Trial reportHypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension2024
Home blood pressure-lowering effect of a non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor blocker, esaxerenone, versus trichlormethiazide for uncontrolled hypertension: the EXCITE-HT randomized controlled study.
Trial report in Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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23 citing papers in PubMed.
- Esaxerenone versus angiotensin II receptor blockers as second-line therapy in older Japanese patients with uncontrolled hypertension on calcium channel blockers: the randomized, open-label ESCORT-HT study.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Trial
- Effect of Body Mass Index on the Efficacy and Safety of Esaxerenone Versus Trichlormethiazide for the Treatment of Japanese Patients with Uncontrolled Essential Hypertension: A Subanalysis of the Excite-HT Study.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Trial
- Efficacy and safety of esaxerenone vs trichlormethiazide for the treatment of uncontrolled essential hypertension in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a subanalysis of the EXCITE-HT study.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Trial
- Effect of N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide levels on the efficacy and safety of esaxerenone vs trichlormethiazide for the treatment of Japanese patients with uncontrolled essential hypertension: a subanalysis of the EXCITE-HT study.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Trial
- Home blood pressure-lowering effect of esaxerenone vs trichlormethiazide for uncontrolled hypertension: a prespecified subanalysis of the EXCITE-HT randomized controlled study by age subgroup.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Trial
- Effect of sacubitril/valsartan on serum uric acid and blood pressure in patients with hypertension and asymptomatic hyperuricemia: A randomized clinical trial.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- Comparative Efficacy of Aldosterone-Related Sodium-Retention Pathway Therapies for Resistant Hypertension: A Drug-Level Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Article
- Breakthrough drugs in the treatment of hypertension-related disease.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Review
- Cardiovascular events with esaxerenone versus spironolactone in hypertension.Journal of human hypertension · 2026Article
- Mechanisms for Mineralocorticoid-Driven Age-Related Hypertension: Potential Therapeutic Role of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists and Aldosterone Synthase Inhibitors.Circulation research · 2026Review
- Consensus on the management of hypertension in individuals with diabetes by Asian-Pacific Society of hypertension (APSH) & Diabetes Asia Study Group (DASG).Journal of human hypertension · 2026Article
- Positioning esaxerenone, a non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, in the treatment of hypertension with and without hemodynamic cardiac stress.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- Aldosterone-mineralocorticoid receptor interactions: new insights and therapeutic perspectives in primary aldosteronism.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Review
- The conservative-challenging paradigm of antihypertensive therapy in JSH2025: a comparative perspective with contemporary Western guidelines.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- The Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension 2025 (JSH2025).Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- Efficacy and safety of esaxerenone with and without sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor use in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a pooled analysis of five clinical studies.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Article
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- Home blood pressure-lowering effect of esaxerenone versus trichlormethiazide for uncontrolled hypertension: a predefined subanalysis of the EXCITE-HT randomized controlled trial by basal calcium channel blocker versus angiotensin receptor blocker.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Article
- Evolution of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists, aldosterone synthase inhibitors, and alternative treatments for managing primary aldosteronism.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Review
- Emerging therapeutic frontiers in hypertension management.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
The EXCITE-HT study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of esaxerenone versus thiazide diuretics (trichlormethiazide) as second-line treatment for Japanese patients with uncontrolled essential hypertension. This was a 12-week, multicenter, randomized, open-label, parallel-group study. The non-inferiority of esaxerenone to trichlormethiazide was confirmed if the upper limit of the two-sided 95% confidence interval (CI) for the difference in systolic blood pressure (SBP)/diastolic blood pressure (DBP) change between groups was below 3.9/2.1 mmHg. A total of 295 and 290 patients were included in the esaxerenone and trichlormethiazide groups, respectively. The non-inferiority of esaxerenone to trichlormethiazide was demonstrated: least squares mean change differences in morning home SBP/DBP at end of treatment (EOT) were -2.2 (95% CI, -3.6, -0.8) mmHg for SBP/-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) mmHg for DBP. Morning home, bedtime home, and office BP significantly decreased (all p < 0.001) from baseline to EOT in both groups. The urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level decreased from baseline to Week 12 in both groups, with no notable intergroup difference. Serum potassium elevations occurred more frequently with esaxerenone, while serum potassium reductions occurred more with trichlormethiazide. Uric acid elevations were observed in both groups, but more frequently with trichlormethiazide than esaxerenone. No cases of gout occurred in this study. Reductions in estimated glomerular filtration rate were similarly observed in both groups. EXCITE-HT is the first randomized controlled study to demonstrate evidence that esaxerenone is non-inferior to trichlormethiazide as second-line treatment for Japanese patients with uncontrolled essential hypertension, with no new safety concerns. The EXCITE-HT study demonstrated the non-inferiority of esaxerenone to trichlormethiazide in its morning home blood pressure lowering effect and safety profile in Japanese patients with uncontrolled essential hypertension who were previously treated with an angiotensin II receptor blocker or calcium channel blocker.
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