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Diastolic RV EvAluation With Millar Catheter to Investigate the Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) on Right Ventricular Function During Elective Coronary Angioplasty and Stenting

Not Applicable
Conditions
Right Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
Right Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Interventions
Procedure: Right Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Other: saline placebo infusion
Other: GLP-1 Infusion
Registration Number
NCT02236299
Lead Sponsor
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Brief Summary

The heart requires nutrients and oxygen carried in the blood to generate energy for healthy pump function. Blood is supplied via heart vessels called coronary arteries. When the arteries narrow the investigators call this coronary artery disease. Narrowing and blockage of the coronary arteries can cause chest pain (angina), breathlessness (due to a reduction in pump function) and if prolonged even irreversible muscle damage known as a heart attack. The investigators can treat patients with coronary artery disease with drugs that reduce the workload on the heart or with balloons and hollow metal tubes (stents) to open the narrowed coronary arteries and improve the blood supply. These treatments can relieve angina, improve breathlessness and avert heart muscle damage during a heart attack. A potential new mechanistic effect is emerging by modulating the type of fuel used by the heart to generate energy more efficiently has been tested in the left ventricle. This study is designed to see if mechanistic effect provides the same protection in the right ventricle. It is hoped that this may further improve heart pump function and reduce the size of a heart attack in patients with coronary artery disease.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age over 18
  • Able to give informed consent
  • Elective percutaneous intervention for a single vessel right coronary artery stenosis >75%
  • Normal right ventricular function
Exclusion Criteria
  • Severe co-morbidity expected life (<6months)
  • Nicorandil or a GLP-1 receptor agonist or DPP-4 inhibitor use
  • Women of child bearing age
  • Myocardial infarction within the previous 3 months
  • Previous coronary artery bypass graft to the RCA
  • Significant known left to right shunt
  • Permanent pacemaker
  • Atrial fibrillation

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
saline placebo infusionsaline placebo infusion30 minute infusion of a saline placebo Right coronary artery percutaneous coronary intervention
GLP-1 infusionGLP-1 Infusion30 minute infusion of GLP-1 Right coronary artery percutaneous coronary intervention
saline placebo infusionRight Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention30 minute infusion of a saline placebo Right coronary artery percutaneous coronary intervention
GLP-1 infusionRight Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention30 minute infusion of GLP-1 Right coronary artery percutaneous coronary intervention
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Improvement in RV diastolic dysfunction (Tau, dP/dt min) between control and GLP-1 groups.Change betweeen Balloon Occlusion One (Baseline) and Balloon Occlusion Two (30 minutes later)

Tau - the time constant of diastolic relaxation is a sensitive measure of ventricular function.

Control Group - 15 patients are randomised to receive a placebo saline infusion.

GLP-1 Group - 15 patients are randomised to receive a GLP-1 infusion.

Balloon Occlusion One - is performed at the start of the procedure and is a measure of baseline ventricular function.

Balloon Occlusion Two - is performed directly after a 30 minute infusion of either the saline control or GLP-1.

All measurements are performed while the patient is in the catheter laboratory.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Improvement in RV systolic function (EF, dP/dt max), between control and GLP-1 groups.Change betweeen Balloon Occlusion One (Baseline) and Balloon Occlusion Two (30 minutes later)

EF - the Ejection Fraction is the percentage of blood ejected by the ventricle and is considered as a sensitive measure of ventricular function.

Control Group - 15 patients are randomised to receive a placebo saline infusion.

GLP-1 Group - 15 patients are randomised to receive a GLP-1 infusion.

Balloon Occlusion One - is performed at the start of the procedure and is a measure of baseline ventricular function.

Balloon Occlusion Two - is performed directly after a 30 minute infusion of either the saline control or GLP-1.

All measurements are performed while the patient is in the catheter laboratory.

Collaterals and microcirculatory differences between control and GLP-1 groupsChange betweeen Balloon Occlusion One (Baseline) and Balloon Occlusion Two (30 minutes later)

Control Group - 15 patients are randomised to receive a placebo saline infusion.

GLP-1 Group - 15 patients are randomised to receive a GLP-1 infusion.

Balloon Occlusion One - is performed at the start of the procedure and is a measure of baseline ventricular function.

Balloon Occlusion Two - is performed directly after a 30 minute infusion of either the saline control or GLP-1.

All measurements are performed while the patient is in the catheter laboratory.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Turst

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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