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Clinical Trials/NCT06713668
NCT06713668
Recruiting
Not Applicable

Augmented Pacing for Shock in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit - A Pilot Patient-level Crossover Trial

Vanderbilt University Medical Center1 site in 1 country25 target enrollmentApril 22, 2025

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Shock
Sponsor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Enrollment
25
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Cardiac Index by thermodilution
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if backup pacing at an increased rate improves hemodynamics in adults with relative bradycardia, a permanent pacemaker, and cardiogenic shock. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does increasing the backup pacing rate to 100 beats per minute lead to improved cardiac index compared to a backup pacing rate of 75 beats per minute

Participants who are already hospitalized in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit with a permanent pacemaker and pulmonary artery catheter in place will be enrolled in this study. Participants will be exposed to each pacemaker rate in a randomized order with hemodynamics assessed after 10 minutes at each rate.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
April 22, 2025
End Date
April 22, 2027
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Crossover
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

JGarry

Cardiovascular Medicine Research Fellow

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Adults (age 18 and older)
  • Located in the CVICU
  • FDA approved permanent pacemaker in place (inclusive of dual-chamber and Bi-Ventricular ICDs) with labeling that allows backup pacing setting at 100 bpm.
  • Receiving a vasopressor or Inotrope for at least 4 hours
  • Average HR ≤ 75 bpm over the last hour (on Telemetry review)
  • Pulmonary artery catheter in place with functioning thermistor and pulmonary artery port.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Single chamber Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator
  • Sinus rhythm with a leadless pacemaker
  • Ventricular Tachycardia or Ventricular Fibrillation arrest in last 48 hours
  • Hemodynamic instability within the last 4 hours, defined as an increase in the dose of norepinephrine \> 10 mcg/min, an increase of epinephrine \> 10 mcg/kg/min, or initiation of a second vasopressor
  • Alternative indication for pacing rate change (i.e Torsade de Pointes, Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia)
  • Comfort-focused care or anticipated death within 24 hours
  • Mechanical circulatory support in place
  • Newly discovered pacing system malfunction (lead displacement, loss of capture, elevated capture threshold, significant lead impedance change, battery depletion, undersensing or oversensing)
  • Non-English Speaking

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Cardiac Index by thermodilution

Time Frame: At baseline and 10 minutes after each rate programmed (i.e at 0, 15, and 30 minutes)

Cardiac Index measured by thermodilution (in liters per minute per meters squared)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Cardiac Index by Indirect Fick(0, 15, 30 minutes.)
  • Cardiac Output by thermodilution(0, 15, 30 minutes.)
  • Cardiac Output by indirect fick(0 ,15, 30 minutes)
  • Central Venous Pressure(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Pulmonary Artery Diastolic Pressure(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Pulmonary Artery Pulsitility Index(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Right Ventricular Stroke Work Index(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Pulmonary Artery (Mixed Venous) Blood Hemoglobin saturation(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Cardiac Power Index (Thermodilution and indirect fick)(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Cardiac Power Output (Thermodilution and indirect fick)(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Systolic Blood pressure(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Diastolic Blood Pressure(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Mean Arterial Pressure(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Difference in vasopressor/inotrope requirements(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Arrhythmia events (Atrial and Ventricular)(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Percentage of PVCs(0, 15, 30 minutes)
  • Pacing percentage (Atrial, RV or Bi-V)(0, 15, 30 minutes)

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