Acarbose and Secondary Prevention After Coronary Stenting
Effects of Acarbose Long-Term Therapy on Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Abnormal Glucose Tolerance With Coronary Artery Disease (ALERT Study)
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interventional
300
1 country
3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the intervention for newly diagnosed abnormal glucose tolerance after coronary stenting will improve the long-term clinical outcome.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_3
Started May 2005
Typical duration for phase_3
3 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2005
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 13, 2005
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 22, 2005
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 1, 2009
CompletedJune 25, 2009
June 1, 2009
September 13, 2005
June 23, 2009
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Cardiovascular event free survival time
Secondary Outcomes (8)
Conversion of abnormal glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes
All causes of death
Occurrence of every cardiovascular event
Occurrence of in-stent restenosis
Change in fasting, 2-hour blood glucose and insulin level
- +3 more secondary outcomes
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Within 8 weeks since implantation of coronary artery stents for stable angina pectoris or acute coronary syndrome.
- Abnormal glucose tolerance according to a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).
- HbA1c is less than 6.5%.
- Age is between 20 and 75 years (at time of consent).
- Patients who can give informed consent themselves in writing.
You may not qualify if:
- Patients with abnormal glucose tolerance caused by other organic disorders such as pancreatitis, hemochromatosis, post pancreatectomy, hyperthyroidism, Cushing syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, etc.
- Patients with planned angioplasty.
- Patients with uncontrollable congestive heart failure.
- Less than 6 months since last episode of cerebral infarction.
- Patients who have received medication for diabetes mellitus before.
- AST (GOT) exceeding 100 IU/L or ALT (GPT) exceeding 100 IU/L.
- Creatinine exceeding 2 mg/dl.
- Patients with a history of ileus or less than 6 months since celiotomy.
- Pregnant women or those who plan to become pregnant, or are in the lactation period.
- Habitual drinker (more than 100 ml/day of alcohol).
- Patients with a history of gastrectomy.
- Patients for whom it is impossible to follow up for 5 years.
- Any other reason that the clinical supervisors or clinical researchers may have for considering a case unsuitable for the study.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (3)
Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation.
Kobe, Hyogo Pref., 650-0047, Japan
Kobe City General Hospital/Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation
Kobe, Hyogo Pref., 650-0047, Japan
Kawasaki Medical School Hospital
Kurashiki, Okayama-ken, 701-0192, Japan
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Koichi Tamita, MD.
Division of Cardiology, Kobe General Hospital
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Minako Katayama, MD
Division of Clinical Research Promotion, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation.
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Yutaka Furukawa, MD
Division of Cardiology, Kobe General Hospital
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 3
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 13, 2005
First Posted
September 22, 2005
Study Start
May 1, 2005
Study Completion
April 1, 2009
Last Updated
June 25, 2009
Record last verified: 2009-06