Homocysteine Study (HOST) - Full Text View

Sponsor:	Department of Veterans Affairs
Collaborators:	Pan American Laboratories Abbott Diagnostics Division
Information provided by:	Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00032435

Purpose

The primary objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that administration of folate, pyridoxine (vitamin B6) and cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) in high doses to patients with advanced chronic renal failure or end stage renal disease and abnormally high plasma homocysteine levels will lower the homocysteine levels and the death rate compared to patients who receive placebo. The secondary objective is to test the hypothesis that intake of the vitamins compared to placebo decreases the incidence of myocardial infarction, disabling stroke, and amputation of a lower extremity and, in hemodialysis patients, thrombosis of the vascular access.

Condition	Intervention	Phase
End Stage Renal Disease Renal Failure	Drug: PAL-40 Active Drug: PAL-40 Placebo	Phase III

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Double-Blind, Placebo Control
Official Title:	CSP #453 - Homocysteinemia in Kidney and Endstage Renal Disease Study (HOST)

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MedlinePlus related topics: Kidney Failure

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Estimated Enrollment:	2003
Study Start Date:	May 2001
Study Completion Date:	September 2006
Primary Completion Date:	August 2006 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental PAL-40 Active	Drug: PAL-40 Active
2: Placebo Comparator PAL-40 Placebo	Drug: PAL-40 Placebo

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Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	21 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients will be screened by their plasma homocysteine concentration. They must have a level of at least 15 mM/L to be enrolled in the study.

Patients will be excluded by any of the following criteria: age less than 21 years, expected life span less than 6 months, pregnancy, metastatic cancer, end-stage liver disease, treatment with methotrexate, other anti-folate medication or anticonvulsants, unreliable or likely noncompliant, participation in another long-term trial, or unwilling or unable to give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00032435

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Sponsors and Collaborators

Department of Veterans Affairs

Pan American Laboratories

Abbott Diagnostics Division

Investigators

Study Chair:

Rex L. Jamison

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

More Information

Publications:

Jamison RL, Hartigan P, Kaufman JS, Goldfarb DS, Warren SR, Guarino PD, Gaziano JM; Veterans Affairs Site Investigators. Effect of homocysteine lowering on mortality and vascular disease in advanced chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2007 Sep 12;298(10):1163-70.

Jamison RL, Hartigan P, Gaziano JM, Fortmann SP, Goldfarb DS, Haroldson JA, Kaufman J, Lavori P, McCully KS, Robinson K. Design and statistical issues in the homocysteinemia in kidney and end stage renal disease (HOST) study. Clin Trials. 2004;1(5):451-60.

Jamison RL, Shih MC, Humphries DE, Guarino PD, Kaufman JS, Goldfarb DS, Warren SR, Gaziano JM, Lavori P; Veterans Affairs Site Investigators. Effect of the MTHFR C677T and A1298C polymorphisms on survival in patients with advanced CKD and ESRD: a prospective study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 May;53(5):779-89. Epub 2009 Mar 9.

Brady CB, Gaziano JM, Cxypoliski RA, Guarino PD, Kaufman JS, Warren SR, Hartigan P, Goldfarb DS, Jamison RL. Homocysteine lowering and cognition in CKD: the Veterans Affairs homocysteine study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Sep;54(3):440-9. Epub 2009 Jul 23.

Responsible Party:	Department of Veterans Affairs ( Jamison, Rex - Study Chair )
Study ID Numbers:	453
Study First Received:	March 20, 2002
Last Updated:	October 14, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00032435 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government; United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

folate, pyridoxine,vitamin B6,cyanocobalamin,homoc

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Renal Insufficiency
Urologic Diseases
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

Kidney Failure, Chronic
Kidney Diseases
Kidney Failure

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 05, 2009