ClinicalTrials.gg
CompletedNCT03462277Updated Jul 17, 2019

DNA Methylation and Hydroxymethylation Levels in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease

An observational study in Coronary Heart Disease, sponsored by Chongqing Medical University. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 65 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-07-17.

Sponsored by Chongqing Medical University · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
200
Ages
65 Years and older
Sex
All
01

Study summary

The purpose of this trial is to investigate the relationship between DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation and the expression of DNMTs, TET family gene and the degree of coronary heart disease.

Read the detailed description
  1. To determine the levels of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation with coronary heart disease.
  2. To investigate the relationship between DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation and the degree of coronary atherosclerosis.
02

Conditions studied

  • Coronary Heart Disease

Keywords

  • methylation
  • hydroxymethylation
  • atherosclerosis
  • coronary heart disease
03

In context

Coronary Disease

2,867 studies on the registry are indexed under Coronary Disease; 309 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 200 is below the median of 465 across 958 observational studies indexed under Coronary Disease.

Browse Coronary Disease studies →

Lead sponsor

Chongqing Medical University is the lead sponsor of 78 studies on the registry; 17 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

04

Who can participate

Ages eligible
65 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Patients without Coronary Heart Disease.

All patients underwent carotid ultrasound and coronary angiograms.

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

Male and Female. Patients older than 65 years old who are willing to participate in the study. CHD patients was defined as at least one lesion in a coronary artery or branches in coronary angiograms. Control group was defined as people with negative findings in coronary angiograms.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with concurrent infection or any documented inflammatory illness, such as arthritis or connective tissue diseases, or any other malignancy. Patients with a history of cardiomyopathy. Pregnant women. Severe hepatic dysfunction or End-stage renal failure. Uncontrolled hypertension.

05

Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
200 participants (actual)
Target follow-up
1 Year
Patient registry
Yes
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • Control group

    Control group was defined as people with negative findings in coronary angiograms.

  • Coronary Heart Disease group

    CHD patients was defined as at least one lesion in a coronary artery or branches in coronary angiograms.

06

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. DNA Methylation and Hydroxymethylation Levels

    Collection of blood samples and measuring the samples by PCR and ELISA

    Time frame: 1 month

07

Study locations

1 site
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
    Chongqing, China
08

Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 17, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
09

Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03462277
Lead sponsor
Chongqing Medical University
Responsible party
Dongying Zhang (doctor, Chongqing Medical University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 12, 2018
Start date
Jan 1, 2018
Primary completion
Aug 1, 2018
Completion
Oct 1, 2018
Last update
Jul 17, 2019

Study contacts

Dongying Zhang, doctor
study director · First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Dan Jiang
principal investigator · First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Not currently enrolling

This study is completed, as verified in Jul 2019. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.

Follow this study

Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.

Sign in to follow

Discussion

Questions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.

Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.

Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.

Start the discussion