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Administrative data

NCT number NCT01981642
Other study ID # MUW_EK-243/2011
Secondary ID KLI357
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date December 2011

Study information

Verified date October 2023
Source Medical University of Vienna
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

- Study Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity/specificity of noninvasive diagnostic methods for the cardiac function that are based on data available from the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD). These diagnostic methods will be compared to standard clinical diagnostic procedures both at rest and during exercise. - Study Design: The study is a prospective interventional cohort study. - Patient cohort: Thirty heart failure patients who had or are about to have a LVAD implanted. - Data Collection: The acquisition of LVAD data (motor current and speed) and wristwatch accelerometry data concurrently to the documentation of routine clinical examinations, such as cardiac ultrasound, electrocardiography (ECG), cardiac catheterization, and exercise tests, will be performed.


Description:

- Background: In recent years Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs) have become the devices of choice to treat patients with advanced heart failure. Proper evaluation of the cardiovascular function under LVAD support is of key importance especially for the preservation of the assisted cardiac function or for the evaluation of an eventual cardiac recovery. Cardiac echocardiography, electrocardiography and catheterization, as well as exercise testing are the standard clinical methods for the evaluation of the cardiovascular function during LVAD support. All these methods require however time-consuming procedures, and are therefore unacceptably cumbersome for frequent monitoring. On the other hand, a frequent and effective noninvasive evaluation of the cardiac status provided by the LVAD itself would have a remarkable impact on LVAD patients and their therapy. Previously developed methods to assess the cardiovascular status from data available from the LVAD (see references given) will be now investigated in a prospective clinical study. - Purpose: The main purpose of this study is evaluate the sensitivity/specificity of LVAD based diagnostics when compared to standard clinical diagnostic procedures both at rest and during exercise. Secondarily, the physical activity of patients will be evaluated following LVAD implantation. - Methods: Seventy-five heart failure patients who had or are about to have a LVAD implanted will be enrolled in this study. In these patients, the LVAD data (motor current and speed) will be recorded concurrently to the routine clinical examinations and during daily life. The routine clinical examinations typically consist of a subset of the following procedures: cardiac ultrasound, cardiac catheterization, 24h ECG measurement, exercise tests (6-minute walk test and spiroergometry). Parameters from the LVAD data that reflect contractile and relaxation properties as well as and aortic valve opening will be compared to echocardiography. Parameters from the LVAD data that reflect cardiac rhythms will be compared to ECG measurements. Both cardiac hemodynamics and rhythms during exercise tests will be assessed using the developed methods based on LVAD data. Finally, wristwatch accelerometers will be used for a quantification and evaluation of patient daily life activity. This measurements will be compared to 6-minute walk test and spiroergometry data as well as with the diagnostics methods based on the LVAD data.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date
Est. primary completion date December 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 70 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Signed informed consent obtained from the subject prior to participation; - At least 18 years of age and maximum 70 years old; - Subjects who received or are about to receive an LVAD. Exclusion Criteria: - Coagulation system disorders; - Pregnant or breast-feeding women; - Patients with bi-ventricular assist devices.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Recording of LVAD data during routine visits and daily life.
Noninvasive diagnostic intervention.
Recording of daily activity using wristwatch accelerometers.
Noninvasive diagnostic intervention.

Locations

Country Name City State
Austria General Hospital / Medical University of Vienna Vienna

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Medical University of Vienna Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

References & Publications (6)

Granegger M, Moscato F, Casas F, Wieselthaler G, Schima H. Development of a pump flow estimator for rotary blood pumps to enhance monitoring of ventricular function. Artif Organs. 2012 Aug;36(8):691-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01503.x. — View Citation

Granegger M, Schima H, Zimpfer D, Moscato F. Assessment of aortic valve opening during rotary blood pump support using pump signals. Artif Organs. 2014 Apr;38(4):290-7. doi: 10.1111/aor.12167. Epub 2013 Sep 19. — View Citation

Moscato F, Granegger M, Edelmayer M, Zimpfer D, Schima H. Continuous monitoring of cardiac rhythms in left ventricular assist device patients. Artif Organs. 2014 Mar;38(3):191-8. doi: 10.1111/aor.12141. Epub 2013 Aug 1. — View Citation

Moscato F, Granegger M, Naiyanetr P, Wieselthaler G, Schima H. Evaluation of left ventricular relaxation in rotary blood pump recipients using the pump flow waveform: a simulation study. Artif Organs. 2012 May;36(5):470-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2011.01392.x. Epub 2011 Dec 16. — View Citation

Naiyanetr P, Moscato F, Vollkron M, Zimpfer D, Wieselthaler G, Schima H. Continuous assessment of cardiac function during rotary blood pump support: a contractility index derived from pump flow. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Jan;29(1):37-44. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.05.032. Epub 2009 Sep 26. — View Citation

Vollkron M, Schima H, Huber L, Benkowski R, Morello G, Wieselthaler G. Advanced suction detection for an axial flow pump. Artif Organs. 2006 Sep;30(9):665-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2006.00282.x. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Sensitivity/specificity of LVAD-based methods to monitor the cardiovascular function when compared to routine clinical diagnostics. Participants will be followed for the duration of LVAD implant, an expected average of 2 years.
Secondary Documentation of daily life activities as measured using wristwatch accelerometers and routine clinical exercise tests. Participants will be followed for the duration of LVAD implant, an expected average of 2 years.
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