Endothelial DysfunctionNCT00384683
Endothelial Dysfunction As A Predictor Of Perioperative Outcome
An observational study of Endothelial Dysfunction, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn whether the inability of certain blood vessel cells (endothelial cells) to function properly may help researchers to predict who is at risk for complications after surgery and whether this dysfunction contributes to complications after surgery. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Endothelial Dysfunction
- How many people
- 90 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Mar 2006to 5 Jun 2019
- 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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Study participants is scheduled to have major chest (lung or esophagus) surgery or is a healthy volunteer.
Who may be able to join
- Patients scheduled for major thoracic surgery (lobectomy, pneumonectomy, esophagectomy).
- Patients 18 years of age or older.
- Patients who have signed the consent form to participate in the study.
- Patients must have been evaluated in the Preanesthesia Clinic or by a staff Anesthesiologist preoperatively.
- All laboratory and diagnostic evaluations required or used to evaluate the patient in the Preanesthesia Clinic must be completed. All patients must be approved for surgery by the standards of the Preanesthesia Clinic.
Who cannot join
- Refusal to participate in the study.
- Patient is under age 18.
- Patient is unwilling to sign consent.
- Patient is unable to exercise (bedridden or wheel chair bound).
- Patient is enrolled in another study deemed by the investigator to affect oxygen metabolic efficiency and not presently the standard of care at MDACC.
- Any patient whose condition is deemed unsatisfactory for surgery after the preanesthetic evaluation.
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- Surgery canceled for any reason. The patient may reenter the study if surgery is rescheduled.
- Patient has had a myocardial infarction within 3 months of visiting the Preanesthesia Clinic or presents with new or unstable angina.
- Patient has a history of cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attacks within 3 months of visiting the Preanesthesia Clinic.
- Patient has a history of pulmonary embolic event within 3 months of visiting the Preanesthesia Clinic.
- Patient known to have acute or chronic deep vein thrombosis.
- Pregnant patients.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030
About this study
Official title: Endothelial Dysfunction As A Predictor Of Perioperative Outcome In Major Thoracic Surgery - An Observational Study
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn whether the inability of certain blood vessel cells (endothelial cells) to function properly may help researchers to predict who is at risk for complications after surgery and whether this dysfunction contributes to complications after surgery. This study will use a blood test to quantify the number of cells that are destined to become endothelial cells.
Read the detailed description
A small group of patients (about 12 out of every 100) are at risk of developing complications, for example lung infection, after their surgery. Researchers do not always know which patient is at risk or the reason why some patients develop these complications. Your participation in this study may help researchers to understand who is at risk and also the mechanism of some of the complications.
The inner layer of cells of blood vessels are called endothelial cells. This layer of cells plays a vital role in the normal function of blood vessels, including blood clotting and inflammation. Certain conditions, such as aging, smoking, high cholesterol, and some chemotherapies cause these cells to not function properly. Researchers can test whether these cells function properly by doing two simple tests - one is a blood test and the other uses ultrasound and temperature probes on the finger to look at the ability of arm blood vessels to dilate (expand).
The way your cells function will be tested within a month before your scheduled chemotherapy / radiation (if applicable), and again within a month before your major chest surgery. This will be done on those patients with surgery planned or scheduled.
About 2 tablespoons of blood will be drawn to measure the number of circulating blood cells that become endothelial cells.
During your scheduled surgery, the researcher will also collect just over a teaspoon of blood at the beginning of the surgery for an additional endothelial risk assessment and a small sample of lung tissue, if available. Tissue removed during long surgery is usually thrown away if it is not needed for diagnosis and or treatment purposes. The lung tissue sample collected for this research study will only be taken from lung tissue that is to be discarded. The lung tissue will be used to determine the amount of a naturally occurring substance thought to play a role in recruiting blood cells to repair injured lung tissue.
Blood samples (about 2 tablespoons) will also be collected after exercise, during your surgery, 24 hours after your surgery, and at 5 days after surgery or the time you discharge from the hospital (which ever is shorter). These blood samples will also be collected at your routinely schedule post operative clinic visits at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year after surgery. The samples will be used to determine the amount of endothelial cells in the blood stream.
For healthy volunteers, blood samples (about 2 tablespoons) will be collected at baseline (prior to exercising), 15-30 minutes past peak exercise, 3 hours past peak exercise and at 24 hours past past peak exercise.
Data will be collected on you for 30 days after your surgery, and during the 1 year follow-up. These data will then be matched with the amount of cell function as measured before surgery to see if these tests may be used to help predict which patients are at increased risk for complications. No other measurements will be done and this study will not change your surgical procedure or lengthen your hospital stay.
This is an investigational study. About 90 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at The University of Texas (UT) MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC).
