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Prediction and Prevention of Asymptomatic Cardiovascular Insult in Type 1 Diabetic Children: Comparative Effectiveness of Cardioprotective Drugs

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT03660293
Lead Sponsor
Tanta University
Brief Summary

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a distinct clinical entity of diabetic heart muscle that describes diabetes associated changes in the structure and function of the myocardium in the absence of coronary artery disease, hypertension, and valvular disease. Oxidative stress plays a critical role in DCM development. DCM can be diagnosed using the novel methods of echocardiography (tissue Doppler imaging, Speckling tracking techniques and more recent real time 4D echocardiography). There is a possible cardioprotective effect of statins, Captopril and L-Carnitine in type 1 diabetic children and adolescents.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria
  • Children and adolescent suffering from type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, for at least 3 years from the onset of the disease.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Children with Congenital Heart Diseases.
  • Children with acquired cardiac diseases.
  • Children with other systemic diseases.
  • Symptomatic diabetic cardiomyopathy.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
diabetic-AtorvastatinAtorvastatin25 child with type 1 diabetes mellitus will receive Statin (2 mg/kg/day)
diabetic-CaptoprilCaptopril25 child with type 1 diabetes mellitus will receive Captopril (0.2 mg/kg/day)
diabetic-L-CarnitineL-carnitine25 child with type 1 diabetes mellitus will receive L-carnitine (50 mg/kg/day)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The cardiac changes induced by Simvastatin, captopril and L-Carnitine in type 1 diabetic children and adolescents.before and after 4 months of receiving cardio-protective agents

Left Ventricular End Systolic Volume (ml). Left Ventricular End Diastolic Volume (ml). Ejection Fraction (EF %) and left ventricular strain using echocardiography.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The role of Troponin I levels as a cardiac marker for detection of asymptomatic cardiovascular insult in diabetic children.first day

Serum Cardiac troponin I by Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbant Assay

The role of recent echocardiographic parameters for early detection of silent myocardial dysfunctionfirst day

Echocardiography

Identification of risk factors for developing diabetic cardiac insult.first day

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Medicine- Tanta University

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Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt

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