Thrapeutic equivalence in the treatment of hypertension:Can lercanidipine and nifedipine GITS be considered to be interchangeable?

作     者：Henry L Elliott Peter A Meredith 

作者机构：Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical SciencesUniversity of StrathclydeGlasgow G4 0REUnited Kingdom Department of Medicine and TherapeuticsUniversity of GlasgowThe Western InfirmaryGlasgow G11 6NTUnited Kingdom 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Cardiology》 (世界心脏病学杂志（英文版）（电子版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第6卷第6期

页      面：507-513页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Nifedipine GITS Lercanidipine Therapeutic equivalence 

摘      要：AIM: To undertake a review of the evidence that nifedipine GITS and lercanidipine are therapeutically equivalent in the management of essential ***: A systematic review of the published literature was prompted by the findings of two meta-analyses which indicated that there was a lower incidence of peripheral(ankle) oedema with lercanidipine. However,neither meta-analysis gave detailed attention to comparative antihypertensive efficacy or cardiovascular protection. Accordingly,a systematic,detailed and critical review was undertaken of individual published papers. The review started with those studies incorporated into the 2 meta-analyses and then all other salient and directly relevant papers identified through the following search criteria: all randomized controlled trials in which the therapeutic profile and antihypertensive effects of lercanidipine were directly compared with those of nifedipine GITS(in hypertensive patients). The searchstrategy was focused on the reports of clinical trials of lercanidipine vs nifedipine GITS,which were identified through a systematic search of PubMed(from 1966 to October 2012),Embase(from 1980 to October 2012) and the Cochrane library(from 1 October 2008 to end October 2013). The search combined terms related to lercanidipine vs nifedipine GITS(including MeSH search using calcium antagonists,calcium channel blockers and dihydropyridines).RESULTS: With regard to blood pressure(BP) control and the consistency of BP control throughout 24-h,there is limited published evidence. However,two studies using 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring clearly identified the dose-dependency of BP lowering with lercanidipine and its variably sustained 24-h efficacy. In contrast,there is evidence of a consistent antihypertensive effect throughout 24 h with nifedipine GITS. The incidence of the most common side effect,i.e.,peripheral(ankle) oedema can be estimated as follows. For every 100 patients treated with lercanidipine,