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Peripheral Arterial DiseaseEarly Phase 1NCT00755677

Exploring the Health Benefits Associated With Daily Pulse Consumption in Individuals With Peripheral Arterial Disease

A Early Phase 1 study testing Pulses in people with Peripheral Arterial Disease, run by St. Boniface Hospital at 1 site in Canada.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

This is a single site, open registration, dietary proof of concept, food substance study designed to explore the health benefits associated with daily pulse consumption in individuals with peripheral arterial disease. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 40 to 82 years
Conditions the study is for
Peripheral Arterial Disease
What is being tested?
Pulses
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
26 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
Mar 2007to Jul 2008
Phase
Early Phase 1
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 40 to 82 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Presence of peripheral arterial disease including those with claudication as defined by an ankle brachial index of ≤ 0.90 and asymptomatic carotid stenosis lesion of > 50%
  • Male or female (> 40 years of age)
  • Willing to comply with the protocol requirements
  • Willing to provide informed consent
  • Stable medication profile with no changes anticipated for the duration of the proposed study schedule (8 weeks)

Who cannot join

  • Renal failure requiring dialysis
  • Currently smoking
  • Hormone replacement therapy
  • Inability to adhere to a regular diet
  • Additional intake of pulses outside the planned daily requirements outlined in the study
  • History of gastrointestinal reactions or allergies to pulses

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Canada1 site
  • St. Boniface General Hospital

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2H 2A6

Other trials in Canada

About this study

This is a single site, open registration, dietary proof of concept, food substance study designed to explore the health benefits associated with daily pulse consumption in individuals with peripheral arterial disease. The investigators hypothesis that a diet containing at least one serving of pulse crops (dried beans, peas, lentil, chickpeas) per day provides flavonoid compounds that improve cardiovascular health by increasing the levels of serum adiponectin is based on evidence from the literature that indicates flavonoids present in these foods are capable of improving arterial stiffness and reducing hypercholesterolemia.

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Objectives:

  • Correlate serum adiponectin levels with daily intake of pulses in individuals with peripheral arterial disease
  • Monitor changes in arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction in individuals with early stage cardiovascular disease
  • Determine the tolerability of daily consumption of pulses in the targeted population
  • Identify changes in the expression profile of white blood cells.

Study Duration: 12 months

Study Design:

  • This is a single site, open registration, dietary proof of concept, food substance study designed to explore the health benefits associated with daily pulse consumption in individuals with arterial disease
  • Each subject will undergo a 7-day adaptation period consisting of a consumption of ¼ cup of pulses per serving daily, followed by a minimum of ½ cup of pulses per serving daily
  • Total duration of subject participation is 8 weeks;
  • Subjects will be asked to attend 3 in-person clinic visits over the duration of their participation in the study for screening, registration/baseline and end of study assessments
  • Telephone follow-up to subjects will occur at weeks 1,2,4, and 6
  • Both clinical assessment and subject-based data will be collected at various points of the study schedule
  • Subjects will be asked to complete a food frequency questionnaire at the outset, maintain a 3-day food record at two separate occasions, and undergo a brief semi-structured interview during the telephone follow-up assessments of the study

Assessments:

  1. Screening Visit: Informed consent; inclusion/exclusion criteria assessment; medical history; physical exam; food frequency questionnaire; 3-day food record
  2. Registration/Baseline: Registration; assess for changes to medical history (including medication profile) and physical condition; urine sample; fasting blood sample; assessment of arterial stiffness and ankle-brachial index; begin adaptation period (7 days)with food items containing ¼ c of pulses per serving
  3. Visits 1,2,4 \& 6: Telephone follow-up to assess adverse events and tolerability with semi-structured subject interview; distribution (weekly) of food items containing a minimum of ½ cup pulses per serving; 3-day food record repeated at week 6
  4. Visit 8 (final): Assess for adverse events and changes to medical history and physical exam; urine sample; fasting blood sample collection; assessment of arterial stiffness and and ankle-brachial index

Outcomes:

  • Descriptive analysis of clinical data: Demographics, medical history, physical findings, concomitant medications and adverse events
  • Identification of changes in endothelial function (determined by measuring pulse wave velocity (PWV), ankle-brachial index, soluble adhesion molecule levels and coagulation status) in response to dietary modification
  • Correlation of serum adiponectin levels, including adiponectin multimers and truncated form (globular adiponectin) with endothelial function
  • Correlation of changes in endothelial cell function with serum isoflavone levels
  • Qualitative analysis of data collected from semi-structured subject interviews to assess parameters associated with tolerability of diet and to identify favoured recipes
  • Profile cohort using 55,000 gene microarray to identify potential biomarkers and changes in gene expression (phenotype mapping) induced by diet
  • Use microarrays to examine gene methylation and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in DNA samples to determine if changes in expression profile are due to epigenetic modification (global) or allelic (individual) variation in the study cohort in response to a pulse-enriched diet
  • Serum and urinary eicosanoids will be analyzed by a multi-step procedure utilizing liquid chromatography, derivitization steps, thin-layer chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
  • Serum will also be analyzed for fatty acid composition using thin-layer chromatography and gas chromatography
Being tested
Pulses
Medical subject headings
Peripheral Arterial Disease

