A Study to Evaluate Whether Losartan Protects the Kidney in Hypertensive Diabetic Participants With Microalbuminuria (MK0954-365 AM1)
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Registration Number
- NCT01390415
- Lead Sponsor
- Organon and Co
- Brief Summary
This study will evaluate whether losartan protects the kidney in hypertensive Type II diabetic participants with microalbuminuria.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 136
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypertension and has received losartan 50 mg or losartan 100 mg for at least 6 months
- Microalbuminuria (defined as microalbuminuria > 30 mg/g and < 300 mg/g by spot urine test)
- Serum creatinine ≤1.5 mg/dL for men and ≤1.4mg/dL for women
- Urinalysis with white blood cells (WBC) <5 cells per high power field
- Results of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), fasting blood glucose, serum creatinine, urine albumin/urine creatinine ratio and urinary analysis tests at baseline and 6 months after initiating the losartan therapy are available
- Medical history and co-morbidities (if available) listed in medical records
- Prescription information of antihypertensive regimen of losartan 50 mg or 100 mg available
Exclusion criteria:
- Treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARB) before initiated treatment with losartan 50 mg or losartan 100 mg
- Enrollment in another clinical trial
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of Participants With Macroalbuminuria After 6 Months of Treatment Baseline and Month 6 Macroalbuminuria was defined as having an albumin/creatinine ratio (ACR) \>300 mg/g and ≥30% increase from baseline.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) Baseline and Month 6 SBP at baseline and month 6.
Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) Baseline and Month 6 DBP at baseline and month 6.
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