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Register: JPRN
Last refreshed on: 20 November 2023
Main ID:  JPRN-UMIN000025936
Date of registration: 20/02/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: National cerebral and cardiovascular center
Public title: Japanese AntibaCterial drug maNagemEnt for cardiac Sarcoidosis Trial
Scientific title: Japanese AntibaCterial drug maNagemEnt for cardiac Sarcoidosis Trial - J-ACNES
Date of first enrolment: 2017/06/12
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up continuing
URL:  https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000029819
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Parallel Randomized  
Phase:  Not selected
Countries of recruitment
Japan
Contacts
Name: Kengo    Kusano
Address:  6-1 Kishibeshinmachi, Suita, Osaka, Japan Japan
Telephone: 0661701070
Email: kusanokengo@gmail.com
Affiliation:  National cerebral and cardiovascular center department of cardiovascular medicine
Name: Kengo    Kusano
Address:  6-1 Kishibeshinmachi, Suita, Osaka, Japan 5648565 Japan
Telephone: 0661701070
Email: kusanokengo@gmail.com
Affiliation:  National cerebral and cardiovascular center department of cardiovascular medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria: liver or kideny dysfunction, active infection, contraindication of drugs, corticosteroid therapy within 6 months for other disease, severe diabetes mellitus, and pregnancy

Age minimum: 20years-old
Age maximum: Not applicable
Gender: Male and Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cardiac sarcoidosis
Intervention(s)
combination therapy group: Prednisolone; Predonisolone start from 30mg/day and continue same dose for one month. After one month, prednisolone decrease 25mg, 20mg, 15mg, 10mg every 2-4 weeks. Finally, maintenance dose of predonisolone is 7.5mg. Antimicrobial agent; Clarithromycin start from 400mg/day for 24weeks. Doxycycline start 100mg/day for 22 weeks after 2 months of clarithromycin therapy.
Prednisolone; Predonisolone start from 30mg/day and continue same dose for one month. After one month, prednisolone decrease 25mg, 20mg, 15mg, 10mg every 2-4 weeks. Finally, maintenance dose of predonisolone is 7.5mg.
Primary Outcome(s)
the change of SUV level from baseline in FDG-PET/CT examination (6 months after study enroll)
Secondary Outcome(s)
the frequency of steroid dose increasing (12 months after study enroll)
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
National cerebral and cardiovascular center
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: YES
Approval date: 12/12/2016
Contact:
rec-office-ac@ncvc.go.jp
National cerebral and cardiovascular center research ethics committee
0661701070
rec-office-ac@ncvc.go.jp
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 09/02/2023
Date Completed: 30/09/2021
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