Brachial Artery t-PA Release in Heart Transplant Recipients
- Registration Number
- NCT00780637
- Lead Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
- Brief Summary
Bradykinin stimulates t-PA release from intact vessels, but not from endothelial cells in culture. It has been proposed that the nerves of blood vessels are the source of bradykinin stimulated t-PA release. In order tho test this hypothesis, we intend to infuse bradykinin into the brachial (arm) artery and the coronary arteries of heart transplant recipients and control subjects. This is because heart transplant recipients do not have nerves to their coronary arteries.
This protocol studies the effects of bradykinin on t-PA release in the forearm of transplant recipients. The brachial artery has intact nerves.
Separate protocols address coronary artery infusions in healthy subjects and transplant recipients and forearm infusions in healthy subjects.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Bradykinin Bradykinin Patients receive 0, 10, 20, and 40 ng/min/100cc forearm volume of intrabrachial bradykinin, for 5 minutes at each dose. Forearm blood flow will be measured by strain gauge plethysmography, blood samples will be obtained to measure t-PA, PAI-1 at each dose. FMD and Radial artery tonometry will also be performed under resting conditions.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Peak t-PA release Single Study Visit
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method t-PA release at various doses Single Study Visit
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
🇺🇸Nashville, Tennessee, United States