Effect of Aldosterone Blockade on Arterial Compliance (RAAS LAEI SAEI)

March 26, 2010 updated by: Wolfson Medical Center

Effect of Aldosterone Blockade on Metabolic Parameters and Arterial Compliance

The present study investigated the long-term (12 months) effect of spironolactone treatment on glucose homeostasis, metabolic parameters and vascular properties.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

51

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Holon, Israel, 58100
        • Wolfson Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

45 years to 85 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. history of unstable angina, myocardial infarction (MI), cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
  2. major surgery within the six months preceding entrance to the study
  3. unbalanced endocrine disease
  4. any disease that might affect absorption of medications
  5. plasma creatinine >2.5 mg/dl
  6. elevation of liver enzymes to more that twice the upper normal limit
  7. plasma potassium levels >5.5 mg/dl

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Aldosteron blokade, Arterial stiffness, Glucose homeostasis
Spironolactone orally, at a dose of 50 mg/day for 12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 7, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 17, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

March 18, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 29, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 26, 2010

Last Verified

March 1, 2010

More Information

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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