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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01433744
Date of registration: 12/09/2011
Primary sponsor: State University of Maringá
Public title: Short-term Changes on C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Levels After Non-surgical Periodontal Treatment
Scientific title: Short-term Changes on C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Levels After Non-surgical Periodontal Treatment
Date of first enrolment: January 2010
Target sample size: 44
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01433744
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients should have = 20 teeth present; (ii) absence of oral soft tissue lesions; (iii)
have = 3 carious lesions in all teeth. In addition, to be included in the Test group the
subject had to present chronic periodontitis (involvement of at least 5 teeth with at
least one site presenting probing depth (PD) = 5 mm and clinical attachment loss (CAL) = 3
mm) while to be included in the Control group the patient had to exhibit periodontal
healthy (bleeding on probing (BOP) < 30% of the sites and absence of any PD > 4mm
associated with BOP).

Exclusion Criteria:

(i) periodontal disease treatment in the previous six months; (ii) aged less than 35
years; (iii) systemic conditions such as history of CVD or any other chronic or
immunologic diseases and the use of related drugs in the previous six months; (iv) smokers
or former smokers; (v) pregnant or lactating women; (vi) hypertension (>140 systolic and >
90 diastolic mmHg); (vii) obesity (Body Mass Index (BMI) = 30 kg/m²); (viii) levels of
HDL-cholesterol > 35.0 mg/dL (ix) levels of LDL-cholesterol < 160.0 mg/dL (x)levels of
triglycerides < 400.0 mg/dL and (xi) levels of glucose levels < 100 mg/dL.



Age minimum: 35 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Chronic Periodontitis
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Non-surgical periodontal treatment
Primary Outcome(s)
C-Reactive Protein levels [Time Frame: Baseline and 60 days after treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
The effect of non-surgical periodontal treatment on patients with chronic periodontitis [Time Frame: Baseline and re-evaluation 60 days after the end of treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
5209/2009
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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