Cardiovascular DiseasesNCT04631341
Melatonin and Risk Of Cardiovascular Events And Malignant Tumors In The Elderly
A study testing Melatonin in people with Cardiovascular Diseases, run by RenJi Hospital.
Trial summary
Cardiovascular diseases and tumors seriously threaten human health. There are many risk factors that affect the occurrence and death of cardiovascular diseases and malignant tumors. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 60 to 74 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- What is being tested?
- Melatonin
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 10,000 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 1 Jan 2021to 31 Dec 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 60 to 74 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Queue members;
- Han nationality;
- Between 60-74 years old, no gender limit;
- Women are in menopause;
- Patients without a history of malignant tumors (except for non-melanoma skin cancer), myocardial infarction, stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), angina, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention;
- No mental illness;
- No history of supplement allergy or supplement allergy;
- Subjects voluntarily participate in this study, sign an informed consent form, have good compliance, and cooperate with follow-up.
Who cannot join
- People who have difficulty swallowing or have known supplementary malabsorption;
- Have received any other clinical trial treatment within 1 year;
- The subject has a known, active or suspicious autoimmune disease;
- The subject has severe infections, including but not limited to infections requiring hospitalization, bacteremia, severe pneumonia, etc.;
- The subject has used a live attenuated vaccine in the past 30 days;
- The subject has been taking antidepressant medication before or is taking;
- Use of anticoagulants at baseline, history of kidney stones, renal failure or dialysis, hypercalcemia, hypoparathyroidism or hyperthyroidism, severe liver disease (cirrhosis), sarcoidosis or other granulomatous diseases, such as Active chronic tuberculosis or Wegener's granulomatosis, dementia, epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis, sleep apnea syndrome, alcoholism;
- Situations deemed unsuitable by other researchers.
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Song Ding, MD,PhD contact
About this study
Official title: The Intervention Effect Of Melatonin On The Risk Of Cardiovascular Events And Malignant Tumors In The Elderly: A Prospective, Randomized Parallel Controlled Study Based On Large Cohorts
Cardiovascular diseases and tumors seriously threaten human health. There are many risk factors that affect the occurrence and death of cardiovascular diseases and malignant tumors. In addition to genetic and congenital factors, it also includes bad lifestyles, such as smoking, drinking, abnormal metabolism, excessive stress, etc. Many factors such as excessive stress and staying up late can cause abnormal circadian rhythms. The regulation of circadian rhythm is likely to be a key key to the early prevention of cardiovascular diseases and tumors.
Melatonin has an important role in regulating the circadian rhythm of the human body. The latest research of our research group confirmed that melatonin can reduce the level of oxidative stress through the retinoic acid-related orphan nuclear receptor alpha (RORα) and thereby inhibit pathological cardiac hypertrophy; melatonin can regulate the polarization and polarization of macrophages RORα receptor stabilizes vulnerable plaque in arteries and prevents plaque rupture.
Read more
In China, melatonin is widely used in the market as a health product. However, the protective mechanism of melatonin in cardiovascular diseases and tumors is still unclear, and large-scale population intervention studies are still lacking. The level of melatonin in the daytime changes little with age, but the peak at night gradually decreases with age. In people aged 60 and above, the peak of melatonin at night decreased significantly. We speculate that melatonin supplementation may be able to reduce the oxidative damage of mitochondria by maintaining the level of melatonin at night in the body, delay cell decay, and delay this physiological process.
Therefore, the project team intends to combine the developed new cardiovascular disease and tumor risk prediction models in the Shanghai elderly cohort established in the early stage, and randomize groups of healthy people in the same risk stratification, according to whether or not to supplement melatonin. There are two cohorts: the melatonin intervention cohort and the parallel control cohort. By observing the efficacy indicators of cardiovascular disease and tumor incidence in the two groups during the follow-up period, it provides evidence-based medical evidence for the future clinical application of melatonin.
Read the detailed description
Cardiovascular diseases and tumors seriously threaten human health. With the aging of the population in my country, the number of patients with two diseases has been increasing year by year, the difficulty of treatment has greatly increased, and the prognosis of most patients is poor. Therefore, it is of great clinical significance to explore safe and effective intervention programs to prevent cardiovascular diseases and malignant tumors in the elderly.
There are many risk factors that affect the occurrence and death of cardiovascular diseases and malignant tumors. In addition to genetic and congenital factors, it also includes bad lifestyles, such as smoking, drinking, abnormal metabolism, excessive stress, etc. Many factors such as excessive stress and staying up late can cause abnormal circadian rhythms [5, 6]. The regulation of circadian rhythm is likely to be a key key to the early prevention of cardiovascular diseases and tumors.
