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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00171119
Date of registration: 10/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Public title: A Study in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type II of the Effect on Albuminuria of 24 Week Treatment With Valsartan, Benazepril, and Valsartan+Benazepril
Scientific title: A 24-Week Study to Assess Blood Pressure Independent Effects of Valsartan Treatment, Benazepril Treatment and Combination of Both Valsartan and Benazepril Treatment on Urinary Albumin Excretion Rate With Type II Diabetes Mellitus and Microalbuminuria
Date of first enrolment: January 2004
Target sample size: 81
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00171119
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:   Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Affiliation:  Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- male or female patients aged 35-75 years with type 2 diabetes mellitus and recent
evidence of persistent microalbuminuria

- patients with a median (of 3 samples) timed overnight UAER in the microalbuminuric
range of 20-200 g/min in the formal screening period prior to entry

- patients who give written, signed, informed consent.

- patients with/without mild /moderate hypertension.

- patients who are not on hypertensive treatment, or if they are already on treatment,
those who accept to enter a 3 weeks no-treatment wash-out period before switching
their treatment.

- patients without any accompanying systemic disease

Exclusion Criteria:

- pregnant or nursing women, or women of childbearing potential not using an acceptable
method of contraception

- patients with type I diabetes mellitus defined by onset below the age of 35 years and
requiring insulin within the first year after diagnosis

Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria may apply.



Age minimum: 35 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diabetic Nephropathy
Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: valsartan
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from baseline in urine albumin excretion rate after 24 weeks
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change from baseline in urine albumin excretion rate after 24 weeks in those patients with blood pressure greater than 140/90, or who had previously taken blood pressure medicine, at study entry
Percent of patients returning to normal urine albumin excretion rate after 24 weeks
Secondary ID(s)
CVAL489ATR05
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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