Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in 65 Year Old Males in Oslo

Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01248533

Acronym

AAAscreening

Enrollment

7500

Registered

2010-11-25

Start date

2011-05-31

Completion date

2029-12-31

Last updated

2016-03-30

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Conditions

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm, atherosclerosis

Brief summary

Male subjects, 65 years of age, living in Oslo, Norway will be invited to be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Detailed description

The invited population will be offered ultrasound investigation of their abdominal aorta. Further information regarding risk factors will be noted and measurement of ankle-brachial index will be measured/calculated. A further step in the future will be to sample blood with focus on different cytokines and genmediators.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

65 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Males aged 65 years

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)	Yearly the number of patients with AAA among the screened population will be assessed during the inclusion period of 18 years..	AAA definition: diameter equal or more than 30 mm. The number of identified patients with AAA will be yearlig assessed.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)	Yearly the number of patients with PAD among the screened poplulation will be assessed during the inclusion period of 18 years.	Investigate the prevalence of PAD among patients with AAA defined as having Ankle-Arm Index (AAI) less than 0.9. The number of these patients will be assessed yearly.

Outcome results