Diagnostics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cardiovascular Complications

• Conditions: COVID-19; Endothelial Function; Diastolic Dysfunction; Oxygen Consumption; Quality of Life; Exercise Tolerance
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"; Diagnostic Test: Cardiorespiratory stress test; Diagnostic Test: Analysis of exhaled air using the Compact PTR-MS proton mass spectrometer

• Registration Number: NCT05608603
• Lead Sponsor: I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Brief Summary

Aim of this prospective, observational, multi-centered, randomized study is to detect cardiovascular complications in patients after coronavirus infection.

The study will include 100 patients who underwent confirmed by laboratory tests COVID-19 infection (polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (positive result at least 1 time)) 1-3 months ago with the degree of lung lesion more than 25%, who were admitted to the University Clinical Hospital No. 4 of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

The study consists of 4 periods:

1. Screening for up to 6 months.

2. Inclusion in the study, undergoing of identical laboratory and instrumental testing.

3. Re-examination of patients. After 6 months from the initial examination (9 months after discharge from the infectious diseases department), patients will be re-examined.

4 Determination of end points, statistical data processing.

Estimated result of the study is to confirm or refute the hypothesis:

1. As a result of the analysis of ECG and pulse wave data and comparison with echocardiography data, identify cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 infection.

2. To determine the diagnostic significance of pulse wave parameters for assessing cardiovascular complications in patients with a history of COVID-19 infection (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value).

3. Identify correlations between pulse wave parameters and biochemical markers of endothelial dysfunction (endothelin-1).

4. As a result of the analysis of exhaled air by the proton mass spectrometry, to identify markers of cardiovascular complications in patients after COVID-19 infection.

5. As a result of a cardiorespiratory stress test, determine the respiratory and cardiovascular causes of dyspnea, exercise tolerance of patients after infection with COVID-19.

Detailed Description

Aim of this prospective, observational, multi-centered, randomized study is to detect cardiovascular complications in patients after coronavirus infection.

The study will include 100 patients who underwent confirmed by laboratory tests Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection (polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (positive result at least 1 time)) 1-3 months ago with the degree of lung lesion more than 25%, who were admitted to the University Clinical Hospital No. 4 of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.

The study consists of 4 periods:

1. Screening for up to 6 months. Performed by a pulmonologist. Patients meeting the inclusion criteria are selected.

2. Inclusion in the study. If the patient meets the inclusion criteria, a discussion about the nature of the study is held with the patient. Further, consent to participate in the study and to process personal data is obtained. After, the epicrisis from the COVID-19 infectious diseases department is analyzed.

Patients are provided with medical care in accordance with the standards approved by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, and local acts of the institution in which the study is carried out.

Patients eligible for inclusion will undergo the following investigations:

* Anamnesis and complaints collection; physical examination;

* Assessment of the quality of life and psycho-emotional status using the Short Form-36 (SF36) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaires, as well as the six-minute walk test;

* General and biochemical blood tests , urine analysis, , determination of biochemical markers of endothelial dysfunction (endothelin-1) in the blood;

* Electrocardiography, a flow mediated dilatation procedure for endothelial function assessment, transthoracic echocardiography to identify the structural and functional features of the myocardium, spiroergometry to determine the patient's oxygen consumption.

* Electrocardiogram (ECG) in one lead with an assessment of the pulse wave using a portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"

* The analysis of exhaled air will be performed using the Compact proton mass spectrometer (PTR-MS) manufactured by Ionicon (Austria).

3. Re-examination of patients. After 6 months from the initial examination (9 months after discharge from the infectious diseases department), patients will be re-examined, In the interval between the initial and repeated examinations, the condition of all patients will be monitored, for this it is expected to make phone calls, the frequency of 1 time per month.

4 Determination of end points, statistical data processing. The statistical processing will be performed using the Python Software Foundation version 3.8 for Windows (Delaware, USA).

Estimated result of the study is to confirm or refute the hypothesis:

1. As a result of the analysis of ECG and pulse wave data and comparison with echocardiography data, identify cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 infection.

2. To determine the diagnostic significance of pulse wave parameters for assessing cardiovascular complications in patients with a history of COVID-19 infection (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value).

3. Identify correlations between pulse wave parameters and biochemical markers of endothelial dysfunction (endothelin-1).

4. As a result of the analysis of exhaled air by the proton mass spectrometry, to identify markers of cardiovascular complications in patients after COVID-19 infection.

5. As a result of a cardiorespiratory stress test, determine the respiratory and cardiovascular causes of dyspnea, exercise tolerance of patients after infection with COVID-19.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-06-02
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-11-05
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-08
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-20
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-31
• Study Completion: 2025-11-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. Written informed consent to participate in the study;
2. Age 18 and over;
3. Male and female;
4. COVID-19 infection confirmed by laboratory tests (polymerase chain reaction testing, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (positive result at least 1 time) with a CT degree more that 25% of lung lesion.
5. No more than 3 months after discharge from infectious department

Non-inclusion criteria:

