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Heart DiseaseNCT00012493

Cardiac Vulnerability in Potentially Susceptible Patients

An observational study of Heart Disease, run by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

This project is part of a program project directed toward assessing cardiac effects of particulate and other ambient air pollutants. In this project patient who have recently suffered a cardiac event are being monitored with cardiac monitors for 24 hours up to 4 times during the year following their cardiac event. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 45 to 74 years
Conditions the study is for
Heart Disease
How many people
100 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Oct 1999to Dec 2002
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 45 to 74 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

For the cardiac event cases patients are selected from the Brigham and Women's Hospital cardiac services at the time of discharge, aged 45-74, having suffered a cardiac event resulting in either an infarct or need for a cardiac procedure (angioplasty, stint, etc). For the CHF patients they are selected from the BWH cardiac clinics where they have been identified and classified as stage 3 or 4 CHF. For both groups residence requirements are that they reside within the Greater Boston Area as defined by an outer ring road (Route 495) and are willing to be visited at home and have the exposure assessment equipment set up in their home as well as be monitored personally.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Brigham and Womens Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

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About this study

This project is part of a program project directed toward assessing cardiac effects of particulate and other ambient air pollutants. In this project patient who have recently suffered a cardiac event are being monitored with cardiac monitors for 24 hours up to 4 times during the year following their cardiac event. Similarly a second group of patients with moderate to severe heart failure will undergo similar cardiac monitoring for 24 hours, twice a week separated by 3 months. In both sets of patients home indoor pollution measures will be continuously made and used to correlate with measures of heart rate variability.

Read the detailed description

Approximately 50 patients in each group will be studied. In addition to cardiac monitoring for 24 hours at each session, overnight respiratory pattern and oxygen saturation will be monitored in both groups. The exposure monitoring will include both particle mass of PM2.5 along with detailed assessment to determine that portion of the particulate exposure from outdoor vs. indoor sources.

Conditions
Heart Disease
Keywords
Cardiac event, Heart disease, Particulate Matter
Medical subject headings
Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted12 Mar 2001 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 1999
  3. Study completionDec 2002

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Defined population
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
100 participants
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00012493
Sponsor's protocol ID
9825-CP-001
Status last verified
Sep 2006
First submitted
9 Mar 2001
Last updated
4 Sep 2006
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Heart Disease, run by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Sep 2006. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Sep 2006.

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