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Renin and aldosterone measurements in the management of arterial hypertension. Horm Metab Res. 2015 Jun;47(6):418-26. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1548868. Epub 2015 May 8.'}, {'pmid': '26934393', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Funder JW, Carey RM, Mantero F, Murad MH, Reincke M, Shibata H, Stowasser M, Young WF Jr. The Management of Primary Aldosteronism: Case Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 May;101(5):1889-916. doi: 10.1210/jc.2015-4061. Epub 2016 Mar 2.'}, {'pmid': '15681560', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Schwartz GL, Turner ST. Screening for primary aldosteronism in essential hypertension: diagnostic accuracy of the ratio of plasma aldosterone concentration to plasma renin activity. Clin Chem. 2005 Feb;51(2):386-94. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.041780.'}, {'pmid': '11273868', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Gallay BJ, Ahmad S, Xu L, Toivola B, Davidson RC. Screening for primary aldosteronism without discontinuing hypertensive medications: plasma aldosterone-renin ratio. Am J Kidney Dis. 2001 Apr;37(4):699-705. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(01)80117-7.'}, {'pmid': '18855267', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Niizuma S, Nakahama H, Kamide K, Fukuchi K, Iwanaga Y, Nakata H, Yoshihara F, Horio T, Nakamura S, Kawano Y. The cutoff value of aldosterone-to-renin ratio for the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism in patients taking antihypertensive medicine. Clin Exp Hypertens. 2008 Oct;30(7):640-7. doi: 10.1080/10641960802443282.'}, {'pmid': '30255616', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Young WF Jr. Diagnosis and treatment of primary aldosteronism: practical clinical perspectives. J Intern Med. 2019 Feb;285(2):126-148. doi: 10.1111/joim.12831. Epub 2018 Sep 25.'}, {'pmid': '37796417', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Li X, Liang J, Hu J, Ma L, Yang J, Zhang A, Jing Y, Song Y, Yang Y, Feng Z, Du Z, Wang Y, Luo T, He W, Shu X, Yang S, Li Q; Chongqing Primary Aldosteronism Study (CONPASS) Group. Screening for primary aldosteronism on and off interfering medications. Endocrine. 2024 Jan;83(1):178-187. doi: 10.1007/s12020-023-03520-6. Epub 2023 Oct 5.'}]}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': 'To evaluate the effect of anti-hypertensive medication on efficiency of primary aldosteronism screening and confirmatory test, and to determine the appropriate diagnostic cutoff value for Chinese hypertension patients during antihypertensive drugs therapy.', 'detailedDescription': 'Aldosterone-Renin ratio (ARR)is currently the most reliable means available for screening for primary aldosterone(PA)while captopril challenging test is the widely used confirmatory test. However, some antihypertensive drugs may interfer aldosterone and renin levels. Thus, PA guidelines suggest that antihypertensive drugs should be withdraw or change therapy before screening.\n\nBut withdraw/changing the therapy is inconvenient for patients.\n\nThe investigators prepare to start a prospective study through recruiting hypertension patients, completing the ARR screening and captopril challenging test before and after withdraw/change therapy.'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['CHILD', 'ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'maximumAge': '90 Years', 'minimumAge': '10 Years', 'samplingMethod': 'PROBABILITY_SAMPLE', 'studyPopulation': 'Patients in the Department of Endocrinology and physical examination center of First Affiliated Hospital of CQMU who with hypertension, and under anti-hypertension medication therapy and being certificated with high risk factors of PA were recruited as the study group.', 'healthyVolunteers': False, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Persistent hypertension \\>150/100mmHg, including previously diagnosed grade 2 hypertension but well controlled by 1-2 drugs; newly diagnosed hypertension with 3 days blood pressure \\> 150 / 100mmHg\n* Resistant hypertension(combined with three antihypertensive drugs and one of them is diuretic but blood pressure is still greater than 140 / 90 mmHg ; or need to combined four anti-hypertensive drugs to control the blood pressure under 140 / 90 mmHg)\n* Family history of hypertension with early onset (\\< 40 years old)\n* Family history of hypertension with early onset (\\<40 years old) and cerebrovascular accident\n* Hypertension with spontaneous or diuretic hypokalemia\n* Hypertensive with adrenal incidentaloma\n* Hypertensive with OSAS\n* First-degree relatives of PA patients and with hypertension Stable antihypertensive medication therapy for more than 2 weeks, medication including:β-blockers, CCB, ACEi, ARB, MRA, and other diuretics.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Patients hard to change or stop the medication for accomplish the screening test or diagnosis Unwilling to participate the study and refuse to sign on informed consent Patients who was diagnosed with other secondary hypertension Suspected with PA(rein concretion beyond the limit of normal reference range after stoping or changing the medication) Severe renal insufficiency (eGFR\\<30 ml/min/1.73m2); pregnancy'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT04991961', 'acronym': 'HASA', 'briefTitle': 'Effect of Anti-hypertensive Medications on the Diagnostic Accuracy in Primary Aldosteronism', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'Chongqing Medical University'}, 'officialTitle': 'Effect of Anti-hypertensive Medications on the Diagnostic Accuracy in Primary Aldosteronism:a Prospective Study', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': 'HASA-China2020'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'label': 'primary aldosteronism group and essential hypertensin group', 'description': 'patients will be diagnosed as PA or EH based on ARR and CCT off interfering meds', 'interventionNames': ['Diagnostic Test: withdraw antihypertensive drugs']}, {'label': 'primary aldosteronism (PA) group and essential hypertension (EH) group', 'description': 'The diagnosis of PA was established based on an ARR ≥20 pg·ml-1/μIU·ml-1 off interfering medications plus one of the following criteria: (1) PAC post-CCT off interfering medications was over 110pg/mL; (2) PAC post-CCT off interfering medications ranged from 80 to 110 pg/mL, but PAC post-SSIT off interfering medications exceeded 80 pg/mL. In patients with an ARR of 10-20 pg·ml-1/μIU·ml-1 but with hypokalemia or adrenal nodules, PA was also diagnosed if the confirmatory test was positive. The diagnosis of EH was determined if PA was excluded.', 'interventionNames': ['Diagnostic Test: withdraw antihypertensive drugs']}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'withdraw antihypertensive drugs', 'type': 'DIAGNOSTIC_TEST', 'description': 'patients need to withdraw of all antihypertensive drugs or change therapy to Doxazosin/Diltiazem for 2-4 weeks prior', 'armGroupLabels': ['primary aldosteronism (PA) group and essential hypertension (EH) group', 'primary aldosteronism group and essential hypertensin group']}]}, 'contactsLocationsModule': {'locations': [{'zip': '400016', 'city': 'Chongqing', 'state': 'Chongqing Municipality', 'country': 'China', 'facility': 'Qifu Li', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 29.56026, 'lon': 106.55771}}, {'zip': '400016', 'city': 'Chongqing', 'state': 'Chongqing Municipality', 'country': 'China', 'facility': 'The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 29.56026, 'lon': 106.55771}}], 'overallOfficials': [{'name': 'Li Qifu, PhD', 'role': 'STUDY_CHAIR', 'affiliation': 'First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University'}]}, 'ipdSharingStatementModule': {'ipdSharing': 'NO'}, 'sponsorCollaboratorsModule': {'leadSponsor': {'name': 'Chongqing Medical University', 'class': 'OTHER'}, 'responsibleParty': {'type': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'investigatorTitle': 'Principal Investigator', 'investigatorFullName': 'Qifu Li', 'investigatorAffiliation': 'Chongqing Medical University'}}}}