Comparison of Aliskiren and Amlodipine on Insulin Resistance and Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome

Completed · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: High Blood Pressure, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Endothelial Dysfunction

In brief

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Aliskiren on insulin resistance (IR) and endothelial dysfunction (ED) in patients with high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome. The efficacy of Aliskiren was compared to Amlodipine.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00417170

Run by

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

People needed

48

Starts

2007-10-01

Expected to finish

2010-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-09-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male or female adults aged 18 to 55 years, inclusive.
• Sitting diastolic blood pressure ≥80 mm Hg and/or sitting systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 at screening.
• Metabolic Syndrome as defined by the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III criteria.
• Hypertension (defined above) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG) plus one or more out of the remaining 3 criteria to satisfy entry into the study. IGT and IFG will be classified according to American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines:
• IFG: Fasting plasma glucose of 100 mg/dl (5.6 mmol/l) to 125 mg/dl (6.9 mmol/l)
• IGT: Two-hour plasma glucose of 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/l) to 199 mg/dl (11.0 mmol/l)
• Abnormal Positron Emission Tomography (PET) results at baseline. (Myocardial Blood Flow (MBF) of less than or equal to 35%.)
• Abnormal euglycemic clamp results at baseline. (Glucose infusion rate (GINF) of less than or equal to 4.2 mg/kg/min.)
• Body mass index (BMI) of less than 40.

You may not qualify if…

• Smokers (use of tobacco products in the recent past)
• Cardiovascular abnormalities including myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, hypertensive encephalopathy, stroke, transient ischemic attack, valvular heart disease, ventricular arrhythmia, A-V block, atrial fibrillation or cardiac revascularization/angioplasty in the past 12 months.
• Symptoms or clinical evidence of congestive heart failure or known left ventricular ejection fraction < 40%.
• Supine Blood pressure ≥ 160 mmHg systolic or ≥110 mmHg diastolic.
• Clinically significant echocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities, including history of a prolonged QT-interval syndrome.
• Significant autonomic dysfunction.
• Severe bronchospastic disease (including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, treated or not treated).
• Clinically significant drug allergy, atopic allergy (asthma, urticaria, eczematous dermatitis).
• Pregnant or breastfeeding females. Pre-menopausal females who are not practicing a non-hormonal method of birth control.
• African Americans will not be eligible for this study.
• Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Where it is running

• Novartis Investigative Site — Santa Monica, California, United States

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