Status:

TERMINATED

Pioglitazone Protects Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Patients Against Re-Infarction (PPAR Study)

Lead Sponsor:

National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan

Collaborating Sponsors:

Japan Heart Foundation

Conditions:

Diabetes Mellitus

Myocardial Infarction

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-79 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

To evaluate whether the pioglitazone could reduce the recurrence of myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with DM and old myocardial infarction

Detailed Description

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a well-established risk factor for coronary heart disease and atherosclerotic change in coronary artery. So we designed a prospective randomized multi-center trial named th...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • diabetes mellitus (fasting plasma glucose levels of\>126 mg/dL, or 2-hour 75g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) value of \>200 mg/dL, and HbA1c levels of\<6.5% (47.5 IFCC))
  • History of myocardial infarction
  • Age between 20-79 years old

Exclusion

  • acute MI occurring within the last 7 days
  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) symptoms of no fewer II or with left ventricular ejection fraction of not more than 40%
  • suspected type I DM
  • scheduled coronary angioplasty or history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery
  • serious liver or kidney damage
  • history of allergy or drug hypersensitivity
  • arteriosclerosis obliterans with Fontaine stage III or worse
  • inability to understand and/or comply with study medications, procedures and/or follow-up or any conditions that may render the patient unable to complete the study in the opinion of the investigator.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

630 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00212004

Start Date

April 1 2005

End Date

April 1 2018

Last Update

May 23 2018

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National Cardiovascular Center

Suita, Osaka, Japan, 565-8565