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NCT number NCT02759341
Other study ID # CE 3015
Secondary ID 2016-00015
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received April 25, 2016
Last updated November 20, 2017
Start date February 2016
Est. completion date November 2017

Study information

Verified date November 2017
Source Ospedale San Giovanni Bellinzona
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC) and the Cardiac Syndrome X (CSX) are respectively acute and chronic heart diseases, which mimic myocardial infarction and stable angina pectoris without alterations of large coronary vessels. The causes and the most appropriate and best treatment for these diseases have not been yet clarified, but there are indications, that mental and psychosocial aspects may also contribute to these two diseases. So far, there is no study, which has comprehensively evaluated the interactions between mind and heart in these two conditions.

The purpose of this study is to search for possible differences in mental activity, response to stressful events and function of specific areas of the brain deeply involved in relation between mind and heart.

45 subjects will be recruited and divided equally into: patients with CSX, patients with TTC (at least 6 months ago) and patients with previous acute myocardial infarction (at least 6 months ago). All participants will undergo a clinical interview and several questionnaires that assess various mental functions, the stress response and the quality of life. In addition, in a separate visit the participants will undergo a Magnetic Resonance Imaging without contrast medium that helps to assess function of specific areas of the brain.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 50
Est. completion date November 2017
Est. primary completion date November 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Group A. 15 patients with Cardiac X Syndrome (CSX), according to the diagnostic criteria previously proposed by Lanza et al.

- Group B. 15 patients with Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC), according to Mayo diagnostic criteria at least 6 months after being hospitalized or diagnosed with TTC.

- Group C (control group). 15 prospectively enrolled patients with previous Type 1, 4a, 4b myocardial infarction (ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction [STEMI] and Non ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction [NSTEMI] acute coronary syndrome [ACS] with significant =70% coronary stenosis) at least six months after the event.

Acute myocardial infarction will be defined according to the third universal definition of myocardial infarction.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Refused consent

- Unable to participate or provide written informed consent

- Short-term survival (<1 year)

- Acute or decompensated medical conditions

- Acute neurological or psychiatric diseases

- Absence of sinus rhythm or frequent ectopic beats

- History of severe lung, liver, kidney or autoimmune diseases

- Any contraindication to MRI

Study Design


Intervention

Other:
Manual for the Assessment and Documentation of Psychopathology (AMDP 8)

Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory 3 (MCMI-III)

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory form Y (STAI-Y)

SF-36 Health-Related Quality of Life

Blood oxygenation level dependent- functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (BOLD-fMRI)


Locations

Country Name City State
Switzerland Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli - Ospedale San Giovanni Bellinzona Bellinzona Canton Ticino

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Ospedale San Giovanni Bellinzona Swiss Heart Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

References & Publications (3)

Lanza GA. Cardiac syndrome X: a critical overview and future perspectives. Heart. 2007 Feb;93(2):159-66. Epub 2006 Jan 6. Review. — View Citation

Prasad A, Lerman A, Rihal CS. Apical ballooning syndrome (Tako-Tsubo or stress cardiomyopathy): a mimic of acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 2008 Mar;155(3):408-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.008. Epub 2008 Jan 31. Review. — View Citation

Thygesen K, Alpert JS, Jaffe AS, Simoons ML, Chaitman BR, White HD; Writing Group on the Joint ESC/ACCF/AHA/WHF Task Force for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction, Thygesen K, Alpert JS, White HD, Jaffe AS, Katus HA, Apple FS, Lindahl B, Morrow DA, Chaitman BA, Clemmensen PM, Johanson P, Hod H, Underwood R, Bax JJ, Bonow RO, Pinto F, Gibbons RJ, Fox KA, Atar D, Newby LK, Galvani M, Hamm CW, Uretsky BF, Steg PG, Wijns W, Bassand JP, Menasché P, Ravkilde J, Ohman EM, Antman EM, Wallentin LC, Armstrong PW, Simoons ML, Januzzi JL, Nieminen MS, Gheorghiade M, Filippatos G, Luepker RV, Fortmann SP, Rosamond WD, Levy D, Wood D, Smith SC, Hu D, Lopez-Sendon JL, Robertson RM, Weaver D, Tendera M, Bove AA, Parkhomenko AN, Vasilieva EJ, Mendis S; ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG). Third universal definition of myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J. 2012 Oct;33(20):2551-67. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs184. Epub 2012 Aug 24. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Difference in BOLD-fMRI intensity signal in CSX and TTC as compared to AMI patients Baseline
Primary Difference in BOLD-fMRI distribution signal in CSX and TTC as compared to AMI patients Baseline
Secondary Difference in CSX and TTC AMDP 8 results as compared to AMI patients Baseline
Secondary Difference in CSX and TTC MCMI-III results as compared to AMI patients Baseline
Secondary Difference in CSX and TTC STAI-Y results as compared to AMI patients Baseline
Secondary Difference in CSX and TTC SF-36 HRQOL results as compared to AMI patients Baseline
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