Echocardiographic Characteristics of High Endurance Israeli Athletes

Athlete's Heart Clinical Trial

Official title:

Echocardiographic Characteristics of High Endurance Israeli Athletes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00634335
• Other study ID #: sor465808ctil
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 4, 2008
• Last updated: December 29, 2008
• Start date: March 2008
• Est. completion date: June 2009

Study information

• Verified date: February 2008
• Source: Soroka University Medical Center
• Contact: Sergio Kobal, MD
• Phone: 972-8-6400133
• Email: kobal[@]bgu.ac.il
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Israel: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to characterize the cardiac adaptive changes of professional Israeli bicyclists by using echocardiography.

Description:

Adaptive cardiac changes, such as enlargement of left ventricle mass and enlargement of left ventricular wall was observed in athletes. The physiological limit of remodeling changes in accordance to sex, type of activity, intensity of activity, genetics and race.

Although many studies were conducted on this subject, it is still impossible to predict if an athlete from a certain sport will develop cardiac changes and their what will those changes characteristics will be.

Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death among young athletes, this is because of high physical activity in the presence of a hidden heart disease, therefore there is much debate about the needed screening tests for athletes.

In Israel, there is only one study in this subject that showed no significant cardiac changes in Olympic athletes of various types of sports. the study didn't focused on high endurance sport athletes such as professional bicyclists although cardiac endurance is a main factor in cardiac changes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 81
• Est. completion date: June 2009
• Est. primary completion date: March 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Known athletes of the bicyclists organization of Israel or any other known organization for 2 year at least.

• Participated in at least one contest recognized by the bicyclists organization of Israel.

• Had been in training for the last 3 months at least, which included minimum of 8 hours a week in average

Exclusion Criteria:

• Do not suffer any known cardiac disease

• Had declared that they are not using drugs which are forbidden by the Olympic committee

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Athlete's Heart

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Soroka University Medical Center	Beer-Sheva

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Soroka University Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel,