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Chronic Heart FailureROXICNCT05913739

Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

A study testing Oxygen Therapy in people with Chronic Heart Failure and Oxygen Deficiency, run by Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta at 1 site in Spain.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to assess patients with chronic heart failure and moderate-severe ventricular dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction (FEVE) <40%) with nocturnal desaturation (mean Oxygen saturation (SatO2) <90% and/or Cummulative time (TC) <90% > 22 minutes) without underlying respiratory… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Chronic Heart Failure, Oxygen Deficiency
What is being tested?
Oxygen Therapy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1 participants
Where
1 siteSpain
Study dates
1 Jul 2022to 31 Jul 2024
Phase
Interventional
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

Who may be able to join

  • Patients > 18 years old.
  • Diagnosis and clinic of chronic heart failure with ventricular dysfunction with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <40% under optimal medical treatment regardless of its etiology and having presented at least one episode of decompensation (visits to the emergency room, hospitalizations and/or need for intravenous depletive treatment) during the last year.
  • Nocturnal desaturation defined as mean SatO2 <90% and/or Cummulative time (TC) <90>22 minutes to nocturnal pulse oximetry done at home.
  • Signed informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Chronic lung disease (includes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with Pulmonary respiratory function (PRF) (forced expiratory volume at one second/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) <70%), diffuse interstitial diseases, pulmonary hypertension of respiratory).
  • Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) with Apnea hypopnea index (AHI) > 14.9.
  • Previous treatment with oxygen therapy.
  • Not agreeing to attend periodic cardiology visits.
  • Being part of other clinical studies that contraindicate an intervention.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Spain1 site
  • University Hospital of Girona Dr. Josep Trueta

    Girona, 17007

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About this study

Official title: Impact of Oxygen Therapy on Readmissions of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

The purpose of this study is to assess patients with chronic heart failure and moderate-severe ventricular dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction (FEVE) <40%) with nocturnal desaturation (mean Oxygen saturation (SatO2) <90% and/or Cummulative time (TC) <90% > 22 minutes) without underlying respiratory disease, oxygen treatment during hours of night rest will reduce exacerbations, improve the ability to effort, sleep quality and poor prognostic parameters of heart failure, compared to patients not receiving oxygen treatment.

Read the detailed description

36 patients will attend at baseline, monthly, 3-month and 6-monthly visits.

BASELINE VISIT After being informed about the study and potential risks, all patients giving written informed consent, will be randomized (according to the list) receiving oxygen therapy (treatment group) and those not receiving this treatment (control group).

The following information will be collected:

  • Demographics, pathological history, concomitant medication.
  • Physical examination, vital signs (pressure, heart rate, weight)
  • Doppler echocardiography (an echocardiography performed in the last 6 months will be accepted)
  • Analytical determination of biomarkers NT-proBNP and ultrasensitive troponin.
  • Assessment of baseline functional class by NYHA classification.
  • Respiratory function tests: spirometry and diffusion (will accept tests performed in the last 6 months).
  • Arterial blood gases.
  • Nocturnal respiratory polygraphy.
  • Exercise capacity with the 6-minute walk test (P6MM)
  • Evaluation of health-related quality of life with the Minnesota questionnaire
  • Assessment of sleep quality using the Pittsburgh questionnaire

If the patient belongs to the treatment group, the intervention will begin with oxygen therapy with a static concentrator and nasal cannula during the night at home, with a minimum compliance of six hours, following the usual clinical practice. Overnight pulse oximetry at home with oxygen will be performed to confirm if the prescribed flow rate is adequate to achieve a mean SatO2 >90% and/or that the correction of the CT90. If this is not achieved, it will be repeated, modifying the oxygen flow until the target is reached.

The control group will not undergo this intervention.

The rest of the medical treatment will be carried out according to the usual protocol of the Heart Failure Unit.

Follow up visits:

Clinical follow-up will be done at one month, three months and six months after the start of the intervention in the Chronic Respiratory Pathology Unit of Pneumology.

At 1 and 3 months

  • Analytical determination of biomarkers nt-proBNP and ultrasensitive troponin (TnThs).
  • Baseline functional class will be collected by New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification.
  • Physical examination, vital signs (blood pressure (BP), Heart rate (HR), weight).
  • Adverse effects and concomitant medication.

At 6 months

  • Analytical determination of biomarkers nt-proBNP and ultrasensitive troponin (TnThs).
  • Baseline functional class by NYHA classification will be collected.
  • Physical examination, vital signs (BP, HR, weight).
  • Evaluation of exercise capacity will be done by means of the 6-minute walk test (PM6M).
  • Nocturnal pulse oximetry of control: treatment group with oxygen to evaluate the response and control group without oxygen to evaluate the evolution.
  • Assessment of health-related quality of life with the Minnesota questionnaire.
  • Sleep quality will be assessed using the Pittsburgh questionnaire.
  • Adverse effects and concomitant medication.