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • PulsesOther

    subjects consume 1 pulse food daily for eight weeks

Study groups in NCT00755677
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
pulsesOtherInterventional. Participants are registered sequentially to undergo daily consumption of pulses for eight weeks
Receives: Other: Pulses

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Identification of changes in endothelial function in response to dietary modification

    Measured: baseline, week 8

  2. Correlation of serum adiponectin levels

    Measured: baseline, week 8

  3. Correlation of changes in endothelial cell function with serum isoflavone levels

    Measured: baseline, week 8

  4. Genetic Profiling

    Measured: baseline, week 8

  5. Analysis of serum and urinary eicosanoids

    Measured: baseline, week 8

  6. Serum analysis for fatty acid composition

    Measured: baseline, week 8

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Descriptive analysis of clinical data: Demographics, medical history,

    Measured: baseline

  2. Physical findings, concomitant medications and adverse events

    Measured: baseline, weekly for 8 weeks

  3. Qualitative analysis of data collected from semi-structured subject interviews

    Measured: week 1, week 2, week 4, week 6, week 8

  4. (Compliance/tolerability/side effects)

    Measured: week 1, week 2, week 4, week 6, week 8

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 Sep 2008 (estimated)
  2. Study startMar 2007
  3. Primary completionJan 2008
  4. Study completionJul 2008

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
26 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00755677
Sponsor's protocol ID
Pulse Study
Status last verified
Mar 2012
First submitted
11 Sep 2008
Last updated
21 Mar 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Wilson PW, D'Agostino RB, Sullivan L, Parise H, Kannel WB. Overweight and obesity as determinants of cardiovascular risk: the Framingham experience. Arch Intern Med. 2002 Sep 9;162(16):1867-72. doi: 10.1001/archinte.162.16.1867.

    PubMed 12196085
  • Calkin AC, Allen TJ. Diabetes mellitus-associated atherosclerosis: mechanisms involved and potential for pharmacological invention. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2006;6(1):15-40. doi: 10.2165/00129784-200606010-00003.

    PubMed 16489846
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (2005) http://www jdrf org au/publications/factsheets/complications html

  • Li TY, Rana JS, Manson JE, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Rexrode KM, Hu FB. Obesity as compared with physical activity in predicting risk of coronary heart disease in women. Circulation. 2006 Jan 31;113(4):499-506. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.574087.

    PubMed 16449729
  • British Heart Foundation Statistics (2006) www heartstats org

  • Houston DK, Stevens J, Cai J, Haines PS. Dairy, fruit, and vegetable intakes and functional limitations and disability in a biracial cohort: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Feb;81(2):515-22. doi: 10.1093/ajcn.81.2.515.

    PubMed 15699243
  • Hu FB, Willett WC. Optimal diets for prevention of coronary heart disease. JAMA. 2002 Nov 27;288(20):2569-78. doi: 10.1001/jama.288.20.2569.

    PubMed 12444864
  • Bazzano LA, Serdula MK, Liu S. Dietary intake of fruits and vegetables and risk of cardiovascular disease. Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2003 Nov;5(6):492-9. doi: 10.1007/s11883-003-0040-z.

    PubMed 14525683
  • Anderson JW, Major AW. Pulses and lipaemia, short- and long-term effect: potential in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Br J Nutr. 2002 Dec;88 Suppl 3:S263-71. doi: 10.1079/BJN2002716.

    PubMed 12498626
  • Castro IA, Barroso LP, Sinnecker P. Functional foods for coronary heart disease risk reduction: a meta-analysis using a multivariate approach. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jul;82(1):32-40. doi: 10.1093/ajcn.82.1.32.

    PubMed 16002797
  • Rowland I. Optimal nutrition: fibre and phytochemicals. Proc Nutr Soc. 1999 May;58(2):415-9. doi: 10.1017/s0029665199000543.

    PubMed 10466185
  • Gylling H, Miettinen TA. The effect of plant stanol- and sterol-enriched foods on lipid metabolism, serum lipids and coronary heart disease. Ann Clin Biochem. 2005 Jul;42(Pt 4):254-63. doi: 10.1258/0004563054255605.

    PubMed 15989725
  • Hertog MG, Feskens EJ, Hollman PC, Katan MB, Kromhout D. Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen Elderly Study. Lancet. 1993 Oct 23;342(8878):1007-11. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)92876-u.

    PubMed 8105262
  • Keli SO, Hertog MG, Feskens EJ, Kromhout D. Dietary flavonoids, antioxidant vitamins, and incidence of stroke: the Zutphen study. Arch Intern Med. 1996 Mar 25;156(6):637-42.

    PubMed 8629875
  • Wylie-Rosett J, Segal-Isaacson CJ, Segal-Isaacson A. Carbohydrates and increases in obesity: does the type of carbohydrate make a difference? Obes Res. 2004 Nov;12 Suppl 2:124S-9S. doi: 10.1038/oby.2004.277.

    PubMed 15601960

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Early Phase 1 study testing Pulses in people with Peripheral Arterial Disease, run by St. Boniface Hospital at 1 site in Canada.

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 6 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 21 Mar 2012. 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 Canada. 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.

What does this phase mean?

Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

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?

Identification of changes in endothelial function in response to dietary modification (time frame: baseline, week 8). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00755677, which also lists 108 linked publications.

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 21 Mar 2012.

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