Therapeutic equivalence of fixed combination of indapamide with perindopril (Perindopril plus) in geriatric patients
Purpose. To study the therapeutic equivalence of the generic fixed combination of indapamide with perindopril (Perindopril plus, Severnaya Zvezda, Russia) in relation to the original drug in geriatric patients with hypertension (GB) and chronic heart failure (CHF). Material and methods. A study was conducted in 105 patients with GB and CHF (68.6 % of men with average age 80.3 ± 0.7 years), which evaluated the antihypertensive effect, the ability to correct heart failure, the presence of organ protection, the safety of both drugs. Results and discussion. When using a generic fixed combination, the achievement of the target value of office blood pressure was observed after a month of observation in all cases with stable maintenance by 6 months of the study; significant (p < 0.05) decrease in the level of home monitoring of systolic blood pressure (SBP) / diastolic blood pressure (DBP), after a month of research, by 26.1 % / 28.0 %, 6 months – by 26.8 % / 30.1 %; a significant (p < 0.05) decrease in the average daily SBP / DBP after a month of observation by 28.1 % / 28.6 % (after 6 months by 29.7 % / 29.5 %), the average daily – after a month of observation by 27.2 % / 28.2 % (after 6 months by 28.4 % / 31.7 %), average nightly – after a month of observation by 22.4 % / 24.1 % (after 6 months by 24.3 % / 27.1 %); a reliable (p < 0.05) decrease after a month of monitoring the average daily pulse pressure by 27.9 % (average daily pulse pressure by 25.8 %, average nightly pulse pressure by 20.1 %), after 6 months by 30.4 %, 23.5 %, 20.3 % respectively; a significant (p < 0.05) decrease in the carotid femoral pulse wave propagation velocity after a month by 17.9 %, after 6 months – by 26.8 %; after 6 months of observation, a reliable (p < 0.05) decrease in the final systolic volume of the left ventricle (LV) by 10.6 %, the final diastolic volume of the LV – by 7.5 %, the LV myocardial mass index – by 11.5 %, significant (p < 0.05) increase in LV ejection fraction by 2.9 %; significant (p < 0.05) decrease in FC of CHF by 20.7 % by the end of the study. According to the degree of change in these indicators, a generic fixed combination was comparable to the original drug. No side effects were observed in the comparison groups requiring discontinuation of treatment. Conclusions. The generic fixed combination of indapamide with perindopril (Perindopril plus, Severnaya Zvezda, Russia) has therapeutic equivalence with respect to the original drug.