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ArticleHealth care science2026

A Pharmacogenomics-Guided Antihypertensive Strategy for Blood Pressure Reduction in Rural China: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.

Wangjun Qin, Mengke Yu, Ying Zhu, Queran Lin, Limei Yin, Guisheng Liu, Yaping Wang, Guangqiang Lu, Xiaofei Liu, Pengmei Li and 13 more

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Wangjun QinDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Mengke YuResearch Department II China Development Research Foundation Beijing China.
Ying ZhuDepartment of Pharmacy Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital Beijing China.
Queran LinGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, Clinical Research Design Division, Clinical Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou China.
Limei YinDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Guisheng LiuGeneral Office, Dajie Township Health Center Handan China.
Yaping WangGeneral Office, Dajie Township Health Center Handan China.
Guangqiang LuGeneral Office, Jiuzhi Township Health Center Handan China.
Xiaofei LiuGeneral Office, Jiuzhi Township Health Center Handan China.
Pengmei LiDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Xudong KongDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Li ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Kun TangDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Jiangli JinDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Yu XiongInstitute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing China.
Yingnan ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Yan YanDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Bo LiDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.
Azeem MajeedDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health Imperial College London London UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2357-9858
Xianbo ZuoDepartment of Big Data Center, NHC Key Laboratory of Clinical Big Data Standardization & Integration China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0212-2664
Yue QiuInstitute for Hospital Management Tsinghua University Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1524-5583
Jiantuo YuBozhi Economic and Social Development Institute China Development Research Foundation Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9923-0014
Lihong LiuDepartment of Pharmacy China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6336-0968

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Abstract

Background: Although pharmacogenomics can effectively guide antihypertensive treatment, relevant evidence from low‑resource primary care settings is lacking. The aim of this study is to evaluate a pharmacogenomic‑guided antihypertensive strategy in real‑world, low‑resource primary care settings. Methods: We randomly assigned 94 villages (in 1:1:1 ratio, with stratification by villages) to receive a multifaceted intervention that included follow-up, health education, and medication adjustment guided by pharmacogenomics (treatment) or physician's experience (control), or routine care (observation) over 4 weeks. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients with controlled blood pressure after 4 weeks of treatment. Generalized linear, linear mixed-effect regression, and sensitivity analysis were conducted to assess the difference among groups. The intracluster correlation coefficient was calculated to assess the heterogeneity with cluster. Results: This study included 1031 hypertensive patients from 90 villages of Dajie and Jiuzhi towns in Daming County from May 10 to December 31, 2022. Overall, 79 loci on 39 antihypertensive-related genes were tested for patients in the treatment group. After 4 weeks of treatment, 371 of 377 (98.4%) patients in the treatment group, 256 of 345 (74.2%) patients in the control group, and 232 of 309 (75.1%) patients in the observation group had their blood pressure under control. The between-group net differences were 24.2% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 19.4%-29.0%) and 23.3% (95% CI: 18.3%-28.3%) for the treatment versus control groups and treatment versus observation groups, respectively. After 4 weeks of treatment, the proportion of patients with overall incident adverse events was no different among the three groups (all Conclusions: A pharmacogenomic-guided antihypertensive strategy can significantly enhance blood pressure control while maintaining a similar safety level compared to an experience-guided antihypertensive strategy in low-resource, primary care settings.

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antihypertensioncluster‐randomized controlled trialpharmacogenomic‐guidedrural area

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PMCPMC13398366

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