In the follow-up periods (1, 3 and 6 months), the number of decompensations will be recorded:

  • Hospitalizations for heart failure.
  • Emergency care for heart failure requiring at least one dose of intravenous diuretic treatment.
  • Need for outpatient intravenous depletive treatment due to the presence of congestive signs.

The study will be considered completed after 6 months of follow-up.

Being tested
Oxygen Therapy
Keywords
oxygen therapy
Medical subject headings
Hypoxia

What participants receive

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

  • Oxygen TherapyOther

    Nocturnal oxygen therapy minimum 6 hours

Study groups in NCT05913739
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Oxygen TherapyActive comparatorParticipants received nocturnal oxygen therapy (minimum 6 hours) for 6 months.
Receives: Other: Oxygen Therapy
No Oxygen TherapyNo interventionParticipants will not received oxygen therapy

What is being measured

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

  1. Nocturnal oxygen therapy at home in patients with heart failure heart rate and nocturnal desaturation can reduce the number of heart failure decompensations cardiac arrest.

    To assess whether treatment with nocturnal oxygen therapy at home in patients with heart failure heart rate and nocturnal desaturation (mean SatO2 <90% and/or CT <90%>22 minutes) no AOS manages to reduce the number of heart failure decompensations cardiac arrest (hospitalizations, visits to the emergency room or the need for depletive treatment intravenously) compared with patients not receiving oxygen therapy.

    Measured: changes from baseline to 6th month

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Oxygen during the night rest is accompanied by reduction of the biomarker NTproBNP (pg/mL). Oxygen during the night rest is accompanied by reduction the biomarker TnThs (pg/mL).

    To analyze if the treatment with oxygen during the night rest is accompanied by reduction the biomarkers NTproBNP(pg/mL) and TnThs (pg/mL).

    Measured: changes from baseline to 6th month

  2. Nocturnal oxygen therapy on symptoms using the class function of the NYHA, in the capacity of effort (P6MM).

    To assess the benefit of nocturnal oxygen therapy on symptoms using the class function of the NYHA, in the capacity of effort (P6MM).

    Measured: changes from baseline to 6th month

  3. Nocturnal oxygen therapy on symptoms using the class function of the NYHA, in the quality of life (Minnesota score)

    To assess the benefit of nocturnal oxygen therapy on symptoms using the class function of the NYHA, in the quality of life (Minnesota score)

    Measured: changes from baseline to 6th month

  4. Nocturnal oxygen therapy on symptoms using the class function of the NYHA, in the quality of the dream (pittsburg score).

    To assess the benefit of nocturnal oxygen therapy on symptoms using the class function of the NYHA, in the quality of the dream (pittsburg score).

    Measured: changes from baseline to 6th month

Timeline

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

  1. First posted22 Jun 2023
  2. Study start1 Jul 2022
  3. Primary completion31 Jul 2024
  4. Study completion31 Jul 2024

Why it stopped: Difficulty in recruitment

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
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
A randomization of the patients will be carried out receiving oxygen therapy (treatment group) and those not receiving this treatment (control group): randomization will be done according to list
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05913739
Sponsor's protocol ID
ROXIC
Acronym
ROXIC
Status last verified
Oct 2024
First submitted
8 Feb 2023
Last updated
8 Oct 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: All individual participant data (IPD) collected data can be shared as long as it is for research collaboration

Publications

  • Bekfani T, Abraham WT. Current and future developments in the field of central sleep apnoea. Europace. 2016 Aug;18(8):1123-34. doi: 10.1093/europace/euv435. Epub 2016 May 26.

    PubMed 27234869
  • Oldenburg O, Wellmann B, Buchholz A, Bitter T, Fox H, Thiem U, Horstkotte D, Wegscheider K. Nocturnal hypoxaemia is associated with increased mortality in stable heart failure patients. Eur Heart J. 2016 Jun 1;37(21):1695-703. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv624. Epub 2015 Nov 26.

    PubMed 26612581
  • Khayat R, Jarjoura D, Porter K, Sow A, Wannemacher J, Dohar R, Pleister A, Abraham WT. Sleep disordered breathing and post-discharge mortality in patients with acute heart failure. Eur Heart J. 2015 Jun 14;36(23):1463-9. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu522. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

    PubMed 25636743
  • Watanabe E, Kiyono K, Matsui S, Somers VK, Sano K, Hayano J, Ichikawa T, Kawai M, Harada M, Ozaki Y. Prognostic Importance of Novel Oxygen Desaturation Metrics in Patients With Heart Failure and Central Sleep Apnea. J Card Fail. 2017 Feb;23(2):131-137. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.09.004. Epub 2016 Sep 9.

