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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 11 December 2023
Main ID:  NCT04451850
Date of registration: 25/06/2020
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Cincinnati
Public title: HRV as a Marker of Treatment Response in PAH Arterial Hypertension
Scientific title: Heart Rate Variability (HRV) as a Marker of Treatment Response in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Date of first enrolment: June 1, 2021
Target sample size: 35
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04451850
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Arun Jose, MD, MS
Address: 
Telephone: 513-558-7451
Email: josean@ucmail.uc.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:     Susan McMahan, BSN, RN, CCRP
Address: 
Telephone: 513-558-4376
Email: susan.mcmahan@uc.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:     Arun Jose, MD, MS
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Cincinnati
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All adult patients (ages 18-70) of any functional class with a new diagnosis of PAH
(World health Organization Group 1) placed on targeted therapy

- Eligible PAH etiologies include idiopathic PAH, associated with connective tissue
disease, human immunodeficiency virus, hereditary, or portopulmonary hypertension

- Right heart catheterization (RHC) hemodynamics with a mean pulmonary arterial pressure
>=20 millimetres of mercury at rest, a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure <= 15
millimetres of mercury, and a pulmonary vascular resistance >= 3 woods units

Exclusion Criteria:

- Inability to undergo (non-contrast) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) testing

- On chronotropic agents (Beta-Blockers, anti-arrhythmic medications, etc.) that could
affect the calculation and interpretation of HRV measures

- Conditions that could affect the accuracy of MRI imaging, including a history
previously repaired or unrepaired congenital heart defects, ventricular or atrial
septal defects, or other anatomic cardiac abnormalities)

- Inability to complete a six-minute walk test

- Currently being on targeted PAH therapy at the time of consent and enrollment

- Thyroid disease, known arrhythmias in the past six months, uncontrolled anemia with a
hemoglobin less than 7 grams per deciliter, untreated coronary artery disease or a
diagnosis of myocardial infarction in the past 6 months, the presence of a cardiac
pacemaker

- Clinically significant lung disease (including pulmonary function testing forced vital
capacity < 60%), a positive ventilation/perfusion scan, uncontrolled sleep apnea not
adherent with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation

- Unable to consent, pregnant women, and prisoners.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Other: Noninvasive actigraphy monitor
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from baseline in HRV via RMSSD [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Correlation with CAMPHOR Quality of Life Score [Time Frame: 6 months]
Change from baseline in HRV via SDNN [Time Frame: 6 months]
Correlation with NTproBNP [Time Frame: 6 months]
Correlation with REVEAL 2.0 Risk Score [Time Frame: 6 months]
Correlation with Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Variables [Time Frame: 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
2019-1371
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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