IMPACT-HTN Study of Patients With Hypertension

To date, there is little multi center data on the management of patients in HTN centers. Elevated blood pressure is the leading global risk factor for death and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes, myocardial infarctions, heart failure leading to hospitalization, and end-stage renal disease. After a one-year pilot with two sites, this study plans to expand to additional sites to build a national registry for resistant hypertension research.

This collaborative, prospective study will evaluate the effectiveness and safety of resistant hypertension management, including the use of novel drugs with the aim of defining an ideal patient profile that would benefit from various 4th-line antihypertensive therapies, including, but not limited to, aprocitentan, renal denervation, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, etc.

Inclusion criteria

• Signed and dated informed consent form
• Ability to answer survey questions and to report blood pressure reading monthly
• Male and female participants; 18 years or older
• Treated with at least 2 antihypertensive therapies of different pharmacological classes for at least 4 weeks before the screening visit
• Mean Sitting Systolic Blood Pressure (SiSBP) greater or equal to 130 mmHg

Exclusion criteria

• Confirmed severe hypertension (grade 3) defined as SiSBP greater than or equal to 180 mmHg and/or Sitting Diastolic Blood Pressure (SiDBP) greater than or equal to 110 mmHg
• Clinically significant unstable cardiac disease at screening or in the past in the opinion of the investigator
• Heart failure NYHA functional class III and IV or NT-proBNP > 500 pg/mL
• Severe renal insufficiency or eGFR < 15 mL/min/1.73m2
• Moderate to severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh B and C) or elevated aminotransferase (> 3 x ULN)