- Conditions
- Endothelial Dysfunction
- Keywords
- Endothelial Dysfunction, Endothelial Cells, Perioperative Outcome, Blood Sample
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Endothelial Dysfunction | Participants are scheduled for major chest (lung or esophagus) surgery or are a healthy volunteer. A blood test will quantify the number of cells that are destined to become endothelial cells. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Number of Patient Major Pulmonary Events (MPE)
Measured: Baseline (entry in study) to end of study (estimated 1 year post-operative)
Secondary outcomes (1)
Patient's Duration of intensive care unit / hospital length of stay
Measured: Baseline to final day of hospitalization
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Oct 2006 (estimated)
- Study startMar 2006
- Primary completion5 Jun 2019
- Study completion5 Jun 2019
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Endothelial DysfunctionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Case-control
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 90 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Reza-John Mehran, MD, Principal investigator, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00384683
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2003-0434
- Status last verified
- Sep 2019
- First submitted
- 5 Oct 2006
- Last updated
- 24 Sep 2019
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 24 Sep 2019. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Endothelial Dysfunction As A Predictor Of Perioperative Outcome In Major Thoracic Surgery - An Observational Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00384683
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 2003-0434
- Conditions
- Endothelial Dysfunction
- Keywords
- Endothelial Dysfunction, Endothelial Cells, Perioperative Outcome, Blood Sample
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 90 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Mar 2006 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 5 Jun 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 5 Jun 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 6 Oct 2006 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn whether the inability of certain blood vessel cells (endothelial cells) to function properly may help researchers to predict who is at risk for complications after surgery and whether this dysfunction contributes to complications after surgery. This study will use a blood test to quantify the number of cells that are destined to become endothelial cells.
Detailed description
A small group of patients (about 12 out of every 100) are at risk of developing complications, for example lung infection, after their surgery. Researchers do not always know which patient is at risk or the reason why some patients develop these complications. Your participation in this study may help researchers to understand who is at risk and also the mechanism of some of the complications.
The inner layer of cells of blood vessels are called endothelial cells. This layer of cells plays a vital role in the normal function of blood vessels, including blood clotting and inflammation. Certain conditions, such as aging, smoking, high cholesterol, and some chemotherapies cause these cells to not function properly. Researchers can test whether these cells function properly by doing two simple tests - one is a blood test and the other uses ultrasound and temperature probes on the finger to look at the ability of arm blood vessels to dilate (expand).
The way your cells function will be tested within a month before your scheduled chemotherapy / radiation (if applicable), and again within a month before your major chest surgery. This will be done on those patients with surgery planned or scheduled.
About 2 tablespoons of blood will be drawn to measure the number of circulating blood cells that become endothelial cells.
During your scheduled surgery, the researcher will also collect just over a teaspoon of blood at the beginning of the surgery for an additional endothelial risk assessment and a small sample of lung tissue, if available. Tissue removed during long surgery is usually thrown away if it is not needed for diagnosis and or treatment purposes. The lung tissue sample collected for this research study will only be taken from lung tissue that is to be discarded. The lung tissue will be used to determine the amount of a naturally occurring substance thought to play a role in recruiting blood cells to repair injured lung tissue.
Blood samples (about 2 tablespoons) will also be collected after exercise, during your surgery, 24 hours after your surgery, and at 5 days after surgery or the time you discharge from the hospital (which ever is shorter). These blood samples will also be collected at your routinely schedule post operative clinic visits at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year after surgery. The samples will be used to determine the amount of endothelial cells in the blood stream.
For healthy volunteers, blood samples (about 2 tablespoons) will be collected at baseline (prior to exercising), 15-30 minutes past peak exercise, 3 hours past peak exercise and at 24 hours past past peak exercise.
Data will be collected on you for 30 days after your surgery, and during the 1 year follow-up. These data will then be matched with the amount of cell function as measured before surgery to see if these tests may be used to help predict which patients are at increased risk for complications. No other measurements will be done and this study will not change your surgical procedure or lengthen your hospital stay.
This is an investigational study. About 90 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at The University of Texas (UT) MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC).
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-control
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Endothelial Dysfunction | – | –Participants are scheduled for major chest (lung or esophagus) surgery or are a healthy volunteer. A blood test will quantify the number of cells that are destined to become endothelial cells. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Study participants is scheduled to have major chest (lung or esophagus) surgery or is a healthy volunteer.
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Patients scheduled for major thoracic surgery (lobectomy, pneumonectomy, esophagectomy).
- Patients 18 years of age or older.
- Patients who have signed the consent form to participate in the study.
- Patients must have been evaluated in the Preanesthesia Clinic or by a staff Anesthesiologist preoperatively.
- All laboratory and diagnostic evaluations required or used to evaluate the patient in the Preanesthesia Clinic must be completed. All patients must be approved for surgery by the standards of the Preanesthesia Clinic.
Key exclusion criteria (12 listed)
- Refusal to participate in the study.
- Patient is under age 18.
- Patient is unwilling to sign consent.
- Patient is unable to exercise (bedridden or wheel chair bound).
- Patient is enrolled in another study deemed by the investigator to affect oxygen metabolic efficiency and not presently the standard of care at MDACC.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Number of Patient Major Pulmonary Events (MPE)
Time frame: Baseline (entry in study) to end of study (estimated 1 year post-operative)
1 secondary outcome
Patient's Duration of intensive care unit / hospital length of stay
Time frame: Baseline to final day of hospitalization
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 24 Sep 2019.
- UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Official Web SiteLink provided by the sponsor.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Reza-John Mehran, MD principal investigator
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Endothelial Dysfunction, run by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 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?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 12 exclusion criteria. 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 24 Sep 2019. 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.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Number of Patient Major Pulmonary Events (MPE) (time frame: Baseline (entry in study) to end of study (estimated 1 year post-operative)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
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 24 Sep 2019.