Numerous studies, but not all, have suggested a positive effect of allopurinol on thecardiovascular system. The ALL-VASCOR study aims to evaluate the efficacy of allopurinoltherapy for improving cardiovascular outcomes in patients at high and very highcardiovascular risk, excluding ischemic heart disease. This is particularly important dueto the high cost of cardiovascular disease treatment and its status as one of the leadingcauses of death.
The ALL-VASCOR study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center
trial that examines the effect of allopurinol therapy (200-500mg of allopurinol daily)
versus an equivalent dose of placebo on the risk of cardiovascular events in 1,116
patients aged 40-70, with serum uric acid levels above 5mg/dL and with high and very high
risk for cardiovascular disease. The ALL-VASCOR study is further designed to assess the
occurrence of long-COVID syndrome. The study is directed toward both primary and
secondary as well as additional endpoints. Due to the duration of the study, the planned
intervention will end on July 31,2028, unless the Safe Monitoring Board or other
applicable authorities decide about it. Participant recruitment for the ALL-VASCOR study
is set to begin in August of 2023 and will be conducted only within Poland.
Drug: Allopurinol 200 mg
The intervention will occur after randomly allocating participants to the first group
(G1), in which patients will receive allopurinol at an initial daily dose of 200 mg, or
to the second group (G2), where they will receive a placebo. The placebo will be prepared
as tablets with the same shape and appearance as the tested drug tablets, in the
appropriate doses, and containing the same excipients. Participants will initially take
one tablet of the medication daily in the morning. The physicians will dispense the drugs
in packs of 30 tablets for the entire interval between visits (therapy 26 weeks ± 2
weeks). The patients will receive the medications during visit V1. The drugs will be
prepared in identical packages, appropriately sealed, with a number for drug
identification.
Other Name: Allopurinol
Drug: Optional intervention
Approximately 26 weeks(+/-2 weeks) after the start of the intervention, the efficacy of
the treatment will be evaluated at the follow-up visit V2. Efficacy is defined as
achieving a serum UA level below 5.0mg/dL for those with baseline levels >5.0 to 7.0mg/dL
or below 5.5mg/dL for those with baseline levels ≥7.0mg/dL. If insufficient therapy
efficacy is noted, the initial allopurinol dose will be increased by 100mg (up to 300mg
during V2). The dose may be increased by another 100mg at visit 3 and by another 100mg at
the visit 4(up to 500mg during V4). In the placebo group, an appropriate preparation will
be added so that the number of tablets corresponds to the group with the active
substance.
This treatment will be continued until the end of the bservation. Patients who meet their
UA target concentration at visit V2 or V3, or V4, and those who fail to meet their target
concentration at visit V4, will not have their dosing changed until the end of the
follow-up.
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Inclusion Criteria:
1. Age: between 40-70 years old.
2. Giving informed consent to participate in the study.
3. Serum UA levels above 5 mg/dl within the last six months before the screening visit.
4. Meeting at least one of the criteria defining high or very high CV risk includes:
1. calculated 10-year cardiovascular mortality risk based on SCORE2 >2.5% for
patients under 50 years old or ≥5% for patients 50 years old or older
2. documented occurrence of CV diseases (cerebrovascular disease: ischemic stroke,
intracerebral bleeding, TIA; heart failure regardless of the etiology NYHA I -
II (without IHD), PAD, atrial fibrillation (de novo or ever)
3. diabetes or arterial hypertension complicated by organ damage:
- increase in vascular stiffness: pulse pressure ≥ 60 mmHg, and/or
cervicofemoral PWV > 10 m/s;
- features of left ventricular hypertrophy on echocardiography or
electrocardiography;
- increased urine albumin-creatinine ratio (30-300 mg/g);
- ankle-brachial index < 0.9.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Taking allopurinol, febuxostat or other hypouricemic drugs.
2. Contraindications to taking allopurinol.
3. Pregnant women, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy during the duration of the
study.
4. Hormonal therapy containing oestrogens.
5. Active cancer process or disease in the last five years, excluding locally malignant
tumours.
6. Uncontrolled hypertension (mean value ≥ 180/110 mmHg seven days before screening
visit) in home measurements despite using hypotensive drugs.
7.
7. Renal insufficiency with an eGFR <45 ml/ min/1.73m2 (according to 2009 CKD-EPI
recommendations: stage G3b, G4 and G5).
8. Hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism not in a state of euthyroidism.
9. Confirmed coronary artery disease (defined as prior AMI, revascularization of the
myocardium, confirmed presence of atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries on
imaging studies).
10. Heart failure in NYHA class III and IV.
11. Taking preparations: azathioprine, mercaptopurine or cyclosporin. Participation in
another clinical trial of a medicinal product or medical device within the last
three months or five half-lives, whichever period is longer.
Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Poznan, Wielkopolska, Poland
Investigator: Paweł Uruski, MD PhD
Contact: 0048618546274
puruski@ump.edu.pl
Paweł Uruski, MD PhD
0048618546274
puruski@ump.edu.pl
Andrzej Tykarski, Prof MD, Study Director
Poznan University of Medical Sciences