao Pan, Song Zhang, Meijiao He, Haiyu Zhang, Guangzhong Liu, Yongtai Gong, Wennan Wang, Hai Cang, Yue Li

Blood Press Monit. 2019 Oct;24(5):252-258.

PMID: 31116151

Abstract:

Objective:
Blood pressure variability (BPV) is a powerful predictor of end-organ damage, cardiovascular events and mortality independently of the BP level. Calcium channel blockers may offer an advantage over other first-line antihypertensive drugs by preventing increased BPV. But the effect of alpha-receptor blockers on BPV in hypertensive patients is still unclear.
Methods:
In this crossover trial, 36 hypertensive patients were randomly assigned to two groups, receiving doxazosin mesylate gastrointestinal therapeutic system (GITS) (4 mg/day) or nifedipine GITS (30 mg/day) for 12 weeks, followed by a 2-week washout period then a 12-week crossover phase. At baseline and after 12-week treatment, 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring was performed. BPV was evaluated through standard deviation (SD), coefficient of variation (CV), and average real variability (ARV) of systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) during daytime, nighttime and over 24 hours.
Results:
After 12-week treatment, both doxazosin and nifedipine significantly decreased SBP and DBP (P < 0.05), whereas no between-group differences were shown (P>0.05). Systolic BPV (24-hour SD, CV, and ARV; daytime SD; nighttime SD and CV) and diastolic BPV (24-hour SD and ARV) were significantly lowered by nifedipine (P < 0.05); doxazosin resulted in significant reductions of systolic BPV (24-hour SD, CV and ARV; daytime SD; nighttime SD) and diastolic BPV (nighttime SD and CV) (P < 0.05). Doxazosin was revealed to be as effective as nifedipine for reducing BPV (P > 0.05) except for 24-hour SBP ARV.
Conclusions:
Doxazosin mesylate GITS had similar therapeutic effects on BP, BP SD, and BP CV lowering as nifedipine GITS in patients with mild-to-moderate essential hypertension.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP77883433	Doxazosin mesylate		77883-43-3	Price

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