Antihypertensive efficacy and adherence to treatment with the fixed-dose combination therapy in ambulatory patients aged 50-65 years with uncontrolled arterial hypertension

Relevance. Arterial hypertension (AH) is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world and is the leading cause of serious complications on the part of many organs. To date, there are no clinical guidelines on the choice of drug therapy in men and women, which was the basis for conducting this study. Aim. To study the antihypertensive efficacy and adherence to treatment of the fixed combination of amlodipine/indapamide/perindopril in patients with uncontrolled hypertension at the age of 50-65 years. Materials and methods. Inclusion criteria: outpatient patients, age 50-65 years, AH 2-3 degree, not achieving the target values of blood pressure on a double antihypertensive combination. Initially and after 3 months of treatment, we collected complaints, anamnesis, determined anthropometric indicators, adherence to treatment and quality of life, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM). Results. Against the background of 12-week therapy, there was a decrease in men with SBP from 171.8±8.1 to 132.7±8.3 mm Hg (p<0.001), DBP - from 101.9±5.1 to 81.1±3.7 mm Hg (p<0.001); in women, from 171.3±3.3 to 130.1±0.5 mm Hg (p<0.001) and from 100.5±1.6 to 80.3±1.1 (p<0.001), respectively. Target values of blood pressure achieved in all women and 94% of men. The use of a triple fixed combination of drugs contributed to the improvement of the day and night levels of SBP and DBP, blood pressure variability according to ABPM in both men (p<0.001) and in women (p<0.001). Improved adherence was noted in 31.2% of men (p=0.001) and in 45% of women (p<0.001). In women, this was facilitated by regular intake of the drug (p=0.001, r=0.88), in men, a dose of 5 mg + 1.25 mg + 4 mg (p=0.019, r=0.32) was taken. Increased adherence to treatment correlated with an improvement in the daily variability of DBP in both women (p=0.026, r=0.35) and in men (p=0.028, r=-0.31). Treatment with a triple fixed combination of drugs led to an improvement in indicators, covering almost all the components of the quality of life in women, and the physical component in men. Conclusion. The use of a fixed combination of amlodipine/indapamide/perindopril in patients with uncontrolled hypertension has high antihypertensive efficacy, allowing you to achieve target blood pressure levels during 12-week therapy in 100% of women and in 94% of men, increasing adherence to treatment with a satisfactory safety profile and metabolic neutrality, which allows us to consider this combination as a drug of choice for uncontrolled hypertension in both men and women.

arterial hypertension, adherence, the quality of life, gender differences