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		See also:
		 
			
				
					All diabetes clinical trials
				
			
			
				
					All hypertension clinical trials
				
			
		
			
			All clinical trials of anti hypertensive agent 
			
		
		
			
			All clinical trials of losartan 
			
		
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	Treatments
	
	
		| Studied treatment | 
		
		losartan 50 to 100 mg once daily
		 
		
		
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		| Control treatment | 
		
		placebo
		 
		
		
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			| Concomittant treatment | 
			in addition to conventional antihypertensive treatment
(calcium-channel antagonists, diuretics, alpha-blockers,
beta-blockers, and centrally acting agents) | 
		 
	 
	
	
	
	Patients
	
		
			| Patients | 
			patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy | 
		 
		
			| Inclusion criteria | 
			age between 31 to 70 years; ratio of urinary albumin (measured in milligrams per liter) to urinary creatinine (measured in grams per liter) from a first morning specimen of at least 300 (or a rate of urinary protein excretion of at least 0.5 g per day) and serum creatinine values between 1.3 and 3.0 mg per deciliter (115 and 265 ìmol per liter), with a lower limit of 1.5 mg per deciliter (133 ìmol per liter) for male patients weighing more than 60 kg | 
		 
		
			| Exclusion criteria | 
			type 1 diabetes or nondiabetic renal disease; myocardial infarction;  coronary- artery bypass grafting within the previous month; cerebrovascular accident; percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty within the previous six months; transient ischemic attack within the previous year; history of heart failure | 
		 
				| Baseline characteristics | 
					
					
						
							| Glycosylated hemoglobin | 
							8.5%  | 
						 
						
							| BP (systolic/diastolic) | 
							152/82  | 
						 
						
							| Female (%) | 
							36.8%  | 
						 
						
							| Age | 
							60 y  | 
						 
						
							| subgroup | 
							no  | 
						 
						
							| hypertension (%) | 
							93%  | 
						 
					 						
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	Method and design
	
	
		| Randomized effectives | 
		751 / 762 (studied vs. control) | 
	 
		
			| Design | 
			Parallel groups | 
		 
		
			| Blinding | 
			double-blind | 
		 
		
			| Follow-up duration | 
			3.4 y | 
		 
		
			| Number of centre | 
			250 | 
		 
		
			| Geographic area | 
			America, Europe, Asia | 
		 
		
			| Hypothesis | 
			Superiority | 
		 
		
			| Primary endpoint | 
			doubling of the creatinine, end-stage renal disease, death | 
		 
	
	 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
  
	Results	
	
			
			
			
			
				 
				Endpoints and data reported in the trial's publication(s)
			
			
				
				| Endpoint | 
				Events (%) | 
				Relative Risk | 
				95% CI | 
				 | 
				 
				
				| Studied treat. | 
				Control treat. | 
				 
						
							| doubling of the serum creatinine concentration, end-stage renal disease, death | 
							327 / 751 (43,5%) | 
							359 / 762 (47,1%) | 
							0,92 | 
							[0,83;1,03] | 
							 | 
						 
						
							| Doubling of serum creatinine concentration | 
							162 / 751 (21,6%) | 
							198 / 762 (26,0%) | 
							0,83 | 
							[0,69;1,00] | 
							 | 
						 
						
							| End-stage renal disease | 
							147 / 751 (19,6%) | 
							194 / 762 (25,5%) | 
							0,77 | 
							[0,64;0,93] | 
							 | 
						 
						
							| Death | 
							158 / 751 (21,0%) | 
							155 / 762 (20,3%) | 
							1,03 | 
							[0,85;1,26] | 
							 | 
						 
						
							| End-stage renal disease or death | 
							255 / 751 (34,0%) | 
							300 / 762 (39,4%) | 
							0,86 | 
							[0,75;0,99] | 
							 | 
						 
						
							| Doubling of serum creatinine concentration and end-stage renal disease | 
							226 / 751 (30,1%) | 
							263 / 762 (34,5%) | 
							0,87 | 
							[0,75;1,01] | 
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			Endpoints used by the meta-analysis and data retained for this trial 
		
	
	
		
	
	
		
			Endpoint
		
	
	
		
		Studied treat. n/N
			
	
	
		
		Control treat. n/N
		
	
	
		
			Graph
		
	
	
		
			RR [95% CI]
		
	
	
		
			
				
				renal death 
				 
			
		
			
				
				327 / 751 
				
			
			
				
				359 / 762 
				
			
		
			
				
					
					
					
					
				
			
				
				
			
			
		
			
				
					0,92 [0,83;1,03]
				
			
	
	
		
			
				
				All cause death
				 
			
		
			
				
				NA / 1513 
				
			
			
				
				NA / 762 
				
			
		
			
				
					
					
					
					
				
			
				
				
			
			
		
			
				
					1,02 [0,80;1,30]
				
			
	
	
		
			
				
				microvascular events 
				 
			
		
			
				
				NA / 1513 
				
			
			
				
				NA / 762 
				
			
		
			
				
					
					
					
					
				
			
				
				
			
			
		
			
				
					0,79 [0,66;0,95]
				
			
	
	
		
		
		
		
		
			
				0
			
		
		
		
		
		
				2
		
		
		
		
		
			1.0
		
	
  
 
	 
		
	
		
		
				
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						Relative risks
					 | 
				 
			
			| Endpoint | 
			Events (%) | 
			Relative Risk | 
			95% CI | 
			Endpoint definition in the trial | 
			Ref | 
			 
			
			| Studied treat. | 
			Control treat. | 
			 
					
					
						| 
							renal death 
						 | 
						327 / 751 (43,5%) | 
						359 / 762 (47,1%) | 
						0,92 | 
						[0,83;1,03] | 
						doubling of the serum creatinine concentration, end-stage renal disease, death  | 
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			The primary endpoint (if exists) appears in blod characters
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			| 
			Reference(s) used for data extraction: 
			 | 
		 
		 
		
		
			
			| Endpoint | 
			studied treat. | 
			control treat. | 
			mean diff | 
			 
		 
	 
	
	
	
				
					| 
						Absolute risk reduction 
					 | 
				 
	
		| Endpoint | 
		Events rate | 
		Absolute risk reduction (ARR) | 
	 
	
		| Studied treat. | 
		Control treat. | 
	 
			
				| renal death  | 
				43,54% | 
				47,11% | 
				
					-35,7‰
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Meta-analysis of all similar trials: 
			
				
					angiotensin renin system blockade in diabetes for all type of patients
				
			 
			
				
					angiotensin-receptor blockers in diabetes for all type of patients
				
			 
			
				
					anti hypertensive agent in hypertension for diabetic patients 
				
			 
	
  
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
		 
		Reference(s)
	
	
	
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			    Brenner BM, Cooper ME, de Zeeuw D, Keane WF, Mitch WE, Parving HH, Remuzzi G, Snapinn SM, Zhang Z, Shahinfar S. 
			    Effects of losartan on renal and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy..
			    N Engl J Med 2001;345:861-9
			    
 
				
					 
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