The Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium

NCT05466825 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: GCVRC001
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 3,000,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium (GCVRC) brings together harmonized individual-level data from currently more than 2 million (anticipated: approximately 3 million) individuals across 133 cohorts, 40 countries, and 6 continents, with recruitment ongoing. The GCVRC examines the impact of classical cardiovascular risk factors-such as body-mass index, systolic blood pressure, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, current smoking, and diabetes-on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death from any cause worldwide.

Conditions

All-cause Mortality; Cardiovascular Disease

Keywords

Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Risk Factor Modification; Global; Lifetime Gain; Lifetime estimates; Projected risk reductions; Lifetime difference; Implementation strategies

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Cardiovascular disease (CVD)

  Event rates of CVD and CVD subtypes: First fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary revascularization, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke, and cardiovascular or unclassifiable death. The type of outcome measurement varies across cohorts. CVD cases and subtypes are assessed by questionnaire information, national hospital discharge registry data, causes of death registry data or central death registries depending on the study protocol of the respective cohort studies.

  Median follow-up of 7-10 years

• Death from any cause

  Number of deaths from any cause.

  Median follow-up of 7-10 years

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

The GCVRC uses harmonized individual-level data from currently more than 2 Mio individuals from 133 cohorts, 40 countries and 6 continents, categorized in 8 geographical regions - North America, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, Asia, and Australia. The database provides information on cardiovascular risk factors, including body-mass index, systolic blood pressure, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, current smoking, and diabetes, as well as data on major cardiovascular outcomes and death.

You may qualify if:

• Population-based individual-level data with available information on the classical cardiovascular risk factors including body-mass index, systolic blood pressure, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, current smoking, and diabetes, as well as the outcomes of interest.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants with age below 18 years
• No information on the outcome of interest
• No information on the exposure of interest (CVD risk factors)
• History of CVD at baseline

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg, Hamburg, 20251, Germany

RECRUITING

Related Publications (2)

• Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium; Magnussen C, Alegre-Diaz J, Al-Nasser LA, Amouyel P, Aviles-Santa L, Bakker SJL, Ballantyne CM, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Bobak M, Boffetta P, Brenner H, Brunstrom M, Can G, Carrillo-Larco RM, Checkley W, Dallongeville J, De Bacquer D, de Gaetano G, de Lemos JA, di Carluccio E, Dobson A, Donfrancesco C, Dorr M, d'Orsi E, Drygas W, Dullaart RPF, Engstrom G, Ferrario MM, Ferrieres J, Figtree GA, Gaye B, Ghayour-Mobarhan M, Goldbourt U, Gonzalez C, Gossling A, Grassi G, Gupta PC, He J, Hodge AM, Hozawa A, Hveem K, Iacoviello L, Ikram MK, Inoue M, Irazola V, Jobe M, Jousilahti P, Kaleebu P, Kavousi M, Kee F, Khalili D, Klotsche J, Koenig W, Kontsevaya A, Kowlessur S, Kuri-Morales P, Kuulasmaa K, Kweon SS, Lackner KJ, Landmesser U, Leistner DM, Leiva Sisnieguez CE, Leong D, Lind L, Linneberg A, Lorenz T, Lyngbakken MN, Malekzadeh R, Malyutina S, Mathiesen EB, McElduff P, Melander O, Metspalu A, Miranda JJ, Moitry M, Mugisha J, Munzinger J, Nalini M, Nambi V, Nilsson PM, Ninomiya T, Omland T, Ong SK, Oppermann K, Pajak A, Palmieri L, Panagiotakos D, Park SK, Pednekar MS, Perianayagam A, Peters A, Poustchi H, Prabhakaran D, Prentice AM, Prescott E, Quyyumi A, Riserus U, Sakata S, Salazar M, Salomaa V, Sans S, Sattler ELP, Schottker B, Schutte AE, Sepanlou SG, Sharma SK, Shaw J, Simons LA, Soderberg S, Tamosiunas A, Tapia-Conyer R, Thorand B, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Tuomilehto J, Twerenbold R, Vanuzzo D, Veronesi G, Wannamethee SG, Watanabe M, Weimann J, Wild PS, Yao Y, Zeng Y, Ziegler A, Ojeda FM, Blankenberg S; The Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium. Global Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on Lifetime Estimates. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jul 10;393(2):125-138. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2415879. Epub 2025 Mar 30.

  PMID: 40162648 BACKGROUND

• Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium; Magnussen C, Ojeda FM, Leong DP, Alegre-Diaz J, Amouyel P, Aviles-Santa L, De Bacquer D, Ballantyne CM, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Bobak M, Brenner H, Carrillo-Larco RM, de Lemos J, Dobson A, Dorr M, Donfrancesco C, Drygas W, Dullaart RP, Engstrom G, Ferrario MM, Ferrieres J, de Gaetano G, Goldbourt U, Gonzalez C, Grassi G, Hodge AM, Hveem K, Iacoviello L, Ikram MK, Irazola V, Jobe M, Jousilahti P, Kaleebu P, Kavousi M, Kee F, Khalili D, Koenig W, Kontsevaya A, Kuulasmaa K, Lackner KJ, Leistner DM, Lind L, Linneberg A, Lorenz T, Lyngbakken MN, Malekzadeh R, Malyutina S, Mathiesen EB, Melander O, Metspalu A, Miranda JJ, Moitry M, Mugisha J, Nalini M, Nambi V, Ninomiya T, Oppermann K, d'Orsi E, Pajak A, Palmieri L, Panagiotakos D, Perianayagam A, Peters A, Poustchi H, Prentice AM, Prescott E, Riserus U, Salomaa V, Sans S, Sakata S, Schottker B, Schutte AE, Sepanlou SG, Sharma SK, Shaw JE, Simons LA, Soderberg S, Tamosiunas A, Thorand B, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Twerenbold R, Vanuzzo D, Veronesi G, Waibel J, Wannamethee SG, Watanabe M, Wild PS, Yao Y, Zeng Y, Ziegler A, Blankenberg S. Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality. N Engl J Med. 2023 Oct 5;389(14):1273-1285. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2206916. Epub 2023 Aug 26.

  PMID: 37632466 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Blankenberg

  Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Blankenberg

CONTACT

+49 (0)40 741056800; s.blankenberg@uke.de

Prof. Dr. med. Christina Magnussen

CONTACT

+49 (0) 40 741058206; c.magnussen@uke.de

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof. Dr. med.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 18, 2022
• First Posted: July 20, 2022
• Study Start: September 20, 2019
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2028
• Last Updated: February 27, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DE (1)