{"id":"734fe6c328f3","type":"article","url":"https://hartvaat.nl/2020/01/01/esaxerenon-versus-eplerenon-bij-essentiele-hypertensie-esax-htn-fase-3/","title":"Esaxerenon versus eplerenon bij essentiële hypertensie: ESAX-HTN fase-3","title_en":"Double-Blind Randomized Phase 3 Study Comparing Esaxerenone (CS-3150) and Eplerenone in Patients With Essential Hypertension (ESAX-HTN Study).","category":"hypertensie","category_label":"Hypertensie","professions":["apotheker","cardioloog","internist"],"tags":[],"journal":"Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979)","doi":"10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13569","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.13569","authors":["Sadayoshi Ito","Hiroshi Itoh","Hiromi Rakugi","Yasuyuki Okuda","Motonobu Yoshimura","Satoru Yamakawa"],"significance":7,"published":"2020-01-01","source_date":"2020-01-01","image":"","kennis":["https://hartvaat.nl/kennis/hypertensie/mineralocorticoid-antagonisten-hypertensie/","https://hartvaat.nl/kennis/farmacologie/mineralocorticoid-antagonisten-farmacologie/"],"congress":"","summary_en":"This phase 3 trial of esaxerenone, a novel nonsteroidal MRA, showed comparable blood pressure reduction to eplerenone in essential hypertension. The study advanced the development of selective MRAs with potentially fewer mineralocorticoid-related side effects.","created":"2026-07-03T10:28:20Z","updated":"2026-07-03T13:27:31Z","licence":"Citeer vrij, met bronvermelding en een link naar hartvaat.nl (de url van het record). Samenvattingen zijn redactioneel werk van HartVaat; de oorspronkelijke publicaties blijven van hun uitgevers (doi). Geen medisch advies.","body_markdown":"Dubbelblinde fase-3 trial van esaxerenon versus eplerenon bij essentiële hypertensie. Nieuwe niet-steroïdale MRA voor hypertensie.","abstract_original":"Mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs) are implicated in the pathology of hypertension. MR blockers are recommended for the treatment of salt-sensitive or resistant hypertension. However, use of currently available MR blockers is limited by adverse events. This phase 3 multicenter, randomized, double-blind study compared the efficacy and safety of esaxerenone, a new selective nonsteroidal MR blocker, at 2.5 and 5 mg/day and eplerenone 50 mg/day in Japanese patients with essential hypertension. After a 4-week washout period, 1001 eligible adults with hypertension were randomized evenly to esaxerenone 2.5 or 5 mg/day or eplerenone 50 mg/day treatments, taken orally once daily for 12 weeks. Primary end points were changes in sitting systolic or diastolic blood pressure (BP) from baseline at the end of treatment. Esaxerenone 2.5 mg/day was noninferior to eplerenone for reductions in sitting and 24-hour BP. Reductions in BP with esaxerenone 5 mg/day were significantly greater than those with esaxerenone 2.5 mg/day. Changes in diurnal BP showed persistent 24-hour antihypertensive effects in all treatment groups. The proportions of patients achieving target sitting BP (<140/90 mm Hg) were 31.5%, 41.2%, and 27.5% with esaxerenone 2.5 and 5 mg/day and eplerenone 50 mg/day, respectively. Incidences of adverse events (all mild or moderate) were similar across treatment groups. These results indicate that esaxerenone is an effective and well-tolerated MR blocker in Japanese patients with essential hypertension, with BP-lowering activity at least equivalent to eplerenone. Clinical Trial Registration- URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02890173."}