Flack, John M;
Azizi, Michel;
Brown, Jenifer M;
Dwyer, Jamie P;
Fronczek, Jakub;
Jones, Erika SW;
Olsson, Daniel S;
... Williams, Bryan; + view all
(2025)
Efficacy and Safety of Baxdrostat in Uncontrolled and Resistant Hypertension.
New England Journal of Medicine
10.1056/NEJMoa2507109.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Aldosterone dysregulation plays an important pathogenic role in hard-to-control hypertension. In several studies, baxdrostat, an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, reduced the seated systolic blood pressure of patients with uncontrolled or resistant hypertension. METHODS: In this phase 3, multinational, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we recruited patients with a seated systolic blood pressure of between 140 mm Hg and less than 170 mm Hg despite the receipt of stable treatment with two antihypertensive medications (uncontrolled hypertension) or three or more such medications (resistant hypertension), including a diuretic. After a 2-week placebo run-in period, we randomly assigned patients with a seated systolic blood pressure of 135 mm Hg or more in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive baxdrostat at a dose of 1 mg, baxdrostat at a dose of 2 mg, or placebo once daily for 12 weeks. The primary end point was the change in seated systolic blood pressure from baseline to week 12. RESULTS: A total of 796 patients underwent randomization and 794 received 1-mg baxdrostat (264 patients), 2-mg baxdrostat (266 patients), or placebo (264 patients) in addition to background therapy. At 12 weeks, the change from baseline in the least-squares mean seated systolic blood pressure was -14.5 mm Hg (95% confidence interval [CI], -16.5 to -12.5) with 1-mg baxdrostat, -15.7 mm Hg (95% CI, -17.6 to -13.7) with 2-mg baxdrostat, and -5.8 mm Hg (95% CI, -7.9 to -3.8) with placebo. The estimated difference from placebo (placebo-corrected difference) was -8.7 mm Hg (95% CI, -11.5 to -5.8) with 1-mg baxdrostat and -9.8 mm Hg (95% CI, -12.6 to -7.0) with 2-mg baxdrostat (P<0.001 for both comparisons). A potassium level of more than 6.0 mmol per liter was reported in 6 patients (2.3%) with 1-mg baxdrostat, in 8 patients (3.0%) with 2-mg baxdrostat, and in 1 patient (0.4%) with placebo. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with uncontrolled or resistant hypertension, the addition of baxdrostat to background therapy resulted in a significantly lower seated systolic blood pressure at 12 weeks than placebo. (Funded by AstraZeneca and others; BaxHTN ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT06034743.).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Efficacy and Safety of Baxdrostat in Uncontrolled and Resistant Hypertension |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMoa2507109 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2507109 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | ALDOSTERONE, General & Internal Medicine, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Medicine, General & Internal, Science & Technology |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Population Science and Experimental Medicine |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10213911 |
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