Rationale and design of a multicenter randomized controlled study to evaluate the preventive effect of ipragliflozin on carotid atherosclerosis: The PROTECT study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Murohara, Toyoaki ^b   Taguchi, Isao ^c   Eguchi, Kazuo ^d   Suzuki, Makoto ^e   Kitakaze, Masafumi ^f   Sato, Yasunori ^g   Ishizu, Tomoko ^h   Higashi, Yukihito ⁱ   Yamada, Hirotsugu ^j   Nanasato, Mamoru ^k   Shimabukuro, Michio ^l   Teragawa, Hiroki ^m   Ueda, Shinichiro ⁿ   Kodera, Satoshi ^o   Matsuhisa, Munehide ^l   Kadokami, Toshiaki ^p   Kario, Kazuomi ^d   Nishio, Yoshihiko ^q   Inoue, Teruo ^c   Maemura, Koji ^r   Oyama, Jun ichi ^a   Ohishi, Mitsuru ^q   Sata, Masataka ^l   Tomiyama, Hirofumi ^s   Node, Koichi ^a   more..

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

ⁱ HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^m HIROSHIMA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^o ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^p Saiseikai Futsukaichi Hospital   (Japan)

^q KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^s TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Intima media thickness (IMT); Ipragliflozin; SGLT2 inhibitor; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; IPRAGLIFLOZIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; SLC5A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KIDNEY FUNCTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPEN STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGED; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSIDES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SODIUM-GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; THIOPHENES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987668892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-016-0449-7     Document Type: Article

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