Familial Risk of AAA in Sweden
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Karolinska University Hospital
- Where
- Sweden1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- People taking part
- 900,000 people, planned
- Started
- Jan 2010
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2028
- Type of study
- Observational, 4 groups
- Record updated
- 11 May 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 45 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- -
Who cannot take part
- younger than 45 years
This trial has no sites in United States.
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The aim is to study the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in first degree relatives and the risk to develop AAA in individuals with heredity for AAA compared with the population ( without heredity for AAA).The study i based on national registers in Sweden with high coverage and capacity of linkage between different registers.
The 4 groups in the trial
- Index cases
Individuals with diagnosed abdominal aortic aneurysm during 2010- 2024
- First-degree relatives to index cases
First- degree relatives to index cases with AAA. Siblings, Parents, Children identified through the Multigeneration register.
- Index controls
Control population to index cases based on sex, age, region and income.
- First-degree relatives of controls
First-degree relatives of the control population (index controls). Individuals without familial AAA.
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Familial Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Sweden
- Record updated
- 11 May 2026