Given this evidence, we decided to conduct a
randomized, double-blind, three-arms study to evaluate the
effects of enalapril/lercanidipine combination not only on blood
pressure control, but also on some emerging biomarkers in
cardiovascular risk stratification of hypertensive patients, such as
lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], soluble advanced glycation end products
(sRAGE), soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) and serum myeloperoxidase