Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism Clinical Evaluation in Atherosclerosis Trial
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Atherosclerotic disease, or hardening of the arteries, is characterized by the thickening of
the arterial walls due to fatty deposits in wall and inflammation in the wall of arteries.
High cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and genetics play an important role
in developing clinical symptoms of atherosclerosis disease. The complications of advanced
atherosclerosis are chronic, slowly progressive and cumulative, resulting in heart attack,
stroke and/or death and blockage of arteries.
This study is being done to assess the effectiveness of Spironolactone therapy to slow down
the worsening of atherosclerotic disease (hardening of the arteries) in aorta (this is a
large vessel coming out of your heart) compared to placebo (look alike sugar pill). This will
be checked by comparing before and after therapy magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pictures of
your aortic wall.
Spironolactone is an FDA approved drug used to treat heart failure and in the management of
hypertension (high blood pressure), but in this study it is used for another unapproved
reason. In this study, we would like to evaluate the effects of Spironolactone in people with
diabetes and atherosclerotic disease.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center University of Maryland
Collaborators:
University of Maryland, College Park University of Toronto Winthrop University