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Cardiovascular Disease AcuteNCT04340921

The Role of Adaptive Immunity in COVID-19 Associated Myocardial Injury

An observational study of Cardiovascular Disease Acute and Cardiomyopathies, run by Barts & The London NHS Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

COVID-19 is associated with complications including ARDS and myocardial injury, which informs prognosis and patient outcome. The laboratory plans to perform immunophenotyping of peripheral T-cells in patients with COVID-19 and complications (ARDS, ITU admission, myocardial injury) and map this against clinical patient… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
COVID-19 exposure
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
14 May 2020to 14 Apr 2023
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
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients ≥18 years old admitted to the Barts NHS Trust who have a diagnosis of COVID-19.

Group 1: COVID-19 positive without evidence of myocardial injury (n=120). Inclusion criteria: All adult (age≥18 but <100 years of age) inpatients with confirmed COVID-19 infection. Exclusion criteria: No biochemical evidence of acute myocardial injury (serum troponin>99th centile within previous 48-hour period)

Group 2: COVID-19 positive with myocarditis (n=20). Inclusion criteria: All adult (age≥18 but <100 years of age) inpatients with confirmed COVID-19 infection and clinically suspected or confirmed myocarditis including evidence of acute myocardial injury (troponin >99th centile within the previous 48-hour period) at the time of recruitment.

Exclusion criteria: significant chronic kidney disease (eGFR ≤30 or dialysis-dependent) or septic shock at the time of initial assessment. We will also exclude patients with a diagnosis of chronic heart muscle disease and those with known significant chronic or acute obstructive coronary disease.

Group 3: Group 1 and 2 study participants with a complicated course (estimated 14-35 patients).

Inclusion criteria: Participants form Groups 1 and 2 in whom a prespecified complication ocurs will be included in a derived Group3.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • Barts Health Nhs Trust

    London, EC1A 7BE

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About this study

COVID-19 is associated with complications including ARDS and myocardial injury, which informs prognosis and patient outcome. The laboratory plans to perform immunophenotyping of peripheral T-cells in patients with COVID-19 and complications (ARDS, ITU admission, myocardial injury) and map this against clinical patient outcomes. The aim is to determine if there is a specific T-cell immunophenotype associated with COVID-19 and/or complications, which can be used to inform prognosis and potential therapies.

Read the detailed description

Infection with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is designated a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO).COVID-19 infection can result in severe lung inflammation which, when present, dominates the clinical course for most patients. However, other organs may also be involved and the cardiovascular (CV) system appears to have complex interactions with COVID-19. Published reports suggest evidence of heart muscle damage in 20-40% of hospitalised cases presenting as cardiac chest pain, heart failure, abnormal heart rhythms and cardiac death.

Many affected were previously well, but approximately half of those admitted to hospital COVID-19 have other medical problems, increasing in those requiring ITU admission or those that died. Patients with pre-existing CV conditions have some of the worst outcomes. Although pre-existing disorders reduce an individual's capacity to withstand severe illness, it is also likely that CV diseases may increase the risk of developing complicated COVID-19 disease. Our hypothesis is that immunological abnormalities acquired as a consequence of pre-existing disorders is responsible for this.

A question central to potential therapeutic options is the extent to which COVID-19 related myocardial injury results from viral replication (cytopathic), is immune mediated or is due to other mechanisms. Given that rapid onset cardiac injury can occur at 7-14 days after onset of COVID symptoms we propose to evaluate the contribution of adaptive T-cell mediated immunity in patients with and without myocardial injury. If successful, we may be able to identify treatments that suppress discrete components of the immune system to prevent myocardial damage without depressing protective immune function.

Being tested
COVID-19 exposure
Medical subject headings
Cardiomyopathies

What participants receive

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

  • COVID-19 exposureBiological

    Observation only

Study groups in NCT04340921
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
1. COVID-19+ (n=120)COVID-19 positive without evidence of myocardial injury (n=120). Inclusion criteria: All adult (age≥18 but <100 years of age) inpatients with confirmed COVID-19 infection. Exclusion criteria: No biochemical evidence of acute myocardial injury (serum troponin>99th centile within previous 48-hour period).
Receives: Biological: COVID-19 exposure
2. COVID-19+ Myocardial injury+ (n=20)COVID-19 positive with myocarditis (n=20). Inclusion criteria: All adult (age≥18 but <100 years of age) inpatients with confirmed COVID-19 infection and clinically suspected or confirmed myocarditis including evidence of acute myocardial injury (troponin >99th centile within the previous 48-hour period) at the time of recruitment. Exclusion criteria: significant chronic kidney disease (eGFR ≤30 or dialysis-dependent) or septic shock at the time of initial assessment. We will also exclude patients with a diagnosis of chronic heart muscle disease and those with known significant chronic or acute obstructive coronary disease.
Receives: Biological: COVID-19 exposure
3. COVID-19+ Complication+ (estimated 10-25%)Inclusion criteria: Participants form Groups 1 and 2 in whom a prespecified complication ocurs will be included in a derived Group3.
Receives: Biological: COVID-19 exposure

What is being measured

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

  1. T-cell immunophenotype

    T-cell immunophenotype

    Measured: 12 months from enrollment

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Mortality

    death, survival to discharge

    Measured: 12 months from enrolment

  2. ITU admission

    Admission to the intensive care

    Measured: 12 months from enrolment

  3. Myocardial injury

    Defined by troponin rise to >99th centile

    Measured: 12 months from enrolment

Timeline

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

  1. First posted10 Apr 2020
  2. Study start14 May 2020
  3. Primary completion14 Apr 2023
  4. Study completion14 Apr 2023

Why it stopped: Failure to recruit

Resources

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
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04340921
Sponsor's protocol ID
282289
Status last verified
Apr 2023
First submitted
3 Apr 2020
Last updated
21 Apr 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: No IPD will be shared from this project.

