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A population based surveillance study to estimate the prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases (such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic kidney diseases and stroke) and their risk factors (such as hypertension, obesity, diet, physical activity, stress, tobacco, alcohol, etc.).

Centre for cArdiometabolic Risk reduction in South Asia - Surveillance Study [CARRS - SURVEILLANCE STUDY] This is cohort modelled surveillance study of cardiometabolic diseases and their risk factors.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2010/091/000440
Enrollment
8000
Registered
2010-05-04
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Cardiometabolic Diseases such as Cardiovascular Diseases, Type II Diabetes, Stroke, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Diseases Health Condition 2: I639- Cerebral infarction, unspecified Health Condition 3: N189- Chronic kidney disease, unspecified Health Condition 4: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension Health Condition 5: I519- Heart disease, unspecified Health Condition 6: E118- Type 2 diabetes mellitus with unspecified complications

Interventions

Intervention1: Not applicable: Not applicable Control Intervention1: Not applicable: Not applicable

Sponsors

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute NHLBI under the National Institutes of Health NIH USA
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adults aged 20 years and more living in the urban areas of Delhi and Chennai

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Pregnant women and bed-ridden individuals

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Through piloting this cohort-modeled community-based surveillance plan and capturing broad-ranging data (including underlying lifestyle habits and risk factors, incident events and target organ damage, morbidity and mortality, as well as qualitative themes such as quality of life, health-seeking behaviors, health care utilization, cost of care, and quality of care delivery), we hope to underscore: 8 a. The need to overlay these pilot studies with sustained, efficient measurement systems for key cardiometabolic disease determinants and outcomes at sentinel sites with a view to examining trends over time, and b. The importance, feasibility, and benefits of maintaining and eventually expanding this initial surveillance infrastructure at other selected sites around the country, with gradual maturation to comprehensive data systems.Timepoint:

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactProf Dorairaj Prabhakaran

Executive Director Center for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC)

dprabhakaran@ccdcindia.org011-43421900

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026