Background: The most common pharmacologic test for diagnosis of primary aldosteronism (PA) is administration of captopril to examine whether abnormal aldosterone to plasma rennin activity(PRA)(ARR) persists, although active rennin concentration (ARC) in contrast to PRA may offers advantages with regard to processing and standardization.Objective: To assess whether post captopril ARC offer any additional advantage in screening primary aldosteronism (PA) than PRA and establish thresholds for the diagnosis using ARC.
Clinical Study
Summary
Study Name: Diagnosis of Primary Aldosteronism: Comparison of Post Captopril Active Renin Concentration and Plasma Renin Activity
Status: Unknown
Conditions: Primary aldosteronism
Interventions: Drug: captopril test
Locations: National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Study link: https://ClinicalTrials.gov/show/NCT00917345
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