The Influence of Corticosteroid Treatment on Heart Function

Myocardial Function Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02232048
• Other study ID #: 0061-14-HYMC
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 20, 2014
• Last updated: September 8, 2014
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: September 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2014
• Source: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
• Contact: Nina Avshovich, MD
• Phone: 972-4-630-835
• Email: ninaa[@]hy.health.gov.il
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments are given corticosteroid treatment according clinical indications. Patients receive treatment at different dosage levels and in different preparations according to clinical indications. This study will investigate how corticosteroids effect the heart and specifically, longitudinal strain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: September 2016
• Est. primary completion date: September 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Stable patients able to undergo Transthoracic Echocardiogram

• Patients beginning treatment with corticosteroids

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant

• Patients recently or chronically treated with corticosteroids

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Myocardial Function

Intervention

Other:
• Transthoracic Echocardiogram

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Hillel Yaffe Medical Center	Hadera

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Heart Function	Heart contraction and specifically its longitudinal strain will be examined using Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE) before, during and after corticosteroid treatment. TTE reveals changes in contraction in the right and left ventricle and septum.	Two years	No