Publications

  • Gurwitz D. Angiotensin receptor blockers as tentative SARS-CoV-2 therapeutics. Drug Dev Res. 2020 Aug;81(5):537-540. doi: 10.1002/ddr.21656. Epub 2020 Mar 4.

    PubMed 32129518
  • Ramchand J, Patel SK, Srivastava PM, Farouque O, Burrell LM. Elevated plasma angiotensin converting enzyme 2 activity is an independent predictor of major adverse cardiac events in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 13;13(6):e0198144. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198144. eCollection 2018.

    PubMed 29897923
  • Cooper LT Jr. Myocarditis. N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 9;360(15):1526-38. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra0800028.

    PubMed 19357408
  • Mehta P, McAuley DF, Brown M, Sanchez E, Tattersall RS, Manson JJ; HLH Across Speciality Collaboration, UK. COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression. Lancet. 2020 Mar 28;395(10229):1033-1034. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30628-0. Epub 2020 Mar 16. No abstract available.

    PubMed 32192578
  • Ruan Q, Yang K, Wang W, Jiang L, Song J. Clinical predictors of mortality due to COVID-19 based on an analysis of data of 150 patients from Wuhan, China. Intensive Care Med. 2020 May;46(5):846-848. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-05991-x. Epub 2020 Mar 3. No abstract available.

    PubMed 32125452
  • Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, Ren L, Zhao J, Hu Y, Zhang L, Fan G, Xu J, Gu X, Cheng Z, Yu T, Xia J, Wei Y, Wu W, Xie X, Yin W, Li H, Liu M, Xiao Y, Gao H, Guo L, Xie J, Wang G, Jiang R, Gao Z, Jin Q, Wang J, Cao B. Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Lancet. 2020 Feb 15;395(10223):497-506. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5. Epub 2020 Jan 24.

    PubMed 31986264
  • Zhou F, Yu T, Du R, Fan G, Liu Y, Liu Z, Xiang J, Wang Y, Song B, Gu X, Guan L, Wei Y, Li H, Wu X, Xu J, Tu S, Zhang Y, Chen H, Cao B. Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet. 2020 Mar 28;395(10229):1054-1062. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30566-3. Epub 2020 Mar 11.

    PubMed 32171076
  • Wang D, Hu B, Hu C, Zhu F, Liu X, Zhang J, Wang B, Xiang H, Cheng Z, Xiong Y, Zhao Y, Li Y, Wang X, Peng Z. Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China. JAMA. 2020 Mar 17;323(11):1061-1069. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.1585.

    PubMed 32031570
  • Zheng YY, Ma YT, Zhang JY, Xie X. COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2020 May;17(5):259-260. doi: 10.1038/s41569-020-0360-5.

    PubMed 32139904
  • Chen N, Zhou M, Dong X, Qu J, Gong F, Han Y, Qiu Y, Wang J, Liu Y, Wei Y, Xia J, Yu T, Zhang X, Zhang L. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study. Lancet. 2020 Feb 15;395(10223):507-513. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30211-7. Epub 2020 Jan 30.

    PubMed 32007143
  • Komarowska I, Coe D, Wang G, Haas R, Mauro C, Kishore M, Cooper D, Nadkarni S, Fu H, Steinbruchel DA, Pitzalis C, Anderson G, Bucy P, Lombardi G, Breckenridge R, Marelli-Berg FM. Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor c-Met Instructs T Cell Cardiotropism and Promotes T Cell Migration to the Heart via Autocrine Chemokine Release. Immunity. 2015 Jun 16;42(6):1087-99. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.05.014. Epub 2015 Jun 9.

    PubMed 26070483
  • Bajaj R, Sinclair HC, Patel K, Low B, Pericao A, Manisty C, Guttmann O, Zemrak F, Miller O, Longhi P, Proudfoot A, Lams B, Agarwal S, Marelli-Berg FM, Tiberi S, Cutino-Moguel T, Carr-White G, Mohiddin SA. Delayed-onset myocarditis following COVID-19. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Apr;9(4):e32-e34. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00085-0. Epub 2021 Feb 19. No abstract available.

    PubMed 33617781

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Cardiovascular Disease Acute and Cardiomyopathies, run by Barts & The London NHS Trust at 1 site in United Kingdom.

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: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Apr 2023. 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 Kingdom. 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 was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

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?

T-cell immunophenotype (time frame: 12 months from enrollment). 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 NCT04340921, which also lists 12 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 Apr 2023.

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