About this trial
The effect of dotinurad on CAVI (cardio-ankle vascular index) will be compared with that of febuxostat in patients with hyperuricemia complicated by hypertension.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients aged 20 years or older at the time of consent (regardless of gender)
Patients with hyperuricemia with serum uric acid level >7.0 mg/dL who have not received any urate lowering drug within 27 days prior to obtaining consent, or patients who were receiving urate lowering drugs at the time of obtaining consent but have been off the drugs for more than 27 days
Hypertensive patients who meet the definition of hypertension in the latest Hypertension Treatment Guidelines of the Japanese Society of Hypertension and whose treatment for hypertension (with or without drug therapy) has not changed within 4 weeks prior to eligibility determination
Patients who have given written consent to participate in this study
Disqualifiers
Patients with unsettled gout after acute gouty arthritis
Patients currently suffering from urinary tract stones
Patients with known secondary hyperuricemia who have Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, hyperphosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthase, congenital myogenic hyperuricemia, hematopoietic tumors (acute leukemia, malignant lymphoma, myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome), solid tumors (breast cancer, seminoma, sarcoma, Wilms' tumor, small cell lung cancer), non-neoplastic diseases (psoriasis vulgaris, secondary polycythemia vera, hemolytic anemia), tumor melting syndrome, rhabdomyolysis, hypothyroidism, polycystic kidney disease, lead poisoning/lead nephropathy, Down syndrome, familial juvenile gout nephropathy, hyperlactatemia, or type 1 glycogenic disease
Patients with hypertensive emergencies and urgency
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Dotinurad
DrugStart at 0.5 mg once daily, and then referring to the attached document, gradually increase the dose to the maintenance dose (2 mg once daily).
Febuxostat
DrugStart at 10 mg once daily, and then referring to the attached document, gradually increase the dose to the maintenance dose (40 mg once daily).
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Change in CAVI
Change in CAVI at 24 weeks after study drug administration
Secondary outcomes
Change in CAVI category
Change in CAVI category (\<8.0: normal, 8.0 to 9.0: borderline, 9.0 or greater: abnormal) at 24 weeks after study drug administration (key secondary endpoint)
Change in CAVI
Change in CAVI at 12 weeks after study drug administration
Change in CAVI category
Change in CAVI category (\<8.0: normal, 8.0 to 9.0: borderline, 9.0 or greater: abnormal) at 12 weeks after study drug administration
Other outcomes
Changes in serum uric acid levels
Changes in serum uric acid levels at 4, 8, 12 and 24 weeks after study drug administration
Percentage of patients whose serum uric acid levels reach 6.0 mg/dL or less
Percentage of patients whose serum uric acid levels reach 6.0 mg/dL or less at 4, 8, 12, and 24 weeks after study drug administration
Change in AI
Change in AI at 24 weeks after study drug administration
Change in %MAP
Change in %MAP at 24 weeks after study drug administration
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