Mechanisms and Management of Exercise Intolerance in Older Heart Failure Patients With Preserved Ejection Fraction
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 12
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) assessed by direct microneurography
研究概览
简要总结
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is the fastest growing form of heart failure with a high morbidity and mortality rate, and is associated with severe exercise intolerance. The mechanisms responsible for the reduced exercise tolerance remain poorly understood. The investigators propose a novel paradigm shift, focusing on peripheral limitations to exercise. In particular, the investigators will test the hypothesis that muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) is elevated in older HFpEF patients compared to healthy controls, and is associated with reduced exercise tolerance. The investigators will also test whether 16-weeks of exercise training will lower MSNA compared to attention control, and correlate with improved exercise tolerance in older HFpEF patients.
详细描述
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is the fastest growing form of heart failure, is almost exclusively found in older persons, particularly older women, and is associated with a high morbidity and mortality rate. The primary chronic symptom in HFpEF patients is severe exercise intolerance measured objectively as decreased peak exercise oxygen uptake (peak VO2). A consequence of the reduced exercise tolerance is that activities of daily living require near maximal effort, resulting in further deconditioning and reduced quality of life. The majority of work to date has focused on cardiac limitations, showing impaired cardiac output and marked diastolic dysfunction. Although these findings have provided important insight into the pathophysiology of HFpEF, drug therapies targeting cardiac function do not improve peak VO2, quality of life, or survival in HFpEF patients.
Older HFpEF patients have multiple skeletal muscle abnormalities including reduced skeletal muscle oxidative capacity and capillary-to-fiber ratio resulting in increased anaerobic metabolism during low-level exercise. Importantly, accumulation of anaerobic metabolites within the exercising muscles are known to activate skeletal muscle afferent fibers (called metaboreceptors), that elicit a reflex-mediated increase in efferent muscle sympathetic (vasoconstrictor) nerve activity (MSNA). The investigators here propose a novel paradigm of exercise intolerance in older HFpEF patients whereby skeletal muscle abnormalities lead to overactivation of the muscle metaboreflex and MSNA mediated vasoconstriction that limits delivery of oxygenated blood to the active muscles. Further, exercise training mediated improvements in skeletal muscle function will alleviate the metaboreflex, thereby reducing MSNA and improve oxygen delivery to the contracting muscles.
To test this novel paradigm, the investigators will first perform an initial cross-sectional comparison of older (≥60 years) HFpEF patients (N=24) with age and sex-matched healthy controls (N=24), and then enter the HFpEF patients into a randomized, controlled, single blind, trial of exercise training to test the following hypothesis: (i) that MSNA is elevated in older HFpEF patients compared to healthy controls, and is associated with reduced peak VO2, physical functional performance, aerobic endurance, muscle blood flow, and quality of life; and (ii) Exercise training will attenuate MSNA compared to attention control, and will correlate with improved peak VO2, physical functional performance, aerobic endurance, muscle blood flow, and quality of life in older HFpEF patients.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •for Heart Failure Preserved Ejection Fraction Patients:
- •≥60 years of age, male or female.
- •Documented heart failure diagnosis.
- •Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥50%.
- •Clinically stable (no heart failure hospitalization within prior month).
- •Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Controls:
- •≥60 years of age, male or female (matched to the age and sex of HFpEF patients).
- •No cardiac medications except for statins.
- •Sedentary (exercise three days per week or less).
排除标准
- •for Heart Failure Preserved Ejection Fraction Patients:
- •Greater than moderate valvular disease or congenital heart disease.
- •New York Heart Association class IV.
- •Any orthopedic or medical condition that would limit exercise testing or training.
- •Development of signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia (1 mm ST segment depression on EKG), or unstable hemodynamics/rhythm, or systolic/diastolic blood pressure >240/110 mmHg during baseline cardiopulmonary (peak VO2) testing.
- •Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Controls:
- •Chronic medical condition (e.g. self reported hypertension, or diabetes, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart disease)
- •Abnormal history or cardiovascular physical exam.
- •Segmental wall motion abnormalities or structural valvular abnormalities.
- •Left ventricular ejection fraction <50%.
- •Any orthopedic or medical condition that would limit exercise testing.
- •Development of signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia (1 mm ST segment depression on EKG), or unstable hemodynamics/rhythm, or systolic/diastolic blood pressure >240/110 mmHg during baseline cardiopulmonary (peak VO2) testing.
研究组 & 干预措施
Exercise Training
Subjects will perform continuous endurance exercise (arm and leg cycle on Schwinn AD6 Airdyne ergometer, treadmill walking) 3 days per week. During the first 4-weeks, the exercise intensity will be set at 60%-70% of heart rate reserve and will increase by 5% per month. The initial exercise duration be 30 minutes and will gradually increase by 10 minutes every month. A 5-minute warm up and cool-down will precede and follow the aerobic conditioning phase. After the aerobic training phase is completed, patients will also perform unilateral handgrip exercise at an initial intensity of 50% maximal voluntary contraction for 1 set of 10 repetitions, and the intensity and sets will increase by 5% and 1 set, respectively each month.
干预措施: Exercise Training (Other)
Attention Control
These subjects will be asked to continue with normal activity and will not be given any exercise training. The subjects will be contacted by the study coordinator at pre-arranged times and dates once a month and involve inquiry regarding overall well-being of the subject.
结局指标
主要结局
Muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) assessed by direct microneurography
时间窗: Change from Baseline MSNA at 16 weeks
Standard microneurographic procedures will be used to directly measure MSNA, at rest and during handgrip exercise and post-exercise cuff occlusion, using the peroneal nerve.
次要结局
- Aerobic endurance assessed by six-minute walk distance(Change from Baseline aerobic endurance at 16 weeks.)
- Muscle blood flow assessed by brachial artery Doppler Ultrasound(Change from Baseline muscle blood flow at 16 weeks.)
- Quality of life assessed by Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)(Change from Baseline quality of life at 16 weeks.)
- Peak Oxygen Uptake (Peak VO2) assessed by gas exchange indirect calorimetry(Change from Baseline Peak VO2 at 16 weeks.)
- Physical functional performance assessed by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) Test(Change from Baseline physical functional performance at 16 weeks.)
研究者
Mark Haykowsky
Professor & Moritz Chair in Geriatrics, College of Nursing and Health Innovation
The University of Texas at Arlington