Stratification of Blood Pressure Control Against Progress of Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases in Poststroke Patients — APPROVE  

Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title: Azelnidipine vs Perindopril and Stratification of Blood Pressure Control Against Progress of Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases in Poststroke Patients (APPROVE):Multi-center Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

A. the controlling of the blood pressure, especially the variation of blood pressure, can slow down the development of the small vessel disease.

B intensive BP control is more effective than normal control of blood pressure in slowing down the small vessel disease.

C drugs of Calcium Channel Blocker(CCB) and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor(ACEI) have no significant difference in lowing the blood pressure and variability of blood pressure

Clinical Trial Description

The selected patients were diagnosis of stroke caused by small vessel disease due to hypertension recently.

The patients had been divided into two groups by random principle and given ACEI or CCB separately for treatment. At the same time, given intensive or regular controlling of the blood pressure by stratified random. In the regular controlling group, the BP should be in the range of 130-139 mmHg and in the intensive controlling group, the BP should be below 130 mmHg. To the acute ischemic stroke patients who were accord with the lacunar infarction syndrome, it is rule to do the examination for exclusive selection of exclusion of hemodynamic dysfunction due to the artery stenosis ( stenosis >50%, the examination of intracranial artery was by the methods of Transcranial Doppler (TCD)/Magnetic Resonance Angiography(MRA)/Computed Tomographic Angiography(CTA)/Digital Subtraction Angiography(DSA), the examination of carotid artery was by the methods of colorful ultrasound / MRA/ CTA/ DSA ) at the baseline.

It should be proved of lacunar infarction by brain imaging. All patients had a MRI scan at the baseline and the beginning of the research, including T1-Weighted Imaging(T1W1),T2-Weighted Imaging(T2WI), T2-FLAIR, Diffusion-Weighted Imaging(DWI), Gradient-Recalled Echo(GRE) T2*, the Perfusion-Weighted Imaging(PWI) would complete conditionally (100 cases). The details should be followed by the instruction in the appendix.

Research about the variability of blood pressure: all patients show complete the examination of 24-hour blood-pressure monitor (at the baseline, the first month after the beginning, every three months and the end of the research), complete the head-up tilt test if conditionally ( at the baseline, each 3 months later and the end of the research ) The automatic regulation function of the small vessel should be evaluated if conditionally (the C02 reaction, TCD head-up tilt) and also the function of endothelium-derived relaxing of the brachial artery (at the baseline, each 3 months later and the end of the research) The reservation of the blood was for further research on genetic study. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases

• NCT number: NCT01819441
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Peking University First Hospital
• Contact: Peking University First Hospital
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: May 2012
• Completion date: December 2016