Melatonin has an important role in regulating the circadian rhythm of the human body. A number of basic and clinical studies at home and abroad have shown that melatonin has a protective effect on inhibiting cardiovascular disease and tumor occurrence. The latest research of our research group confirmed that melatonin can reduce the level of oxidative stress through the retinoic acid-related orphan nuclear receptor alpha (RORα) and thereby inhibit pathological cardiac hypertrophy; melatonin can regulate the polarization and polarization of macrophages RORα receptor stabilizes vulnerable plaque in arteries and prevents plaque rupture.
In China, melatonin is widely used in the market as a health product. Melatonin has a wide range of sources, no obvious toxic and side effects to the body, and high bioavailability, which suggests that it can prevent cardiovascular diseases and It has important potential in the occurrence of tumors. However, the protective mechanism of melatonin in cardiovascular diseases and tumors is still unclear, and large-scale population intervention studies are still lacking. The level of melatonin in the daytime changes little with age, but the peak at night gradually decreases with age. In people aged 60 and above, the peak of melatonin at night decreased significantly. We speculate that melatonin supplementation may be able to reduce the oxidative damage of mitochondria by maintaining the level of melatonin at night in the body, delay cell decay, and delay this physiological process.
Therefore, the project team intends to combine the developed new cardiovascular disease and tumor risk prediction models in the Shanghai elderly cohort established in the early stage, and randomize groups of healthy people in the same risk stratification, according to whether or not to supplement melatonin. There are two cohorts: the melatonin intervention cohort and the parallel control cohort. By observing the efficacy indicators of cardiovascular disease and tumor incidence in the two groups during the follow-up period, it provides evidence-based medical evidence for the future clinical application of melatonin.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Being tested
- Melatonin
- Keywords
- Cohort study, Natural Population, China
- Medical subject headings
- Cardiovascular Diseases
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
MelatoninDietary supplement
Melatonin 5mg every night, for one year
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Melatonin Group | Experimental | Take melatonin supplements Receives: Dietary Supplement: Melatonin |
| Normal Control Group | No intervention | Don't take melatonin supplements |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Total cancer and cardiovascular disease incidence
The primary cancer endpoint will be total cancer incidence (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer). For cardiovascular disease (CVD), the primary endpoint will be a composite endpoint of myocardial infarction, stroke, and CVD incidence.
Measured: up to five years
Secondary outcomes (1)
Cancer mortality and a composite endpoint adding revascularization procedures of coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention
Secondary endpoints will include cancer mortality and the individual sites of colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer.
A second composite endpoint adding revascularization procedures of coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention, as well as the individual endpoints of myocardial infarction, stroke, revascularization, and CVD mortality.
Measured: up to five years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Nov 2020
- Study start1 Jan 2021 (estimated)
- Primary completion1 Jan 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (5)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Cardiovascular DiseasesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by RenJi HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 10,000 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- RenJi Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Huadong Hospital, ShuGuang Hospital
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Jun Pu, RenJi Hospital
- Investigators
- Jun Pu, MD,PhD, Principal investigator, RenJi Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04631341
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Melatonin Intervention Study
- Status last verified
- Nov 2020
- First submitted
- 16 Aug 2020
- Last updated
- 17 Nov 2020
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Xu L, Su Y, Zhao Y, Sheng X, Tong R, Ying X, Gao L, Ji Q, Gao Y, Yan Y, Yuan A, Wu F, Lan F, Pu J. Melatonin differentially regulates pathological and physiological cardiac hypertrophy: Crucial role of circadian nuclear receptor RORalpha signaling. J Pineal Res. 2019 Sep;67(2):e12579. doi: 10.1111/jpi.12579. Epub 2019 Apr 24.
PubMed 30958896Ding S, Lin N, Sheng X, Zhao Y, Su Y, Xu L, Tong R, Yan Y, Fu Y, He J, Gao Y, Yuan A, Ye L, Reiter RJ, Pu J. Melatonin stabilizes rupture-prone vulnerable plaques via regulating macrophage polarization in a nuclear circadian receptor RORalpha-dependent manner. J Pineal Res. 2019 Sep;67(2):e12581. doi: 10.1111/jpi.12581. Epub 2019 May 14.
PubMed 31009101Zhao Y, Xu L, Ding S, Lin N, Ji Q, Gao L, Su Y, He B, Pu J. Novel protective role of the circadian nuclear receptor retinoic acid-related orphan receptor-alpha in diabetic cardiomyopathy. J Pineal Res. 2017 Apr;62(3). doi: 10.1111/jpi.12378. Epub 2017 Feb 22.
