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Regulation of muscle oxidative phenotype by hypoxia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Chronic Heart Failure

Completed
Conditions
heart failure
lung emphysema
10019280
10028302
10038716
Registration Number
NL-OMON33801
Lead Sponsor
niversiteit Maastricht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria

COPD patients: inclusion criterion for COPD patients is COPD according to GOLD criteria.
Heart failure patients: inclusion criterion for CHF patients is diagnosis heart failure with an ejection fraction < 40% determined by echocardiography

Exclusion Criteria

COPD patients: exclusion criteria for COPD patients are malignancy, cardiac failure, distal arteriopathy, recent surgery, severe endocrine, hepatic or renal disorders, oxygen therapy and recent participation in a revalidation program (previous 6 months).
CHF patients: exclusion criteria for CHF patients are unstable disease, unstable angina pectoris, correctable cause of heart failure or valvular heart disease, restrictive or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, malignancy, pulmonary disease (including primary pulmonary hypertension and COPD), distal arteriopathy, recent surgery, severe endocrine, hepatic or renal disorders and recent participation in a revalidation program (previous 6 months).
Patients with artificial valves, known left ventricular thrombi and mitral stenosis will also be excluded.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Main outcome parameters are the skeletal muscle expression levels of HIF-1a,<br /><br>PGC-1 and PPARs in the different groups. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Also, markers of hypoxia such as vascular endothelial growth factor, carbonic<br /><br>anhydrase-9 and heme oxygenase-1 will be measured. Metabolic enzyme activities<br /><br>and muscle fiber type proportions will be determined to assess oxidative<br /><br>phenotype. Outcome parameters regarding adipose tissue are adipocyte size and<br /><br>cell surface, expression levels of markers for hypoxia like HIF-1a and GLUT-1,<br /><br>and expression levels of inflammatory mediators like TNF-a, IL-6, leptin and<br /><br>adiponectin.</p><br>
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