Hypertension Research
Online ISSN : 1348-4214
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Clinical studies
Clinical Trial of Arotinolol in the Treatment of Hypertension: Dippers vs. Non-Dippers
Haiying WUYuqing ZHANGJianfeng HUANGYuhui ZHANGGuozhang LIUNingling SUNZhenqiu YUYanrong ZHOU
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2001 Volume 24 Issue 5 Pages 605-610

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To compare the effects of an α, β blocker, arotinolol, in the treatment of essential hypertension between patients with a dipper and those with a non-dipper profile by means of 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), a multicenter single blind parallel trial was carried out in five clinical centers. After a one-week single blind placebo run-in period, the patients underwent ABPM if their clinic diastolic blood pressure (DBP) ranged from 90-109 mmHg and their clinic systolic blood pressure (SBP) was < 180 mmHg. They were divided into two groups according to the absence (non-dipper group, 24 cases) or presence (dipper group, 23 cases) of nocturnal BP reduction ≥ 10% of daytime BP. ABPM was measured again at the end of the active treatment phase. All patients were given Arotinolol 10-20 mg twice daily for 4 weeks. Twenty four-hour systolic and diastolic average BPs (MSBP, MDBP), 24-h systolic and diastolic blood pressure load (LS BP, LDBP), daytime systolic and diastolic average BPs (dMSBP, dMDBP), daytime systolic and diastolic blood pressure load (dLSBP, dLDBP), nighttime systolic and diastolic average BPs (nMSBP, nMDBP) and nighttime systolic and diastolic blood pressure load (nLSBP, nLDBP) were calculated. Arotinolol was effective in 78.2% of dippers and 54.2% of non-dippers, but the difference in effectiveness between these groups was not statistically significant. After treatment, SBP and DBP-including 24-h, daytime and nighttime systolic and diastolic BPs- were significantly reduced in both groups. During the daytime period, the systolic and diastolic blood pressures were significantly reduced in both dippers and non-dippers, while nighttime systolic and diastolic blood pressures were significantly reduced only in the non-dipper group. No significant changes were found in the dipper group over this period. In conclusion, Arotinolol, which can be dosed twice daily, is an effective antihypertensive agent which effectively lowers blood pressure during the day while reducing nighttime blood pressure more in non-dippers than in dippers, without excessive lowering blood pressure in the latter. (Hypertens Res 2001; 24: 605-610)

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