Hypertensive Heart Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Curcumin 2g/day p.o.
Placebo 2g/day p.o.
Sponsors
National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Stable hypertensive patients: blood pressure =< 140/90 mmHg for a month or more 2) Hypertensive patients with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy: past history of blood pressure >= 135/85 mmHg, and LV intraventricular septum thickness >= 11mm and/or LV posterior wall thickness >= 11mm, and LV ejection fraction >= 50% by echocardiograhy
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Chronic atrial fibrillation 2) Unstable angina, recent (< 3 months) myocardial infarction, severe coronary heart disease (left main trunk or 3 vessel disease), and recent (=< 3 months) or planned (=< 6 months) AC bypass surgery / PCI 3) Severe arrhythmia (sustained ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and severe bradycardia with an indication of pacemaker implantation 4) Moderate or severe valvular diseases 5) Cardiomyopathy or progressive myocarditis 6) Severe respiratory diseases 7) Cardiogenic shock or systolic blood pressure < 80 mmHg 8) Renal failure (Cre >= 4.0 mg/dL or dialysis) 9) Severe liver dysfunction or liver cirrhosis 10) Recent (< 3 months) cerebrovascular disease 11) Malignancy 12) Poorly controlled diabetes (HbA1c >= 8.0%) 13) Anemia (Hb < 6.0 mg/dL) 14) Use of steroid 15) Past history of Curcumin allergy 16) Pregnancy, nursing, or a wish for pregnancy within 6 months 17) etc
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Conventional Doppler indices of left ventricular diastolic function including 1) Transmitral E/A ratio, 2) Decerelation time, 3) Pulmonary venous S/D ratio, etc Tissue Doppler indices of left ventricular diastolic function including 4) E/E' ratio, etc | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Symptons 2) Activity (Mets) 3) Blood pressure, pulse rate, and body mass index 4) Blood analysis including BNP concentration and urinalysis 5) Plasma Curcumin concentration 6) Chest X-p 7) Electrocardiogram 8) Echocardiography: left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic dimension, LV end-systolic demension, LV ejection fraction, left atrial demension, intraventricular septum thickness, LV posterior wall thickness, transmitral E and A wave velosity, pulmonary S and D wave velosity, and tissue Doppler early diastolic mitral annular velosity, etc | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKoji Hasegawa
National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center Division of Translational Research
Outcome results
None listed