Status:

COMPLETED

Short-term Changes on C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Levels After Non-surgical Periodontal Treatment

Lead Sponsor:

State University of Maringá

Conditions:

Chronic Periodontitis

Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

35-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The hypotheses tested were that levels of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) would be higher in patients with chronic periodontitis in comparison with those without periodontal disease and that the non-surgical...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 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

  • (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.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

44 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01433744

Start Date

January 1 2010

End Date

July 1 2011

Last Update

September 14 2011

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Departament of Dentistry of State University of Maringá

Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, 87080000