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Comparison of Three Confirmatory Tests in the Diagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism

Completed
Conditions
Primary Aldosteronism
Registration Number
NCT04193137
Lead Sponsor
Chongqing Medical University
Brief Summary

To compare the diagnostic value of three confirmatory tests for primary aldosteronism.

Detailed Description

This is a prospective study involving 240 hypertensive patients who underwent primary aldosteronism screening. Every patient will undertake four confirmatory tests to compare the diagnostic accuracy of the oral sodium loading test with captopril challenge testing (CCT) and Seated saline infusion test(SSST)using the fludrocortisone suppression testing (FST) as the reference standard, and to investigate the optimal cutoff of oral sodium loading test

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  1. hypertensive patients with ARR≥10(pg/ml)(uIU/ml)
  2. hypertensive patients with ARR<10(pg/ml)(uIU/ml) but suspicious of PA clinically
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Pregnancy or lactation;
  2. Child-bearing women refuse to take effective contraceptive measures;
  3. History of malignant tumor;
  4. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (eg. myocardial infarction, acute heart failure, stroke), in the past 3 months
  5. NYHA III (New York Heart Association)and above
  6. Hypohepatia
  7. Chronic kidney disease with an estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate <30ml/min/1.73 m²
  8. Severe arrhythmia by ECG or severe heart disease by cardiac ultrasound
  9. Patients who are unwilling to participate in and complete this study and refuses to sign the informed consent form for this study

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diagnostic Accuracy of oral sodium loading test, captopril challenge test and saline infusion test9 days

sensitivity, specificity and area under curve (AUC)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the optimal cutoff value of urine aldosterone in oral sodium test3 days

urine aldosterone

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Qifu Li

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Chongqing, Chongqing, China

Qifu Li
🇨🇳Chongqing, Chongqing, China

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