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Pioglitazone reduces urinary albumin excretion in renin-angiotensin system inhibitor-treated type 2 diabetic patients with hypertension and microalbuminuria: the APRIME study.
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PMID:  21823043     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND: The aim of his study was to compare the efficacy of pioglitazone with metformin on the reduction of albuminuria in type 2 diabetic patients with hypertension and microalbuminuria treated with renin-angiotensin system inhibitors (RAS-Is). METHODS: The open-label, randomized trial was performed in type 2 diabetic patients with hypertension and microalbuminuria. On the basis of the treatment with RAS-Is, 68 patients with microalbuminuria received either pioglitazone (15-30 mg/day; n = 32) or metformin (500-750 mg/day; n = 31) for 52 weeks. Urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) was measured every 12 weeks. RESULTS: After 52 weeks of treatment, the changes in the log-UACR from baseline were -8.3% in the pioglitazone group and +4.2% in the metformin group (p = 0.01), with similar glycemic and blood pressure changes. CONCLUSION: The combination of pioglitazone and RAS-Is showed therapeutic benefit in the reduction of urinary albumin excretion for type 2 diabetic patients with hypertension and microalbuminuria.
Authors:
Akizuki Morikawa; Kanaki Ishizeki; Yasunori Iwashima; Hiroki Yokoyama; Eiji Muto; Eiji Oshima; Masatomo Sekiguchi; Takanori Miura; Hiroshi Itoh; Masakazu Haneda
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-8-9
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical and experimental nephrology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1437-7799     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-8-8     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  9709923     Medline TA:  Clin Exp Nephrol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Asahikawa Red Cross Hospital, Akebono 1-1, Asahikawa, 070-8530, Japan, morikawa@asahikawa-rch.gr.jp.
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