Study to Investigate the Effect of Heart Rate Reduction With Ivabradine on Vascular Elastic Properties and Endothelial Function in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease

Coronary Artery Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:
A Randomised, Placebo Controlled, Double Blind, Cross-over, Single Center Clinical Study to Investigate the Effect of Heart Rate Reduction With Ivabradine on Vascular Elastic Properties and Endothelial Function in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This study investigates whether chronic heart rate reduction with ivabradine (Procoralan®, Servier, France) affects aortic compliance and endothelial function in patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease.

Clinical Trial Description

Experimental and clinical data suggest that sustained elevation of heart rate contributes to the pathogenesis of vascular disease (1, 2). In animal studies accelerated heart rate is associated with signalling events leading to vascular oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction and acceleration of atherogenesis (3). The underlying mechanisms are only partially understood and appear to correlate with mechanic properties such as reduction of vascular compliance. Heart rate reduction by I(f)-channel inhibition with ivabradine (Procoralan®, Servier, France) attenuates oxidative stress, improves endothelial function and reduces the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in mice models of lipid-induced atherosclerosis (1, 4).

Aortic stiffness is a consequence of arterial aging and vascular risk factors and determinates cardiovascular mortality (5). Heart rate depending repetitive pulsations appear to induce fatigue and fracture of elastin lamellae of central arteries. As a result the vessel stiffens and pulse wave reflections return earlier to the heart. In consequence aortic pressure rises and pulsations of flow extend further into smaller vessels of organs (notably the brain and kidney). Stiffening leads to increased left ventricular (LV) load with hypertrophy, decreased capacity for myocardial perfusion, and increased hemodynamic stresses on small arterial vessels.

Several experimental investigations revealed an interaction between heart rate and vascular compliance demonstrating a positive association between increased heart rate and arterial stiffness (6). Recent experimental data suggest that heart rate reduction by ivabradine (Procoralan®, Servier, France) significantly improves aortic distensibility in cholesterol fed ApoE -/- mice measured by MRI technique (7). While a benefit of pharmacological heart rate reduction on vascular outcomes was observed in animal studies, prospective clinical data are limited and evidence determining whether chronic modulation of heart rate can improve vascular function and compliance in patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease is needed. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Diagnostic

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01768585
Study type	Interventional
Source	University Hospital, Saarland
Contact	Florian Custodis, MD
Phone	0049-6841-1623000
Email	Florian.Custodis@uks.eu
Status	Recruiting
Phase	Phase 4
Start date	December 2012
Completion date	December 2014

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