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Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Sponsors and Collaborators: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information provided by: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000620
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to prevent major cardiovascular events (heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular death) in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus using intensive glycemic control, intensive blood pressure control, and multiple lipid management.


Condition Intervention Phase
Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular Diseases
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertension
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Diabetes Mellitus
Coronary Disease
Drug: Hypoglycemic Agents
Drug: Intensive BP treatment
Drug: Fenofibrate + simvastatin
Drug: Standard glycemia control
Drug: Standard BP control
Phase III

Genetics Home Reference related topics: hypercholesterolemia
MedlinePlus related topics: Cholesterol Coronary Artery Disease Diabetes High Blood Pressure
Drug Information available for: Insulin Procetofen Simvastatin
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Factorial Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD)

Further study details as provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • First occurence of a major CVD event, specifically nonfatal heart attack, nonfatal stroke, or cardiovascular death (measured throughout the study) [ Time Frame: 5-1/2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • total mortality [ Time Frame: 5-1/2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Enrollment: 10251
Study Start Date: September 1999
Estimated Study Completion Date: June 2010
Estimated Primary Completion Date: June 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
1: Intensive glycemia control: Experimental
A strategy of intensive glycemia treatment to HbA1 less than 6%
Drug: Hypoglycemic Agents
Multiple drugs including insulins and oral hypoglycemia agents for HbA1c less than 6%
2: Standard glycemia control: Active Comparator
A strategy of multiple drugs to treat HbA1c to 7.0%-7.9%
Drug: Standard glycemia control
A strategy of glycemia drugs for HbA1c 7%-7.9%
3: Intensive BP control: Experimental
A strategy of BP treatment for SBP less than 120 mm Hg
Drug: Intensive BP treatment
A strategy of multiple BP agents to reduce SBP less than 120 mm Hg
4: Standard BP control: Active Comparator
A strategy of BP treatment for SBP less than 140 mm Hg
Drug: Standard BP control
A strategy of BP drugs for SBP less than 140 mm Hg
5: Fibrate: Experimental
Blinded fenofibrate + simvastatin 20-40 mg/d
Drug: Fenofibrate + simvastatin
Blinded fenofibrate or placebo + simvastatin 20-40 mg/d

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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   40 Years to 79 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • For participants aged 40 years or older, history of CVD (heart attack, stroke, history of coronary revascularization, history of peripheral or carotid revascularization, or demonstrated angina)
  • For participants aged 55 years or older, a history of CVD is not required, but participant must be considered to be at high risk for experiencing a CVD event
  • Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, as determined by the new American Diabetes Association guidelines, which include a fasting plasma glucose level greater than 126 mg/dl (7.0 mmol/l), or a 2-hour postload value in the oral glucose tolerance test of greater than 200 mg/dl, with confirmation by a retest
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000620

Locations
United States, Minnesota
Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55404
United States, New York
Columbia University
New York, New York, United States, 10027
United States, North Carolina
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27106
United States, Ohio
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
United States, Tennessee
Veterans Affairs
Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 38104
United States, Washington
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
Canada, Ontario
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sponsors and Collaborators
Investigators
Study Director: Denise Simons-Morton, MD, PhD National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Study Chair: William Friedewald, MD Columbia University, New York, NY
Principal Investigator: Robert Byington, PhD Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
  More Information

Click here for the ACCORD trial web site  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications of Results:
Other Publications:
Cushman WC, Grimm RH Jr, Cutler JA, Evans GW, Capes S, Corson MA, Sadler LS, Alderman MH, Peterson K, Bertoni A, Basile JN; ACCORD Study Group. Rationale and design for the blood pressure intervention of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):44i-55i. Epub 2007 Apr 16.
Williamson JD, Miller ME, Bryan RN, Lazar RM, Coker LH, Johnson J, Cukierman T, Horowitz KR, Murray A, Launer LJ; ACCORD Study Group. The Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Memory in Diabetes Study (ACCORD-MIND): rationale, design, and methods. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):112i-122i. Epub 2007 Apr 12.
Sullivan MD, Anderson RT, Aron D, Atkinson HH, Bastien A, Chen GJ, Feeney P, Gafni A, Hwang W, Katz LA, Narayan KM, Nwachuku C, O'Connor PJ, Zhang P; ACCORD Study Group. Health-related quality of life and cost-effectiveness components of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial: rationale and design. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):90i-102i. Epub 2007 Apr 13.
Bonds DE, Kurashige EM, Bergenstal R, Brillon D, Domanski M, Felicetta JV, Fonseca VA, Hall K, Hramiak I, Miller ME, Osei K, Simons-Morton DG; ACCORD Study Group. Severe hypoglycemia monitoring and risk management procedures in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):80i-89i. Epub 2007 Apr 17.
Kingry C, Bastien A, Booth G, Geraci TS, Kirpach BR, Lovato LC, Margolis KL, Rosenberg Y, Sperl-Hillen JM, Vargo L, Williamson JD, Probstfield JL; ACCORD Study Group. Recruitment strategies in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):68i-79i. Epub 2007 Apr 12.
Ginsberg HN, Bonds DE, Lovato LC, Crouse JR, Elam MB, Linz PE, O'connor PJ, Leiter LA, Weiss D, Lipkin E, Fleg JL; ACCORD Study Group. Evolution of the lipid trial protocol of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):56i-67i. Epub 2007 Apr 12.
Goff DC Jr, Gerstein HC, Ginsberg HN, Cushman WC, Margolis KL, Byington RP, Buse JB, Genuth S, Probstfield JL, Simons-Morton DG; ACCORD Study Group. Prevention of cardiovascular disease in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus: current knowledge and rationale for the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):4i-20i. Epub 2007 Apr 12. Review.
Gerstein HC, Riddle MC, Kendall DM, Cohen RM, Goland R, Feinglos MN, Kirk JK, Hamilton BP, Ismail-Beigi F, Feeney P; ACCORD Study Group. Glycemia treatment strategies in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):34i-43i. Epub 2007 Apr 19.
ACCORD Study Group; Buse JB, Bigger JT, Byington RP, Cooper LS, Cushman WC, Friedewald WT, Genuth S, Gerstein HC, Ginsberg HN, Goff DC Jr, Grimm RH Jr, Margolis KL, Probstfield JL, Simons-Morton DG, Sullivan MD. Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial: design and methods. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):21i-33i. Epub 2007 Apr 16.
Chew EY, Ambrosius WT, Howard LT, Greven CM, Johnson S, Danis RP, Davis MD, Genuth S, Domanski M; ACCORD Study Group. Rationale, design, and methods of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Eye Study (ACCORD-EYE). Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 18;99(12A):103i-111i. Epub 2007 Apr 13.

Responsible Party: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ( Denise Simons-Morton, M.D., ACCORD Project Officer )
Study ID Numbers: 123
Study First Received: October 27, 1999
Last Updated: August 7, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000620  
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):
Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Atherosclerosis
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Hyperlipidemias
Metabolic Diseases
Heart Diseases
Simvastatin
Myocardial Ischemia
Diabetes Mellitus
Vascular Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Arteriosclerosis
Ischemia
Procetofen
Insulin
Coronary Disease
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Endocrinopathy
Metabolic disorder
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Hypercholesterolemia
Dyslipidemias
Coronary Artery Disease
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Hypertension

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Antimetabolites
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Therapeutic Uses
Antilipemic Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Cardiovascular Diseases
Anticholesteremic Agents
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009