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Homocysteine Study (HOST)
This study has been completed.
Sponsors and Collaborators: Department of Veterans Affairs
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
Renal Failure
End Stage Renal Disease
Drug: PAL-40 Active
Drug: PAL-40 Placebo
Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Kidney Failure
Drug Information available for: Folic acid Vitamin B 12 Hydroxocobalamin Vitamin B 6 5-Hydroxy-6-methyl-3,4-pyridinedimethanol hydrochloride Pyridoxine Homocysteine
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Efficacy Study
Official Title: CSP#453 - Homocysteinemia in Kidney and Endstage Renal Disease Study (HOST)

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Estimated Enrollment: 2003
Study Start Date: May 2001
Study Completion Date: August 2006
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  Eligibility

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

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

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Pan American Laboratories
Abbott Diagnostics Division
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Publications indexed to this study:
Study ID Numbers: 453
Study First Received: March 20, 2002
Last Updated: March 15, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00032435  
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:
folate, pyridoxine,vitamin B6,cyanocobalamin,homocysteine,renal failure,renal disease

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Folic Acid
Renal Insufficiency
Urologic Diseases
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Hydroxocobalamin
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Vitamin B 12
Pyridoxine
Kidney Diseases
Vitamin B 6
Kidney Failure

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009