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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00407784
Date of registration: 04/12/2006
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center
Public title: Diagnostic Properties of Aldosterone-Renin Ratio in Primary Aldosteronism Among Hypertensives.
Scientific title: Aldosterone-Renin Ratio to Diagnose Primary Aldosteronism in a Population of Patients With Therapy-Resistant Hypertension: Test Characteristics, Diagnostic Value and Predictive Value for Antihypertensive Treatment. The Dutch ARRAT Study.
Date of first enrolment: January 2007
Target sample size: 500
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00407784
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Defined Population, Primary Purpose: Screening, Time Perspective: Longitudinal  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:     Pieter Jansen, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +31(0)-4632196
Email: p.jansen.1@erasmusmc.nl
Affiliation: 
Name:     A.H. van den Meiracker, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Erasmus Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age 18-65 years

- blood pressure above 140 mmHg systolic and above 90 mmHg diastolic

- use of at least 2 antihypertensive drugs

Exclusion Criteria:

- known cause of hypertension, including white-coat hypertension

- severe renal failure (kreat > 200 umol/l)

- BMI above 32 kg/m2

- poorly regulated diabetes mellitus (HbA1C > 8.0 %)

- heart failure

- stroke or myocardial infarction within 6 months before inclusion

- angina pectoris

- pregnancy

- neoplastic disease, within 5 years before inclusion

- alcohol abuse



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Hyperaldosteronism
Intervention(s)
Drug: eplerenone
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
C05.2151
MEC-2006-103
EudraCT nr: 2006-006618-13
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Dutch Kidney Foundation
Pfizer
Ethics review
Results
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