THE SINGLE PILL CONCEPT LEADS TO IMPROVED PERSISTENCE OF MEDICATION, CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND REDUCED ALL‐CAUSE MORTALITY IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS – RESULTS FROM THE START PROJECT

Hans-Georg Predel, Burkhard Weisser, Sven Wassmann, Anton Gillessen, Jörg Blettenberg, Valérie Fournier, Andrea Noetel, Olaf Randerath, Michael Böhm, Roland E. Schmieder

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Objective:
ESC/ESH guidelines for the treatment of arterial hypertension recommend to start treatment with a single pill combination (SP) of a renin–angiotensin–system (RAS) blocker with a diuretic or a calcium channel blocker to improve drug persistence, blood pressure (BP) control and to reduce cardiovascular events. Escalation should be a SP triple combination. We aimed to assess whether the SP concept is superior to identical free combinations (FC) in terms of clinical outcomes, including all-cause mortality.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Hypertension
Volume39
Issue number e-Supplement 1
Pages (from-to)e378
Number of pages1
ISSN0263-6352
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 04.2021

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