PubMed 27862268Zhao YC, Xu LW, Ding S, Ji QQ, Lin N, He Q, Gao LC, Su YY, Pu J, He B. Nuclear receptor retinoid-related orphan receptor alpha deficiency exacerbates high-fat diet-induced cardiac dysfunction despite improving metabolic abnormality. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2017 Aug;1863(8):1991-2000. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2016.10.029. Epub 2016 Nov 5.
PubMed 27825849He B, Zhao Y, Xu L, Gao L, Su Y, Lin N, Pu J. The nuclear melatonin receptor RORalpha is a novel endogenous defender against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. J Pineal Res. 2016 Apr;60(3):313-26. doi: 10.1111/jpi.12312. Epub 2016 Feb 16.
PubMed 26797926
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 17 Nov 2020. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Intervention Effect Of Melatonin On The Risk Of Cardiovascular Events And Malignant Tumors In The Elderly: A Prospective, Randomized Parallel Controlled Study Based On Large Cohorts
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04631341
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Melatonin Intervention Study
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Keywords
- Cohort study, Natural Population, China
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 10,000 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- RenJi HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Huadong Hospital, ShuGuang Hospital
- Study start
- 1 Jan 2021 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 1 Jan 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 17 Nov 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Cardiovascular diseases and tumors seriously threaten human health. There are many risk factors that affect the occurrence and death of cardiovascular diseases and malignant tumors. In addition to genetic and congenital factors, it also includes bad lifestyles, such as smoking, drinking, abnormal metabolism, excessive stress, etc. Many factors such as excessive stress and staying up late can cause abnormal circadian rhythms. The regulation of circadian rhythm is likely to be a key key to the early prevention of cardiovascular diseases and tumors.
Melatonin has an important role in regulating the circadian rhythm of the human body. The latest research of our research group confirmed that melatonin can reduce the level of oxidative stress through the retinoic acid-related orphan nuclear receptor alpha (RORα) and thereby inhibit pathological cardiac hypertrophy; melatonin can regulate the polarization and polarization of macrophages RORα receptor stabilizes vulnerable plaque in arteries and prevents plaque rupture.
In China, melatonin is widely used in the market as a health product. However, the protective mechanism of melatonin in cardiovascular diseases and tumors is still unclear, and large-scale population intervention studies are still lacking. The level of melatonin in the daytime changes little with age, but the peak at night gradually decreases with age. In people aged 60 and above, the peak of melatonin at night decreased significantly. We speculate that melatonin supplementation may be able to reduce the oxidative damage of mitochondria by maintaining the level of melatonin at night in the body, delay cell decay, and delay this physiological process.
Therefore, the project team intends to combine the developed new cardiovascular disease and tumor risk prediction models in the Shanghai elderly cohort established in the early stage, and randomize groups of healthy people in the same risk stratification, according to whether or not to supplement melatonin. There are two cohorts: the melatonin intervention cohort and the parallel control cohort. By observing the efficacy indicators of cardiovascular disease and tumor incidence in the two groups during the follow-up period, it provides evidence-based medical evidence for the future clinical application of melatonin.
Detailed description
Cardiovascular diseases and tumors seriously threaten human health. With the aging of the population in my country, the number of patients with two diseases has been increasing year by year, the difficulty of treatment has greatly increased, and the prognosis of most patients is poor. Therefore, it is of great clinical significance to explore safe and effective intervention programs to prevent cardiovascular diseases and malignant tumors in the elderly.
There are many risk factors that affect the occurrence and death of cardiovascular diseases and malignant tumors. In addition to genetic and congenital factors, it also includes bad lifestyles, such as smoking, drinking, abnormal metabolism, excessive stress, etc. Many factors such as excessive stress and staying up late can cause abnormal circadian rhythms [5, 6]. The regulation of circadian rhythm is likely to be a key key to the early prevention of cardiovascular diseases and tumors.
Melatonin has an important role in regulating the circadian rhythm of the human body. A number of basic and clinical studies at home and abroad have shown that melatonin has a protective effect on inhibiting cardiovascular disease and tumor occurrence. The latest research of our research group confirmed that melatonin can reduce the level of oxidative stress through the retinoic acid-related orphan nuclear receptor alpha (RORα) and thereby inhibit pathological cardiac hypertrophy; melatonin can regulate the polarization and polarization of macrophages RORα receptor stabilizes vulnerable plaque in arteries and prevents plaque rupture.
In China, melatonin is widely used in the market as a health product. Melatonin has a wide range of sources, no obvious toxic and side effects to the body, and high bioavailability, which suggests that it can prevent cardiovascular diseases and It has important potential in the occurrence of tumors. However, the protective mechanism of melatonin in cardiovascular diseases and tumors is still unclear, and large-scale population intervention studies are still lacking. The level of melatonin in the daytime changes little with age, but the peak at night gradually decreases with age. In people aged 60 and above, the peak of melatonin at night decreased significantly. We speculate that melatonin supplementation may be able to reduce the oxidative damage of mitochondria by maintaining the level of melatonin at night in the body, delay cell decay, and delay this physiological process.
