It has long been thought that there is a close association between hypertension and atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the efficacy of an angiotensin II receptor blocker for the prevention of organ damage in hypertensive individuals with AF is still controversial. The present study was a multicentered, prospective, randomized, open-label clinical trial investigating the differences in the effect of treatment with telmisartan/amlodipine combination tablets on blood pressure (BP) levels and BP variability between morning and bedtime administration in hypertensive patients with paroxysmal AF, using ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) and home BP. With this treatment, the patients' 24-hour BP, nighttime BP, preawake BP, and morning BP shown by ABPM were significantly reduced, and the antihypertensive effects were similar regardless of the timing of the drug administration. The standard deviation of day-by-day home systolic BP and the maximum home systolic BP were also significantly reduced, and these effects were similar regardless of the treatment timing. The N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level was significantly decreased only in the bedtime administration group. A larger study will demonstrate whether the bedtime administration of telmisartan/amlodipine combination tablets maximizes the risklowering effect against AF recurrence in paroxysmal AF hypertensive patients. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2016;18:1036-1044. ª 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.A close association between hypertension and atrial fibrillation (AF) has long been suspected. The Framingham Heart Study 1 showed that hypertension was an independent risk factor for incident AF in a general population, and uncontrolled elevated blood pressure (BP) was associated with an increased risk of incident AF in patients treated for hypertension.2 Based on overseas clinical trials, the main etiology of AF is hypertension in approximately 60% of AF patients.3 In addition, the Suita Study, 4 a cohort study in Japan, showed that hypertension was associated with an increased risk of incident AF.It is also suspected that hypertension not only facilitates the onset and persistence of AF, but also raises the risk of a thromboembolism. Antihypertensive treatment is therefore considered essential for hypertensive individuals with AF to prevent recurrent AF, cerebral infarction, or heart failure. 5 In several countries, angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) have attracted attention as a therapeutic drug for hypertensive individuals with AF.6-9 However, the Atrial Fibrillation Clopidogrel Trial With Irbesartan for Prevention of Vascular Events (ACTIVE I) 10 comparing the effect of irbesartan on patients with AF (mainly persistent and permanent types) with that of placebo showed no differences between irbesartan and placebo for the recurrence of AF, indicating that ARBs did not suppress the recurrence of AF. Valsartan also did not reduce the recurrent AF rate in the Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della Sopravvivenza nell'Infarto Miocardico-Atrial Fibrillation (GISSI-AF...