Could a heart drug be a new key to controlling high blood pressure?
NCT ID NCT06604897
First seen Aug 14, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether the medication Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) helps Japanese patients with essential hypertension achieve blood pressure targets recommended by Japanese guidelines. Researchers will analyze electronic medical records from a large database, focusing on patients who started Entresto and tracking their blood pressure over several months. The goal is to see how many patients reach the desired systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this could support using Entresto as a treatment option for high blood pressure in Japanese patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a retrospective database analysis, not a controlled trial, so results may be influenced by patient selection and missing data. It also focuses on a specific population, so findings may not apply broadly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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1,405 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
This is a retrospective, noninterventional cohort study.
- Ages
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20 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosed with essential hypertension (International Classification of Diseases \[ICD\]-10 code: I10) on the index date. 2. Patients for whom data for the 6 months prior to the index date can be extracted as baseline data. 3. Patients for whom blood pressure (BP) data can be extracted between weeks 8 and 12 after the index date. 4. Patients whose BP data can be extracted on the index date. 5. Patients whose BP value at baseline was 140/90 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or higher. 6. Patients with the prescription of 100 milligrams (mg) or 200 mg once daily as 100 mg or 200 mg tablets on the index date. Exclusion criteria: 1. Women with a record of pregnancy-related diagnoses, drugs, or medical procedures before or after the index date, or a record of delivery- or abortion-related diagnoses, drugs, or medical procedures after the index date. 2. Prescription of concomitant angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi); Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code: C09A on, after, or in the 2 days before the index date. 3. Patients diagnosed with angioedema: ICD-10: D84.1 under prescription of ACEi or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB); ATC code: C09C. 4. Patients diagnosed with diabetes and under treatment with aliskiren fumarate on the index date. 5. Patients with severe impaired liver functions with Child-Pugh classification C.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Novartis
East Hanover, New Jersey, 07936, United States
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