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To study whether heart rate variability training and respiratory coherence can improve hypertension in individuals with FXTAS.

All patients will receive HRV biofeedback training for 20 sessions. Our hypothesis is that individuals with FXTAS who undergo 20 sessions of biofeedback training will improve self-regulatory skills for reducing hypertension, as measured by blood pressure measurement to below 140/90. The investigators hypothesize that individuals who successfully develop increased heart rate variability and better synchrony between heart rhythm and respiration will show the greatest improvements in self-regulatory skills for hypertension.


Clinical Trial Description

Fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a late onset neurodegenerative disease that affects carriers of the fragile X premutation. This project proposes the evaluation of an innovative intervention program that promotes self-regulatory skills for hypertension in individuals with FXTAS. Using a control-group experimental design, the investigators propose to explore the efficacy of a biofeedback treatment to support self-regulatory processes on the physiological level: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and respiratory coherence biofeedback.

Chronic hypertension contributes to cardiovascular complications, dementia, and increased risk of stroke. Our results indicate that the risk of hypertension is significantly elevated in male premutation carriers with FXTAS compared with carriers without FXTAS and controls.

Several research studies showed high levels of physiological arousal in individuals with Fragile X-Associated Disorders (FXS/FX-AD), related to a dysregulation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. One parameter to measure physiological arousal is cardiovascular activity. It provides an index of parasympathetic and sympathetic involvement of the autonomic nervous system. Heart rate is under the control of efferent sympathetic and vagal activities directed to the sinus node, which are modulated by central brain stem (vasomotor and respiratory centers) and peripheral oscillators (oscillation in arterial pressure and respiratory movements). Spectral analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) is a reliable quantitative method for analyzing the modulatory effects of neural mechanisms on the sinus node.

Biofeedback treatments are reported for over 30 years. Biofeedback provides specific information about internal biological processes (i.e. muscle activity, respiration, heart rate variability, skin temperature and brain electrical activity) in an individual. In general, by enhancing the awareness of these processes and training to volitional control over them, specific parameters can be improved. The internal biological processes can be measured with a specific biofeedback equipment that convert this data into signals, often in the form of auditory, visual or somatosensory events, so that the individual can perceive real-time changes in their physiological activity. As the individual learns to control these events, healthier physiological processes are conditioned. Depending upon the physiological processes targeted, healthier patterns of activity can be achieved by most people after they have participated in 10 to 50 sessions of biofeedback supported with professional coaching and practice. Various biofeedback protocols and assistive electronic technologies such as the NeXus-10, emWave Personal Stress Reliever® or StressEraser® exist to enhance the balance of parasympathetic activity, vagal tone, increase HRV and synchronize respiration with the heart rhythm (i.e., the slowing down and speeding up of the heart over time). ;


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NCT number NCT03816540
Study type Interventional
Source University of California, Davis
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 3
Start date May 1, 2018
Completion date March 13, 2019

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