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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00237588
Date of registration: 10/10/2005
Primary sponsor: Ullevaal University Hospital
Public title: Glucose Optimisation With Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan (GOAAL)
Scientific title: Glucose Optimisation With Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan in Patients With Hypertension and Other Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome (GOAAL)
Date of first enrolment: December 2004
Target sample size: 25
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00237588
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind  
Countries of recruitment
Norway
Contacts
Name:   Sverre E Kjeldsen, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Ullevaal University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Essential hypertension with diastolic blood pressure 95-110 mmHg and systolic blood
pressure < 180 mmHg

- Previously untreated hypertension or treated with monotherapy (but not with
ACE-inhibitors or Angiotensin II-receptor blockers)

- Impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose (fasting plasma glucose;
6.1-7.0 mmol/l (110-126 mg/dl)

- Age over 18

- Informed consent

- Any one of these: Microalbuminuria (urin excretion >20 microg/min), dyslipidemia
(HDL-cholesterol <0.9 mmol/l(35 mg/dl), Triglycerides > 1.7 mmol/l (150 mg/dl), waist
to hip-ratio >0.9 in men and >0.85 in women, BMI >28 kg/m2.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Previous or current use of ACE-inhibitors or Angiotensin II-receptor blockers

- Previous or current antidiabetic medications

- "Brittle" pre-diabetes where the investigator anticipates pharmacological treatment
within next 6 months

- Hypertensive patients where the investigator anticipates polytherapy within next 6
months

- Female patient who is pregnant or nursing or planning pregnancy within the duration
of the study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: Amlodipine 10 mg or Losartan 100 mg + Amlodipine 5 mg
Primary Outcome(s)
Insulin sensitivity assessed with hyperinsulinaemic isoglycaemic glucose clamp(GDR)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Adipocytokines etc.(Adiponectin, leptin, resistin, TNF-a, PAI-1 activity, ghrelin)
Baroreflex sensitivitiy
C-peptide
Catecholamines
Fasting serum glucose
Fasting serum insulin
Heart rate variability
High sensitivity C-reactive protein
HOMA-IR
Lipids (Triglycerides, Total-cholesterolHDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol)
Microalbuminuria
Serum uric acid
Secondary ID(s)
308-1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Merck
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