    PubMed 27615064
  • Gottlieb JD, Schwartz AR, Marshall J, Ouyang P, Kern L, Shetty V, Trois M, Punjabi NM, Brown C, Najjar SS, Gottlieb SS. Hypoxia, not the frequency of sleep apnea, induces acute hemodynamic stress in patients with chronic heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Oct 27;54(18):1706-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.08.016.

    PubMed 19850211
  • Bradley TD, Logan AG, Kimoff RJ, Series F, Morrison D, Ferguson K, Belenkie I, Pfeifer M, Fleetham J, Hanly P, Smilovitch M, Tomlinson G, Floras JS; CANPAP Investigators. Continuous positive airway pressure for central sleep apnea and heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2005 Nov 10;353(19):2025-33. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa051001.

    PubMed 16282177
  • Cowie MR, Woehrle H, Wegscheider K, Angermann C, d'Ortho MP, Erdmann E, Levy P, Simonds AK, Somers VK, Zannad F, Teschler H. Adaptive Servo-Ventilation for Central Sleep Apnea in Systolic Heart Failure. N Engl J Med. 2015 Sep 17;373(12):1095-105. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1506459. Epub 2015 Sep 1.

    PubMed 26323938
  • Damy T, Margarit L, Noroc A, Bodez D, Guendouz S, Boyer L, Drouot X, Lamine A, Paulino A, Rappeneau S, Stoica MH, Dubois-Rande JL, Adnot S, Hittinger L, d'Ortho MP. Prognostic impact of sleep-disordered breathing and its treatment with nocturnal ventilation for chronic heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2012 Sep;14(9):1009-19. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs085. Epub 2012 Jun 22.

    PubMed 22730336
  • Yumino D, Bradley TD. Central sleep apnea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2008 Feb 15;5(2):226-36. doi: 10.1513/pats.200708-129MG.

    PubMed 18250216
  • Levi-Valensi P, Weitzenblum E, Rida Z, Aubry P, Braghiroli A, Donner C, Aprill M, Zielinski J, Wurtemberger G. Sleep-related oxygen desaturation and daytime pulmonary haemodynamics in COPD patients. Eur Respir J. 1992 Mar;5(3):301-7.

    PubMed 1572442
  • Toyama T, Seki R, Kasama S, Isobe N, Sakurai S, Adachi H, Hoshizaki H, Oshima S, Taniguchi K. Effectiveness of nocturnal home oxygen therapy to improve exercise capacity, cardiac function and cardiac sympathetic nerve activity in patients with chronic heart failure and central sleep apnea. Circ J. 2009 Feb;73(2):299-304. doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-07-0297. Epub 2008 Dec 27.

    PubMed 19122308
  • Ponikowski P, Voors AA, Anker SD, Bueno H, Cleland JGF, Coats AJS, Falk V, Gonzalez-Juanatey JR, Harjola VP, Jankowska EA, Jessup M, Linde C, Nihoyannopoulos P, Parissis JT, Pieske B, Riley JP, Rosano GMC, Ruilope LM, Ruschitzka F, Rutten FH, van der Meer P; ESC Scientific Document Group. 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC. Eur Heart J. 2016 Jul 14;37(27):2129-2200. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw128. Epub 2016 May 20. No abstract available.

    PubMed 27206819
  • Shigemitsu M, Nishio K, Kusuyama T, Itoh S, Konno N, Katagiri T. Nocturnal oxygen therapy prevents progress of congestive heart failure with central sleep apnea. Int J Cardiol. 2007 Feb 14;115(3):354-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.03.018. Epub 2006 Jun 23.

    PubMed 16806535
  • du Bois RM, Weycker D, Albera C, Bradford WZ, Costabel U, Kartashov A, King TE Jr, Lancaster L, Noble PW, Sahn SA, Thomeer M, Valeyre D, Wells AU. Forced vital capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: test properties and minimal clinically important difference. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Dec 15;184(12):1382-9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201105-0840OC. Epub 2011 Sep 22.

    PubMed 21940789
  • Yi H, Shin K, Shin C. Development of the sleep quality scale. J Sleep Res. 2006 Sep;15(3):309-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2006.00544.x.

    PubMed 16911033

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Oxygen Therapy in people with Chronic Heart Failure and Oxygen Deficiency, run by Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta at 1 site in Spain.

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 4 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 8 Oct 2024. 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 Spain. 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 stopped early (reason given: Difficulty in recruitment). Results are not available in the source record.

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?

Nocturnal oxygen therapy at home in patients with heart failure heart rate and nocturnal desaturation can reduce the number of heart failure decompensations cardiac arrest. (time frame: changes from baseline to 6th month). 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 NCT05913739, which also lists 18 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 8 Oct 2024.

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