Better tolerability and treatment compliance

Pritor®/Kinzal® demonstrated better tolerability and compliance to treatment than ramipril in the ONTARGET® trial, which had a patient population shown to tolerate ACE inhibitors. Fewer patients permanently discontinued Pritor®/Kinzal® treatment relative to ramipril treatment:1
Time to permanent discontinuation of study medication
In particular, significantly more patients discontinued treatment with ramipril compared with Pritor®/Kinzal® because of:1

  • Angio-oedema: 25 vs 10 patients, respectively (p=0.01)
  • Cough: 360 vs 93 patients, respectively (p<0.001)

See Expert Opinions on the ONTARGET® Trial at http://www.icmaedu.com/scripts/pages/en/ontarget/expert_opinions/index.php.

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