Do you have high blood pressure, heart failure, or cardiomyopathy? One type of medicine that can help is known as an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB). This can keep your blood vessels from narrowing, which is dangerous since it restricts blood flow. As a result, the blood will flow better through those vessels .

Currently, Diovan has two uses - to treat high blood pressure, heart failure and cardiomyopathy. Its clinical name is Valsartan. Doctors also prescribe it to heart attack victims, since it could possibly help them to live longer afterward.

Diovan Clinical Trials first started in June 2012 and ended in January 2017. There were 127 participants.

What Are Diovan Clinical Trials?

There were three arms for this trial. One group got .25 mg/kg of Diovan and others got 4 mg/kg of a placebo. These trials were held over a six-week period for the first two arms and then 20 weeks for the third arm and the results were tallied. They checked things like Mean Diastolic Blood Pressure at the end of the six weeks and they also checked where these patients ranked in terms of their age, gender, and height, along with seeing if their Urine Albumin Creatine Percentage Ratio went down.

Why Is Diovan Being Studied In Clinical Trials?

High blood pressure, heart failure and cardio myopathy all are dangers to people around the world. The manufacturers were looking for things that could help people live a better quality of life if they had these conditions. They wanted to see how this medication would help lower the negative diagnostic numbers for these patients.

How Does Diovan Treatment Work?

People are supposed to take it once a day. It does not matter whether they take it without food, but they do need to make sure that they take it at the same time each day. Diovan can be made into a liquid for children who have trouble swallowing the tablet.

The main thing to be careful about is that women who are pregnant should not take this, since it poses a severe risk to the unborn baby. Do not breastfeed your baby if you are taking this, too. Also, diabetics who take medication that has aliskiren should avoid this.

If you have kidney issues, you should let your doctor know and if you are also on a low-salt diet, then you should tell your doctor.

What Are Some of the Breakthrough Clinical Trials Involving Diovan?

There was a clinical trial in Glasgow in August 2021 to determine if it could help with heart failure. It was a randomized study and the results will be likely made public at some point after October 2023.

Who Are The Key Opinion Leaders On Diovan Clinical Trial Research?

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Diovan to be used by children as young as 1 for hypertension.

Diovan is something that still shows promise in helping people with hypertension, heart failure or cardiomyopathy. The clinical trials showed that.

About The Author

Michael Gill - B. Sc.

First Published: October 10th, 2021

Last Reviewed: September 2nd, 2023

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