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Covid19NCT04352842

Echocardiographic Manifestation in Patient With COVID-19 (EARLY-MYO COVID-19)

An observational study of Covid19 and Echocardiography, run by RenJi Hospital at 1 site in China.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

The cardiovascular effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are not yet fully known. We conducted a prospective and dynamic echocardiographic study to investigate the cardiac structural and functional changes in COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Covid19, Echocardiography
What is being tested?
Echocardiography
How many people
51 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
21 Jan 2020to 8 Apr 2020
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
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients admitted in an intensive care unit (ICU) during February 22 to April 3, 2019 in a special hospital for COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China

Who may be able to join

  • Patients had been diagnosed of COVID-19 according to the criteria established by the WHO interim guidance and admitted to ICU because of severe or critical condition

Who cannot join

  • Patients who were < 18 years and whose entire stay in hospital lasted for < 48 hours.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

China1 site
  • Ren Ji Hospital Affliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200127

Other trials in China

About this study

Official title: Cardiac Structural and Functional Characteristics in COVID-19: A Dynamic Echocardiographic Study

The cardiovascular effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are not yet fully known. We conducted a prospective and dynamic echocardiographic study to investigate the cardiac structural and functional changes in COVID-19 patients in intensive care unit (ICU).

Read the detailed description

The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the newly discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SAR-CoV-2) has become a global health crisis, resulting in 3,435,894 confirmed infections and 239,604 deaths worldwide by 4 May 2020 1. Although acute respiratory syndrome is the main manifestation of the disease2, the understanding of the impact of the virus on other organs is of importance in terms of multiple organ dysfunction/failure that contributed to the increased mortality in patients with COVID-19.

With the increase of confirmed cases and the accumulation of clinical data, the cardiovascular manifestations caused by COVID-19 has raised concern3. Some studies have reported that a certain percentage of patients presented cardiac injury as indicated by elevated cardiac biomarkers such as high-sensitivity cardiac troponin-I (hs-cTnI) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) 2,4,5. Cardiac complications, including acute heart failure, cardiac rupture and even sudden cardiac arrest, has also been described in several case reports 6-8. However, autopsy studies failed to find the evidence of direct assaults by the virus in myocyte or apparent myocyte necrosis/apoptosis in the heart 9. Typical pathological finding reported was mononuclear inflammatory infiltration in the myocardial interstitium but no substantial damage in cardiomyocytes in the heart 10,11. Thus, a significant gap exists in our knowledge between the clinical investigation and postmortem findings. At present, the in vivo morphological and functional features of cardiac injury remain unknown.

We therefore performed a prospective and dynamic echocardiography study to investigate the cardiac structural and functional changes in patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to intensive care unit (ICU), and to compare the cardiac characteristics between deceased and survived patients.

Being tested
Echocardiography
Keywords
COVID-19, Echocardiography, cardiac structure, cardiac function
Medical subject headings
COVID-19

What participants receive

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

  • EchocardiographyOther

    An expert with 17-year professional experience performed all the echocardiography examinations using a GE LOGIQTM e portable color ultrasound diagnostic machine (GE Healthcare, WI, USA) that was specially used in the contaminated area. Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic measurements were conducted following the recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography

Study groups in NCT04352842
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Non-survivorsPatients deceased during the study period
Receives: Other: Echocardiography
SurvivorsPatients survived during the study period
Receives: Other: Echocardiography

What is being measured

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

  1. Death

    Death of any cause

    Measured: From admission to April 8 2020 (cutoff day)

Timeline

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

  1. First posted20 Apr 2020
  2. Study start21 Jan 2020
  3. Primary completion8 Apr 2020
  4. Study completion8 Apr 2020

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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
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
51 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04352842
Sponsor's protocol ID
COVID19-Echocardiography
Status last verified
Apr 2020
First submitted
16 Apr 2020
Last updated
19 May 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Covid19 and Echocardiography, run by RenJi Hospital at 1 site in China.

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 1 inclusion and 1 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 19 May 2020. 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 China. 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?

Death (time frame: From admission to April 8 2020 (cutoff day)). 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 19 May 2020.

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