Rationale and design of a multicenter randomized study for evaluating vascular function under uric acid control using the xanthine oxidase inhibitor, febuxostat: The PRIZE study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Oyama, Jun ichi ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Sato, Yasunori ^b   Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^c   Sata, Masataka ^d   Ishizu, Tomoko ^e   Taguchi, Isao ^f   Kuroyanagi, Takanori ^f   Teragawa, Hiroki ^g   Ishizaka, Nobukazu ^h   Kanzaki, Yumiko ^h   Ohishi, Mitsuru ⁱ   Eguchi, Kazuo ^j   Higashi, Yukihito ^k   Yamada, Hirotsugu ^d   Maemura, Koji ^l   Ako, Junya ^m   Bando, Yasuko K ⁿ   Ueda, Shinichiro ^o   Inoue, Teruo ^f   Murohara, Toyoaki ⁿ   Node, Koichi ^a   more..

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^f DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HIROSHIMA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

ⁱ KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^m KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^o UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Febuxostat; Hyperuricemia; Intima media thickness (IMT); Randomized controlled trial; Xanthine oxidase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

FEBUXOSTAT; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SLEEP; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEBUXOSTAT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URIC ACID; XANTHINE OXIDASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975229374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-016-0409-2     Document Type: Article

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