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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR901
Date of registration: 12/02/2007
Primary sponsor: Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Public title: Biochemical efficacy and tolerability of allopurinol, benzbromarone and probenecid in gout.
Scientific title: Biochemical efficacy and tolerability of allopurinol, benzbromarone and probenecid in gout: a randomised controlled trial of benzbromarone versus probenecid after failure of allopurinol. - GOUT-1
Date of first enrolment: 1/6/2005
Target sample size: 96
Recruitment status: complete
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=901
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: None; Control: Active; Group: Parallel; Type: 2 or more arms, randomized  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: M.K.   Reinders
Address:  Medical Centre Leeuwarden Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Postbox 888 8901 BR Leeuwarden The Netherlands
Telephone: 0031 58 2866610
Email: m.reinders@znb.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: M.K.   Reinders
Address:  Medical Centre Leeuwarden Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Postbox 888 8901 BR Leeuwarden The Netherlands
Telephone: 0031 58 2866610
Email: m.reinders@znb.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age >18 year;

2. Diagnosis gout based on crystal evidence or ARA criteria;

3. Eestimated creatinine clearance >50 ml/min;

4. Baseline values measured: serum urate, urinary urate excretion, serum creatinine.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Contra-indication for allopurinol, benzbromaron or probenecid;

2. Prior treatment with allopurinol, benzbromaron or probenecid.


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Gout, Hyperuricemia

Intervention(s)
stage 1: allopurinol 1dd 300mg (8 weeks).

stage 2:

A. benzbromarone 1dd 200mg (8 weeks);

B. probenecide 2dd 1000mg (8 weeks).
Primary Outcome(s)
Success rate on study medication consisting of patient tolerability and attainment of target level serum urate <0.30 mmol/l after 8 weeks treatment.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Serum urate lowering effect (% decrease) of the antihyperuricemic agent;

2. tolerability of the antihyperuricemic agent (adverse drug reactions).
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN21473387
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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