Status:

COMPLETED

Primary Prevention of Hypertension in Obese Adolescents

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Collaborating Sponsors:

Baylor University

Conditions:

Obesity

Pre-Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

11-18 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the consequences of lowering serum uric acid in pre-hypertensive, obese adolescents pathways involved with how uric acid mediated hypertension and renal disease...

Detailed Description

The trial will be a double blinded, placebo control trial of two uric acid lowering agents. The endpoints for this trial will be, endothelial function, systemic vascular resistance, plasma renin activ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children between the ages of 11 and 18
  • body mass index greater than the 95th percentile for age
  • Blood pressure between 75th and 95th percentile for age, gender and height percentile

Exclusion

  • hypertension at the time of screening
  • allergy to one of the study medications
  • liver function abnormality (AST or ALT greater than twice the upper limit of
  • normal for the laboratory)
  • history of renal stones
  • renal insufficiency (Schwartz formula calculated GFR less than 70ml per min per 1.73m2 BSA)
  • positive urine pregnancy test
  • diabetes
  • organ transplant recipient
  • currently treated with an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI), angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), diuretic, other medications known to alter serum uric acid level
  • lack of ability to comply with the study protocol

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00288158

Start Date

September 1 2008

End Date

January 1 2011

Last Update

September 14 2017

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Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030