Therefore, the project team intends to combine the developed new cardiovascular disease and tumor risk prediction models in the Shanghai elderly cohort established in the early stage, and randomize groups of healthy people in the same risk stratification, according to whether or not to supplement melatonin. There are two cohorts: the melatonin intervention cohort and the parallel control cohort. By observing the efficacy indicators of cardiovascular disease and tumor incidence in the two groups during the follow-up period, it provides evidence-based medical evidence for the future clinical application of melatonin.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Melatonin Group | Experimental | Dietary Supplement: MelatoninTake melatonin supplements |
| Normal Control Group | No intervention | –Don't take melatonin supplements |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 60 to 74 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (8 listed)
- Queue members;
- Han nationality;
- Between 60-74 years old, no gender limit;
- Women are in menopause;
- Patients without a history of malignant tumors (except for non-melanoma skin cancer), myocardial infarction, stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA), angina, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention;
Key exclusion criteria (8 listed)
- People who have difficulty swallowing or have known supplementary malabsorption;
- Have received any other clinical trial treatment within 1 year;
- The subject has a known, active or suspicious autoimmune disease;
- The subject has severe infections, including but not limited to infections requiring hospitalization, bacteremia, severe pneumonia, etc.;
- The subject has used a live attenuated vaccine in the past 30 days;
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| MelatoninMelatonin 5mg every night, for one year | Dietary supplement | Melatonin Group |
Primary outcome
Total cancer and cardiovascular disease incidence
Time frame: up to five years
The primary cancer endpoint will be total cancer incidence (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer). For cardiovascular disease (CVD), the primary endpoint will be a composite endpoint of myocardial infarction, stroke, and CVD incidence.
1 secondary outcome
Cancer mortality and a composite endpoint adding revascularization procedures of coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention
Time frame: up to five years
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 17 Nov 2020.
- Background: PubMed 30958896Xu L, Su Y, Zhao Y, Sheng X, Tong R, Ying X, Gao L, Ji Q, Gao Y, Yan Y, Yuan A, Wu F, Lan F, Pu J. Melatonin differentially regulates pathological and physiological cardiac hypertrophy: Crucial role of circadian nuclear receptor RORalpha signaling. J Pineal Res. 2019 Sep;67(2):e12579. doi: 10.1111/jpi.12579. Epub 2019 Apr 24.
- Background: PubMed 31009101Ding S, Lin N, Sheng X, Zhao Y, Su Y, Xu L, Tong R, Yan Y, Fu Y, He J, Gao Y, Yuan A, Ye L, Reiter RJ, Pu J. Melatonin stabilizes rupture-prone vulnerable plaques via regulating macrophage polarization in a nuclear circadian receptor RORalpha-dependent manner. J Pineal Res. 2019 Sep;67(2):e12581. doi: 10.1111/jpi.12581. Epub 2019 May 14.
- Background: PubMed 27862268Zhao Y, Xu L, Ding S, Lin N, Ji Q, Gao L, Su Y, He B, Pu J. Novel protective role of the circadian nuclear receptor retinoic acid-related orphan receptor-alpha in diabetic cardiomyopathy. J Pineal Res. 2017 Apr;62(3). doi: 10.1111/jpi.12378. Epub 2017 Feb 22.
- Background: PubMed 27825849Zhao YC, Xu LW, Ding S, Ji QQ, Lin N, He Q, Gao LC, Su YY, Pu J, He B. Nuclear receptor retinoid-related orphan receptor alpha deficiency exacerbates high-fat diet-induced cardiac dysfunction despite improving metabolic abnormality. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2017 Aug;1863(8):1991-2000. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2016.10.029. Epub 2016 Nov 5.
- Background: PubMed 26797926He B, Zhao Y, Xu L, Gao L, Su Y, Lin N, Pu J. The nuclear melatonin receptor RORalpha is a novel endogenous defender against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. J Pineal Res. 2016 Apr;60(3):313-26. doi: 10.1111/jpi.12312. Epub 2016 Feb 16.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Song Ding, MD,PhD contact
Jun Pu, MD,PhD principal investigator
RenJi Hospital
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Melatonin in people with Cardiovascular Diseases, run by RenJi Hospital.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Nov 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Jun Pu, MD,PhD (86-21-68383477, pujun310@hotmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Total cancer and cardiovascular disease incidence (time frame: up to five years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04631341, which also lists 5 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 17 Nov 2020.