Mesoglycan, Vascular Reactivity and Metabolic Syndrome

Summary

The purpose of the study was to characterize the action of mesoglycan on vascular endothelium through the non-invasive assessment of vascular reactivity humeral artery by comparing effects of mesoglycan on Flow Mediated Dilatation (FMD) of the humeral artery between a group of patients with metabolic syndrome assuming placebo and a group of patient with metabolic syndrome assuming mesoglycan; firstly after administration of the drug/placebo intramuscularly, and then, in a study of medium-term after oral intake of drug/placebo. The selection of patients with metabolic syndrome is related to the fact that this syndrome is associated with alterations in endothelial function and a high incidence of cardiovascular events. So it is a condition that offers the opportunity to explore the hypothesis that the mesoglycan may have a favorable effect on early vascular alterations that precede clinical events.

Timeline

Start

2013-05

Primary completion

2013-08

Completion

2014-06

Publications

• Background Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Daniels SR, Donato KA, Eckel RH, Franklin BA, Gordon DJ, Krauss RM, Savage PJ, Smith SC Jr, Spertus JA, Costa F; American Heart Association; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome: an American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Scientific Statement. Circulation. 2005 Oct 25;112(17):2735-52. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.169404. Epub 2005 Sep 12. No abstract available.
• Background Reaven G. The metabolic syndrome or the insulin resistance syndrome? Different names, different concepts, and different goals. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2004 Jun;33(2):283-303. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2004.03.002.
• Background Balkau B, Charles MA. Comment on the provisional report from the WHO consultation. European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR). Diabet Med. 1999 May;16(5):442-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00059.x. No abstract available.
• Background National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) final report. Circulation. 2002 Dec 17;106(25):3143-421. No abstract available.
• Background Ridker PM, Wilson PW, Grundy SM. Should C-reactive protein be added to metabolic syndrome and to assessment of global cardiovascular risk? Circulation. 2004 Jun 15;109(23):2818-25. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000132467.45278.59.
• Background Deanfield JE, Halcox JP, Rabelink TJ. Endothelial function and dysfunction: testing and clinical relevance. Circulation. 2007 Mar 13;115(10):1285-95. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.652859. No abstract available.
• Background Prieto D, Contreras C, Sanchez A. Endothelial dysfunction, obesity and insulin resistance. Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2014 May;12(3):412-26. doi: 10.2174/1570161112666140423221008.
• Background Anderson TJ. Nitric oxide, atherosclerosis and the clinical relevance of endothelial dysfunction. Heart Fail Rev. 2003 Jan;8(1):71-86. doi: 10.1023/a:1022199021949.
• Background Forconi S, Battistini N, Guerrini M, Passero SG for the SIAM Group. A randomized, ASA-controlled trial of mesoglycan in secondary prevention after cerebral ischemic events. Cerebrovasc Dis 1995; 5:334-341.
• Background Orefice G, Brancaccio V, Coppola G et al. Comparative effects of mesoglycan and ticlopidine treatment on some coagulative parameters in patients with previous ischemic stroke: results of a randomized controlled trial. Current Therapeutic Research 2002; 63:337-343.
• Background Nenci GG, Gresele P, Ferrari G, Santoro L, Gianese F; Mesoglycan Intermittent Claudication Group. Treatment of intermittent claudication with mesoglycan--a placebo-controlled, double-blind study. Thromb Haemost. 2001 Nov;86(5):1181-7.
• Background Charakida M, Masi S, Luscher TF, Kastelein JJ, Deanfield JE. Assessment of atherosclerosis: the role of flow-mediated dilatation. Eur Heart J. 2010 Dec;31(23):2854-61. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq340. Epub 2010 Sep 23.
• Background Tufano A, Arturo C, Cimino E, Di Minno MN, Di Capua M, Cerbone AM, Di Minno G. Mesoglycan: clinical evidences for use in vascular diseases. Int J Vasc Med. 2010;2010:390643. doi: 10.1155/2010/390643. Epub 2010 Aug 31.
• Background Juhan-Vague I, Morange PE, Alessi MC. The insulin resistance syndrome: implications for thrombosis and cardiovascular disease. Pathophysiol Haemost Thromb. 2002 Sep-Dec;32(5-6):269-73. doi: 10.1159/000073579.

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