Clinical trials: Ventricular Function
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Postnatal Steroids Effects on Cardiac Function in Extremely Preterm
Hypothesis/Study question In infants born at less than 29 weeks of estimated gestational age, what are the effects of dexamethasone use on cardiac structure/performance and lung water content? Study objectives To measure effects…
- Trial name
- SPEC (NCT04644094)
- Testing
- Echocardiography (ECHO) and lung ultrasound (LUS) studies before and after Dexamethasone administration
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Congestive Heart Failure, Mitral Regurgitation
Speckle Tracking Imaging and Realtime 3 Dimensional Echocardiograhy to Study LV Function and Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
Left ventricular (LV) remodeling after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been well described in previous studies. However, there is a paucity of data on the incidence of and risk factors for LV remodeling in modern clinical…
- Trial name
- NCT00745680
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Left Ventricular Assist Devices Patients
REVADE : Right Ventricular Function and Exercise in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients : Echocardiographic Study
Heart failure is a public health problem, responsible for 150.000 admissions, 32.000 deaths, 1% of public health expenditure each year in France.
- Trial name
- REVADE (NCT02067455)
- Testing
- adding 2 cardiopulmonary exercise testings : peak oxygen consumption (VO2 max) and stress echocardiography
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Healthy
Right Ventricular Metabolism in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
The purpose of this study is to use non-invasive imaging to determine the metabolic phenotype of the right ventricle in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension across a spectrum of disease severity.
- Trial name
- NCT02763735
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Acute Myocardial Infarction
CARISMA : Cardiac Arrhythmias and Risk Stratification After MyoCardial Infarction
The purpose of this study is to assess the incidence of tachy- and bradyarrhythmic episodes in patients with acute myocardial infarction with depressed ventricular function and to determine the predictive value of several…
- Trial name
- NCT00145119
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 312 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Ventricular Function
The Effect of Exercise and Alagebrium on the Diastolic Function of the Heart
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an investigational drug (Alagebrium (generic: ALT-711), a type of medication referred to as an advanced glycaton end-product clever) can be combined with exercise training to…
- Trial name
- AGE (NCT01014572)
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise Training, Alagebrium (generic: ALT-711), Tai Chi and/or Yoga Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Pulmonary Hypertension
Right Ventricular Function in Patients Taking Carfilzomib
Patients treated for multiple myeloma in the second line with carfilzomib may develop pulmonary hypertension. This is well documented in the literature.
- Trial name
- NCT06568952
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation
Leader - Evaluation of Endotak Reliance
The objective of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of the ENDOTAK® RELIANCE™ defibrillation leads connected to a defibrillator or a cardiac resynchronization defibrillator from implant until 12 months.
- Trial name
- NCT00180349
- Testing
- Endotak Reliance
- Where
- 25 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 904 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Quality of Recovery
Preoperative Maltodextrin's Effect on Cardiac Function in Cardiac Surgery
A randomized, controlled, double-blinded clinical trial evaluating the effect of the administration of a Maltodextrin solution on cardiac function in patients presenting for coronary artery bypass grafting surgery with a reduced…
- Conditions
- Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Quality of Recovery, Right Ventricular Dysfunction
- Trial name
- NCT05188222
- Testing
- Maltodextrin solution
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Jewish General Hospital
Chronic Systolic Heart Failure
Evaluation of the Effect of Injectable Neucardin on Cardiac Function and Reversal Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With Chronic Systolic Heart Failure
A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III clinical trial to evaluate the effect of recombinant human Neuregulin-1 for injection on cardiac function and reverse ventricular remodeling in male patients…
- Trial name
- NCT05949801
- Testing
- Neucardin
- Where
- 103 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- Zensun Sci. & Tech. Co., Ltd.
Healthy
Analysis of Heart Muscle Function Following Exercise in Patients With Heart Disease
This study is designed to examine the blood flow, the nutrition, and the beating function of the heart under different conditions. Patients with narrowed coronary arteries my have restricted blood flow to the heart.
- Trial name
- NCT00001528
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Ventricular Function, Left
Evaluation of Radial Strain for Assessment of Left Ventricular Function in Transesophageal Echocardiography
Assessment of left ventricular function is an essential determinant of overall hemodynamics and heart function and therefore of central interest in intra-operative transesophageal echocardiography.
- Trial name
- Strain (NCT01080495)
- Testing
- TEE (transesophageal echocardiography)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Ventricular Function, Right
Speckle-tracking Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion
The study is designed to validate the use of speckle-tracking echocardiography to measure tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion as a measurement of right ventricular function during transesophageal echocardiography.
- Trial name
- NCT01968252
- Testing
- Concurrent TTE and TEE
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Heart Arrest, Ventricular Fibrillation
Observational and Diagnostical Study on Transient Allostatic Responses of Thyroid Function After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Time-limited adaptive responses of thyroid function are common in the critically ill. About 70% of all patients treated on intensive care units develop a so-called non-thyroidal illness syndrome (NTIS) or TACITUS (thyroid…
- Conditions
- Heart Arrest, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Flutter, Ventricular Tachycardia
- Trial name
- Thyro-CPR (NCT04392258)
- Testing
- TSH determination, FT4 determination, FT3 determination
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum
Platelet Function Tests, Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Stratification Post TAVI Using TEG
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has become the standard of care in elderly patients at increased risk for surgical aortic valve replacement . However, the optimal antithrombotic strategy post TAVI is still unclear.
- Conditions
- Platelet Function Tests, Predictive Value of Tests, Thrombelastography, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- RISTRATAVI (NCT03649594)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Torben Pottgiesser
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
The Influence of Atorvastatin on the Parameters of Inflammation and the Function of Left Ventricle
The aim of the study was to assess of the influence of atorvastatin on selected indicators of an inflammatory condition, function of the left ventricle and factors affecting the occurrence of undesired events like…
- Trial name
- NCT01015144
- Testing
- Tulip
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Lodz
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo Syndrome
Adenosin to Rapidly Reverse Left Ventricle Impairment in Takotsubo Syndrome
The investigators will randomize patients admitted to hospital with Takotsubo diagnosis to systematic high-dose adenosine infusion for 3 minutes (in addition to standard of care) vs. standard of care.
- Trial name
- TITAN (NCT02867878)
- Testing
- Adenosine, Saline solution
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Ferrara
Takotsubo Syndrome
Stress-induced Vascular Dysfunction: Evaluation of Endothelial Function in a Cohort of Patients With Takotsubo Syndrome
The aim of this prospective single-center study is to evaluate endothelial function, arterial compliance, sympathetic nervous activity at rest and after mental and physical stress, carotid atherosclerosis, oxidative stress…
- Trial name
- NCT01249599
- Testing
- blood sample analysis
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Myocardial Infarction
GLP-1 on Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
The investigators planned to evaluate the effects of liraglutide on left ventricular function in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI).
- Trial name
- NCT02577848
- Testing
- GLP-1
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese PLA General Hospital
Diastolic Dysfunction, Heart Failure
Assessment of Diastolic Function in High Risk Patients Undergoing Major Vascular Surgery
Patients scheduled for Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) surgery will have transthoracic echocardiography evaluation of left ventricle diastolic function during the perioperative period.
- Conditions
- Diastolic Dysfunction, Heart Failure, Aneurysm Aortic
- Trial name
- NCT03534440
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Warsaw