Unmasking the dynAmic Component in functionaL mitraL rEGuRgitatiOn in Chronic Heart Failure

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• Conditions: Heart Failure
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: stress echocardiography

• Registration Number: NCT03315429
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna

Brief Summary

Background:

Chronic heart failure (HF) is frequently accompanied by functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) caused by left ventricular (LV) remodeling and subsequent papillary muscle displacement resulting in mitral valve (MV) leaflet tethering, dilatation and flattening of the mitral annulus and reduced closing forces. Up to moderate FMR affects the majority of patients with systolic heart failure - roughly 80% - still independently increasing mortality. Every fifth patient with chronic heart failure experiences a progression of FMR during the first three years of follow up despite guideline directed heart failure therapy, which is independently associated with a poor prognosis. Furthermore, MR is well known to have a strong dynamic component not only during the cardiac cycle at rest and with exercise.

Aims of the study:

The investigators therefore aim to assess whether stress tests in patients with functional mitral regurgitation unmasks significant dynamic mitral regurgitation or might aid to identify patients at risk of FMR progression in patients with functional mitral regurgitation in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) under guideline directed medical therapy.

Study design:

The investigators will prospectively perform stress tests in all patients with non-severe FMR that are routinely seen in the heart failure outpatient clinic.

Study patients:

Patients with stable chronic heart failure on optimal medical therapy, who undergo routine ambulatory clinical control visits in the heart failure outpatient ward of the Medical University of Vienna, will be included in the present study. A written informed consent will be obtained before inclusion. Inclusion criteria will be a non-severe FMR, an age of at least 18 years and stable heart failure related medical therapy in the last 3 months.

Methods:

All patients that are willing to participate will undergo stress testing (i.e. volume challenge and low dose dobutamine stress) to determine whether patients display severe dynamic FMR under stress conditions. Within the registry patients will be followed-up during routine ambulatory visits for three years. Patients with severe dynamic functional mitral regurgitation will be compared to patients without severe dynamic FMR. Record of clinical events during the FUP will be performed. Routine laboratory parameters, have been measured at inclusion. Additionally, neurohormone patterns will be measured at baseline and at peak stress.

Sample size:

Expecting a prevalence of severe dynamic FMR of 20%, the investigators would include a total of 150 chronic heart failure patients taking also into account a study-dropouts of 20% ( loss of follow-up and mortality).

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-10-19
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-20
• Status Verified: 2017-11
• Study Start: 2017-11-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-11-03
• Last Update Posted: 2017-11-06
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-31
• Study Completion: 2021-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• non-severe FMR,
• age of at least 18 years,
• stable heart failure related medical therapy in the last 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

• non-willing to participate
• myocardial infarction,
• cardiac decompensation within the last 3 months,
• pregnancy,
• life expectancy of less than 1 year for non cardiac reasons.

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Stress testing arm	stress echocardiography	Stress testing of patients with functional mitral regurgitation.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
prevalence of severe dynamic FMR under stressed conditions	3 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
correlation of the prevalence of dynamic FMR with the dynamic levels of neurohormones	3 years
Establishment of an association between dynamic FMR and outcome (combined measure consisting of hospitalization for heart failure and/or death) during the follow-up period	3 years
Identification of a relationship between dynamic FMR (defined as advance of at least one grade in severity with transition to at least moderate during stress) and FMR progression during rest within the 3 year follow-up period.	3 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medical University of Vienna; 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria