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ArticleBMJ open2024

Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the effect of allopurinol on the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk, including the presence of long-COVID-19 syndrome: the ALL-VASCOR study protocol.

Katarzyna Lewandowska, Dawid Lipski, Paweł Uruski, Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Andrzej Januszewicz, Jacek Wolf, Aleksander Prejbisz, Marek Rajzer, Andrzej Więcek, Andrzej Tykarski

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Article in BMJ open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05943821 (A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Evaluating the Effect of Allopurinol on the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk, Including the Presence of Long-COVID Syndrome.), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Evaluating the Effect of Allopurinol on the Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with High and Very High Cardiovascular Risk, Including the Presence of Long-COVID Syndrome.

TypeinterventionalSponsorPoznan University of Medical SciencesRan2023 to 2028Enrolled1,116ConditionsCardiovascular Diseases, Uric AcidArmsAllopurinol 200 mg, Optional intervention
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Katarzyna LewandowskaDepartment of Hypertensiology, Angiology and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland katarzyna.lewandowska@usk.poznan.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-6385-886X
Dawid LipskiDepartment of Hypertensiology, Angiology and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Paweł UruskiDepartment of Hypertensiology, Angiology and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Krzysztof NarkiewiczDepartment of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Andrzej JanuszewiczDepartment of Hypertension, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
Jacek WolfDepartment of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
Aleksander PrejbiszDepartment of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Prevention and Health Promotion, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
Marek RajzerFirst Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Arterial Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
Andrzej WięcekDepartment of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Andrzej TykarskiDepartment of Hypertensiology, Angiology and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNumerous studies, but not all, have suggested a positive effect of allopurinol on the cardiovascular system. The randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the effect of allopurinol on the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk, including the presence of long-COVID-19 syndrome (ALL-VASCOR) study aims to evaluate the efficacy of allopurinol therapy for improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients at high and very high cardiovascular risk excluding ischaemic heart disease. This is particularly important due to the high cost of cardiovascular disease treatment and its status as one of the leading causes of mortality. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The ALL-VASCOR study is a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial that examines the effect of allopurinol therapy (200-500 mg of allopurinol daily) versus an equivalent dose of placebo on the risk of cardiovascular events in 1116 patients aged 40-70 with serum uric acid levels above 5 mg/dL at high and very high risk of cardiovascular disease. The ALL-VASCOR study will also assess the occurrence of long-COVID-19 syndrome. The study will measure primary and secondary as well as additional endpoints and the planned intervention will end on 31 July 2028 unless advised otherwise by the Safe Monitoring Board or other applicable authorities. Participant recruitment is planned to begin in March 2024 in Poland. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study was ethically approved by the Bioethics Committee of Poznan University of Medical Sciences (No 03/23, 12 January 2023). The results are expected after 2028 and will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and at international conferences. PROTOCOL VERSION NUMBER: 01-15 November 2022. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: EudraCT: 2022-003573-32, 27 October 2022, ClinicalTrials: NCT05943821, 13 July 2023.

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AllopurinolCardiovascular DiseasesHeart Disease Risk FactorsPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAdultAgedCOVID-19Double-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicPlacebosAllopurinolPlacebosadult cardiologycardiologyclinical trial

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