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Last refreshed on: 9 January 2017
Main ID:  NCT03006952
Date of registration: 24/12/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Public title: Add-on Pentoxifylline to Losartan Versus Increasing Dose of Losartan on NT-PRO BNP in Type 2 Diabetics With Nephropathy
Scientific title: Comparative Effects of add-on Pentoxifylline to Losartan Versus Increasing Dose of Losartan on Serum NT-PRO BNP and Proteinuria in Type 2 Diabetics With Nephropathy
Date of first enrolment: April 2015
Target sample size: 59
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03006952
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Contacts
Name:     Alireza Esteghamati, MD
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Affiliation:  Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Vali-Asr Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age>30 and age<70, urinary albumin excretion (UAE) =150 mg/24 h

Exclusion Criteria:

- any infectious or malignant diseases, non-diabetic kidney disease, retinal
hemorrhage, acute myocardial infarction, uncontrolled hypertension, pregnancy, unable
to follow up, hyperthyroidism, baseline serum potassium concentrations =5.5 meq/L,
glomerular filtration rate (GFR)<30mL/min/1.73 m and intolerance of pentoxifylline



Age minimum: 38 Years
Age maximum: 76 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diabetic Nephropathies
Intervention(s)
Drug: Pentoxifylline
Drug: Losartan
Primary Outcome(s)
N terminal brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro BNP) [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Blood pressure [Time Frame: 3 months]
serum creatinine concentrations [Time Frame: 3 months]
estimated glomerular filtration rate [Time Frame: 3 months]
Highly sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) [Time Frame: 3 months]
Urinary albumin excretion [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
931133003
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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