Cardiac Event Risk Clinical Trial
Official title:
Using Heart Rate Variability to Analyze the Effect of Beta Blockers on Intermediate Risk Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures
Beta blockers have been shown to decrease the risk of intraoperative cardiac events in patients at high cardiac risk. However, they have also been associated with side effects (for instance, stroke.) The role of beta blockers in patients at intermediate cardiac risk undergoing surgery is controversial. Heart rate variability is a way of evaluating the cardiac function of a patient. Decreased heart rate variability is associated with early cardiac death in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) and after a heart attack. It has been shown to transiently decrease in patients in hemorrhagic shock after trauma and returns to normal after resuscitation in trauma and burn patients. The investigators hypothesize that beta blockers will maintain pre operative heart rate variability in patients with intermediate risk of cardiac events during operative intervention with laparoscopic surgery.
| Status | Withdrawn |
| Enrollment | 0 |
| Est. completion date | March 2012 |
| Est. primary completion date | March 2012 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
| Gender | Both |
| Age group | 40 Years to 75 Years |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - age 40-75 years old - intermediate risk of adverse cardiac events: - renal insufficiency (CrCl < 60) - diabetes mellitus - two of the following: - age > 50 - obesity - hypertension - hyperlipidemia - hypercholesterolemia - prior stroke - undergoing an elective laparoscopic abdominal surgery less than three hours: - cholecystectomy - ventral hernia repair - umbilical hernia repair - gastric bypass or gastric banding Exclusion Criteria: - currently taking a beta blocker - prior heart attack - rhythm other than sinus on ECG - contraindication to beta blockers: - decompensated CHF - severe valvular disease - asthma - COPD - hypersensitivity to beta blockers - heart rate < 60 - currently taking a calcium channel blocker - urgent or emergent surgery |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator)
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Community Regional Medical Center | Fresno | California |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| University of California, San Francisco |
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| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Heart Rate Variability | 2 weeks | No |