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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03476785
Other study ID # STU 062014-068
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 1, 2015
Est. completion date July 2, 2019

Study information

Verified date October 2019
Source University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether vigorous exercise training 4-5 days/week for one year in sedentary middle aged (ages 40-64) individuals at high risk for future development of heart failure will improve cardiac and vascular compliance to a degree equivalent to life-long exercisers and the sedentary young. To date, no effective therapy for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has been found; therefore prevention is critical and discovering novel treatment strategies is essential. Exercise training if implemented in high risk patients may improve diastolic function and cardiac-vascular interactions, preventing further progression to overt heart failure.


Description:

The global objective of this project is to test novel strategies to prevent diastolic dysfunction associated with HFpEF; these include: a) identifying high risk individuals by using population derived imaging and blood biomarkers; and b) implementing novel exercise training strategies in these middle age individuals, when cardiac plasticity still exists, to forestall the development of diastolic abnormalities that progress to HFpEF.

Prior research has demonstrated that: a) healthy but sedentary aging leads to atrophy and stiffening of the heart with reduced myocardial and chamber compliance; b) in contrast, highly competitive senior athletes had cardiac compliance that was indistinguishable from healthy young individuals suggesting that lifelong exercise training prevented this stiffening; c) even prolonged and intense exercise training started after age 65 failed to reverse age-related cardiac and vascular stiffening; d) cardiac stiffening begins in middle age (40-64) and can be substantially prevented by training 4-5 days/wk. The primary objective of this project is therefore to identify high risk sedentary individuals age 40-64, and initiate an exercise program carefully designed to maximize effects on cardiovascular compliance and function. Findings from this aim would have enormous public health significance and establish a novel, practical exercise training strategy designed to reverse cardiovascular stiffening.

Hypothesis:

Exercise training, when implemented 4-5 times/week over a prolonged period of time in sedentary high risk middle aged men and women, age 40-64 will improve cardiac and vascular compliance to a degree equivalent to life-long exercisers (and sedentary young);

Specific Aim:

To test the hypothesis, two groups of previously sedentary subjects, ages 40-64 at particularly high risk for HF will be studied for one year, with the following interventions: 1) subjects undergoing prolonged endurance/interval/strength exercise training; and 2) strength and flexibility /balance control. Subjects will be categorized as high risk and enrolled on the basis of elevated serum biomarkers and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) documented by cardiac MRI. Comprehensive invasive and non-invasive assessment of cardiovascular structure and systolic/diastolic function will be performed before and after 1 year of an exercise intervention involving high intensity aerobic intervals, lower intensity endurance training, and strength training, compared with strength and flexibility control.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 56
Est. completion date July 2, 2019
Est. primary completion date July 2, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 40 Years to 64 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (by MRI, echocardiography or ECG)

- Normal ejection fraction (>50%)

- Elevated cardiac biomarker (high sensitivity troponin, NT-BNP)

Exclusion Criteria:

- age < 40 or >64

- body mass index>35

- history of heart failure, myocarditis, restrictive cardiomyopathy, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unstable coronary artery disease or recent (<12 month) acute coronary syndrome, cerebrovascular disease as evidenced by prior transient ischemic attack or stroke and active/recent tobacco use (quit < 5 years).

- chronic orthopedic injury that precludes exercise testing

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
High intensity exercise
Subjects will perform high intensity aerobic exercise in addition to moderate intensity sessions 4-5 times per week.
Yoga
Subjects will perform strength and flexibility exercises.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States The Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine Dallas Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Left ventricular stiffness Change in ventricular stiffness after 1 year of exercise training measured as the stiffness constant of the diastolic limb of the left ventricular pressure-volume curve 1 year
Secondary Aerobic fitness Change in peak aerobic capacity (VO2) after 1 year of exercise training 1 year
Secondary Vascular stiffness Change in pulse wave velocity after 1 year of exercise training 1 year
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