Efficacy of urapidil for the treatment of patients with senile hypertension and acute heart failure

BACKGROUND: Previous clinical studies have reported that urapidil can effectively treat patients with senile hypertension (SH) and acute heart failure (AHF). However, no studies have systematically assessed the efficacy and safety of urapidil for patients with SH and AHF. Thus, this study will investigate the efficacy and safety of urapidil for SH and AHF. METHODS: In this study, we will search the following electronic databases from inception to the June 30, 2019: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Google scholar, Springer, WANGFANG, and China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database. We will search all these electronic databases without language limitations. We will also search grey records to avoid missing potential literature. In this study, only randomized controlled trials on assessing efficacy and safety of urapidil for SH and AHF will be considered. We will use RevMan 5.3 software and STATA 15.0 software to carry out statistical analysis. RESULTS: This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of urapidil for SH and AHF by assessing all-cause mortality, change in body weight, urine output, change in serum sodium; and incidence of all adverse events. CONCLUSION: This study will provide latest evidence of the efficacy and safety of urapidil for patients with SH and AHF. DISSEMINATION AND ETHICS: This study will only analyze published data; therefore, no ethical approval is needed. The findings of this study will be published at peer-reviewed journals. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42019139344.