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JAPANESE
国立保健医療科学院
UMIN ID: UMIN000000666

Registered date:01/11/2008

Effects of ARBs on ambulatory blood pressure, glucose and lipid metabolism, and autonomic nerve function in hypertensive diabetic nephropathy patients

Basic Information

Recruitment status Complete: follow-up complete
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studiedHypertension, type 2 diabetes, diabetic nephropathy
Date of first enrollment2005/01/01
Target sample size60
Countries of recruitmentJapan
Study typeInterventional
Intervention(s)TL group: Start with once-daily dosing of telmisartan 40 mg, and dosage may be modulated accroding to the clinical parameters (telmisartan 20-80 mg/day). After 12 weeks telmisartan will be changed to losartan with once-daily dosing of 50 mg. Dosage may be modulated accroding to the clinical parameters (losartan 25-100 mg/day). LT group: Start with once-daily dosing of losartan 50 mg, and dosage may be modulated accroding to the clinical parameters (losartan 25-100 mg/day).. After 12 weeks losartan will be changed to telmisartan with once-daily dosing of 40 mg. Dosage may be modulated accroding to the clinical parameters (telmisartan 20-80 mg/day).

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome1) Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring+: mean blood pressure, day-night variation, short-term blood pressure/heart rate variability, LF/HF 2) Renal function: creatinine clearance by Cockcroft-Gault method, urinary protein/albuminon excretion 3) Glucose metabolism: fasting blood glucose, fasting IRI, HOMA-IR. 4) Lipid metabolism: total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, MDA-LDA, oxidised cholesterol, small dense LDL, adiponectin. 5) Vascular function: ABI/baPWV, VEGF, HGF.
Secondary Outcome

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum18years-old
Age maximumNot applicable
GenderMale and Female
Include criteria
Exclude criteria1) Pregnant women, or women suspected of being pregnant 2) Hyperkalemia 3) History of hypersensitivity to Telmisartan or Losartan 4) Severe liver disorder (losartan) 5) Severe biliary atresia or hepatic disorder (telmisartan)

Related Information

Contact

public contact
Name Kazuaki UCHINO
Address 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, JAPAN Japan
Telephone 045-787-2634
E-mail uchinok@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp
Affiliation Yokohama City University School of Medicine Department of Medical Science
scientific contact
Name Kouichi TAMURA
Address 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, JAPAN Japan
Telephone 045-787-2635
E-mail tamukou@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp
Affiliation Yokohama City University School of Medicine Department of Cardiorenal Medicine