title: Antihypertensive effect of bopindolol: a multi-centre study.
abstract: The objective of the study was to investigate the efficacy of different dose levels of bopindolol monotherapy in hypertension. This potent nonselective beta-adrenergic receptor blocker has intrinsic sympathomimetic activity and long duration of action. Forty-four patients with essential hypertension of mild (n = 40) or moderate (n = 4) severity (90 less than DBP less than or equal to 115 mmHg at the end of the placebo period) entered and completed the single-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The study lasted 14 weeks: 2 weeks on placebo, and 12 weeks on active treatment during which the initial dose of bopindolol, 1 mg daily, was augmented up to 1.5 mg, then to 2 mg at four-week intervals until BP normalized or a maximum dose of 2 mg/day bopindolol was reached. The bopindolol was administered once a day in the morning. Patients were seen every other week in the morning before drug taking, when BP and heart rate, supine and standing, a twelve lead ECG and side-effects were recorded. Compared with placebo, supine BP was significantly reduced by bopindolol: from 169 +/- 2/103 +/- 1 mmHg to 148 +/- 3/92 +/- 1, 144 +/- 3/90 +/- 1 and 136 +/- 2/85 +/- 0.6 mmHg at the end of 4, 8 and 12 weeks of treatments, respectively (P less than 0.01 for each). BP changes during standing were similar. Bopindolol lowered the supine heart rate from 84 +/- 2 to 75 +/- 1, 74 +/- 1, 72 +/- 1 beats/min (P less than 0.01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hungarian Institute of Cardiology, Budapest.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Török
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szám
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buday
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kerkovits
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farsang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hajtman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010869:Pindolol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D010869:Pindolol; C036007:bopindolol