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HypertensionNCT00260910

Progression Evaluation and Genetic Determinants of Hypertension in Chinese - A Follow-up Study of Taiwan SAPPHIRe

An observational study of Hypertension, run by National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan at 1 site in Taiwan.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the progression evaluation and genetic determinations of hypertension in Chinese Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 30 to 70 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Hypertension
How many people
1,246 participants
Where
1 siteTaiwan
Study dates
May 2001to Dec 2005
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 30 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: A follow-up genetic study of Taiwan SAPPHIRe Cohort

Who may be able to join

  • Age of subjects when recruited must be between 35 and 60 years. Subjects over age 60 may also be eligible provided that documentation of their hypertension status prior to age 60 is available.
  • Chinese ancestry, i.e. all four grandparents Chinese. Hypertension is defined as follows: systolic BP (SBP) greater than or equal to (>=) 160 mm Hg or diastolic BP (DBP) >= 95 mm Hg or taking 2 medications for high blood pressure (Stage II hypertension). Alternatively the subject could have uncontrolled hypertension, i.e. taking 1 medication for high blood pressure and has either systolic BP >= 140 or diastolic >= 90 mm Hg.

Who cannot join

  • One of the affected sibs is adopted (i.e. no parent in common) or if the sibs have only one parent in common.
  • Both parents have been treated for hypertension before the age of 60. If offspring reports about their parents' hypertension status are conflicting, then a single reliable report of hypertension in both parents before age 60 is cause for exclusion. This exclusion criterion, however, does not apply to discordant sib-pairs.
  • Diabetic individuals were excluded. Diabetes uncovered as a result of SAPPHIRe lab work does not lead to exclusion however.
  • Severe kidney disease (except stones and remote infections) of creatinine > 1.5 mg/dl, unless documented proof that the subject met inclusion criteria prior to increase in creatinine levels.
  • A body-mass index greater than 35.
  • In addition, the following conditions are considered as cause for exclusion: ongoing (or within the past 6 months) treatment for cancer; terminal illness (life expectancy fewer than 6 months); liver cirrhosis or any other chronic illness; pregnancy or fewer than 6 months post-partum.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Taiwan1 site
  • Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, NHRI

    Miaoli County

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About this study

The purpose of this study is to determine the progression evaluation and genetic determinations of hypertension in Chinese

Read the detailed description

Blood pressure is a quantitative trait affected by both genetic and environmental factors. It is known that human essential hypertension does not follow a simple Mendelian mode of inheritance. Stanford-Asian Pacific Program in Hypertension and Insulin Resistance (SAPPHIRe) is an international genetic study, which intends to map the major genetic loci underlying hypertension in sibpairs of Asian-Pacific Chinese and Japanese origin. Based on the data generated through year 1 to year 5, preliminary analysis has not shown positive results in the linkage analysis of genome wide scan data, although association studies of some candidate genes give promising results.

Success in genetic studies may depend on many factors including the selection of the patient population, the identification of intermediate phenotypes, the disease subsets, and the genetic strategy and methodologies employed. According to our previous analysis, presented in SAPPHIRe Steering Committee meetings (twice a year), there is heterogeneity among Chinese and Japanese origins.

In order to reduce heterogeneity of the genetic and environmental background, we will focus our investigation on the Chinese population. Furthermore, besides the variables associated with insulin resistance, which were collected and studied in year 1 through 5 of SAPPHIRe, some more variables will be collected and studied in order to identify most sensible intermediate phenotypes and more homogeneous disease subsets.

Our general approach is to continue analyzing candidate genes as well as perform a complete genome search based on the exiting genome-wide scan data together with old and new phenotype variables.

Conditions
Hypertension
Medical subject headings
Hypertension

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Dec 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2001
  3. Primary completionDec 2005
  4. Study completionDec 2005

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Family based
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
1,246 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00260910
Sponsor's protocol ID
EC9003003
Status last verified
Aug 2009
First submitted
1 Dec 2005
Last updated
7 Apr 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • Lee IT, Chiu YF, Hwu CM, He CT, Chiang FT, Lin YC, Assimes T, Curb JD, Sheu WH. Central obesity is important but not essential component of the metabolic syndrome for predicting diabetes mellitus in a hypertensive family-based cohort. Results from the Stanford Asia-pacific program for hypertension and insulin resistance (SAPPHIRe) Taiwan follow-up study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2012 Apr 26;11:43. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-43.

    PubMed 22537054

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Hypertension, run by National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan at 1 site in Taiwan.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 7 Apr 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00260910, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Apr 2016.

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