1. Unable to sign informed consent;
2. Mental illness (severe dementia, schizophrenia, severe depression, manic-depressive psychosis);
3. Acute coronary syndrome, acute cerebrovascular accident, pulmonary embolism within the last 3 months;
4. Oncology;
5. Diseases and conditions that can change the ECG picture and complicate the analysis of the ECG (conduction disturbance, pacemaker);
6. Inability to use a heart monitor (congenital developmental anomalies, traumatic amputation of the upper limbs, essential tremor, Parkinson's disease);
7. Severe comorbidities with life expectancy less than 1 year.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Refusal to further participation in the study;
2. Acute infectious diseases, tuberculosis
3. Oncology arising in the process of the study
4. Acute coronary syndrome, acute cerebrovascular accident, pulmonary embolism arising in the process of the study
5. Acute psychotic reactions arising in the process of the study;
6. Inability to use a heart monitor arising in the process of the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
3 months postcovid patients	Cardiorespiratory stress test	Included 100 patients, aged 18-80 years old, at 3 months after infection COVID-19. Intervention: cardiorespiratory stress test to determine the patient's oxygen consumption; electrocardiogram (ECG) in one lead with an assessment of the pulse wave using a portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"; the analysis of exhaled air will be performed using the Compact PTR-MS proton mass spectrometer manufactured by Ionicon (Austria).
3 months postcovid patients	Analysis of exhaled air using the Compact PTR-MS proton mass spectrometer	Included 100 patients, aged 18-80 years old, at 3 months after infection COVID-19. Intervention: cardiorespiratory stress test to determine the patient's oxygen consumption; electrocardiogram (ECG) in one lead with an assessment of the pulse wave using a portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"; the analysis of exhaled air will be performed using the Compact PTR-MS proton mass spectrometer manufactured by Ionicon (Austria).
3 months postcovid patients	Portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"	Included 100 patients, aged 18-80 years old, at 3 months after infection COVID-19. Intervention: cardiorespiratory stress test to determine the patient's oxygen consumption; electrocardiogram (ECG) in one lead with an assessment of the pulse wave using a portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"; the analysis of exhaled air will be performed using the Compact PTR-MS proton mass spectrometer manufactured by Ionicon (Austria).
9 months postcovid patients	Portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"	Included the same 100 patients, aged 18-80 years old, at 9 months after infection COVID-19. Intervention: cardiorespiratory stress test to determine the patient's oxygen consumption; electrocardiogram (ECG) in one lead with an assessment of the pulse wave using a portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"; the analysis of exhaled air will be performed using the Compact PTR-MS proton mass spectrometer manufactured by Ionicon (Austria).
9 months postcovid patients	Analysis of exhaled air using the Compact PTR-MS proton mass spectrometer	Included the same 100 patients, aged 18-80 years old, at 9 months after infection COVID-19. Intervention: cardiorespiratory stress test to determine the patient's oxygen consumption; electrocardiogram (ECG) in one lead with an assessment of the pulse wave using a portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"; the analysis of exhaled air will be performed using the Compact PTR-MS proton mass spectrometer manufactured by Ionicon (Austria).
9 months postcovid patients	Cardiorespiratory stress test	Included the same 100 patients, aged 18-80 years old, at 9 months after infection COVID-19. Intervention: cardiorespiratory stress test to determine the patient's oxygen consumption; electrocardiogram (ECG) in one lead with an assessment of the pulse wave using a portable cardiac monitor "CardioQvark"; the analysis of exhaled air will be performed using the Compact PTR-MS proton mass spectrometer manufactured by Ionicon (Austria).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in the diastolic function of the right and left ventricles (compared with initial indicators)	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	Transthoracic echocardiography (EchoCG) will be performed to assess the heart structure and function: unidimensional (M-mode), two-dimensional (B-mode) and Doppler.; Diastolic function of the left ventricle will be assessed using pulse-wave, constant-wave, and tissue Doppler studies. Maximum velocity of early (E peak) and late (A peak) diastolic filling, E/A ratio, time of blood flow deceleration of early left ventricular diastolic filling (DT) will be determined at simultaneous recording of aortic and transmitral blood flow in constant-wave mode, left ventricular isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) - interval from the end of aortic to the beginning of transmitral blood flow.
Change in speed indicators on the heart valves (compared with initial indicators)	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	Transthoracic EchoCG will be performed to assess the heart structure and function: unidimensional (M-mode), two-dimensional (B-mode) and Doppler.
Changes in endothelin-1 in dynamics (compared with initial indicators)	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	This outcome will be assessed by taking blood samples from a peripheral vein
Change in ejection fraction (compared with initial indicators)	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	Transthoracic EchoCG will be performed to assess the heart structure and function: unidimensional (M-mode), two-dimensional (B-mode) and Doppler.; Ejection fraction will be assessed according to BIPLANE, TAPSE.
Changes in the volumes of the heart cavities (compared with initial indicators)	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	Transthoracic EchoCG will be performed to assess the heart structure and function: unidimensional (M-mode), two-dimensional (B-mode) and Doppler.
Changes in the cardio-ankle vascular index and ankle-brachial index (compared with initial indicators)	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	Will be assessed by using pulse wave measurements in dynamics
Change in mean and diastolic pressure of the pulmonary artery (compared with initial indicators)	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	Transthoracic EchoCG will be performed to assess the heart structure and function: unidimensional (M-mode), two-dimensional (B-mode) and Doppler.
Changes in the spectrum of volatile organic compounds in exhaled air in patients after COVID-19 infection over time (compared with initial indicators)	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	Will be assessed by using exhale air proton mass spectrometry in dynamics.
Change in oxygen pulse (VO2/HR) at the peak of the load	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	The spiroergometric test will be performed under continuous stepwise increasing load. The duration of each load step is 5 min; the initial load level is 25 W, followed by an increase in load at each step by the same amount. The results of the test will be used to evaluate the achievement of the maximum level of oxygen consumption (in l/min or ml/min/kg body weight) and the maximum achievement of the "oxygen pulse" on load.
Changes in ventilation parameters (tidal volume (Vt), minute ventilation (VE), Vt/FVC index (ratio of tidal volume to forced vital capacity), respiratory reserve (BR)) over time	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	The spiroergometric test will be performed under continuous stepwise increasing load. The duration of each load step is 5 min; the initial load level is 25 W, followed by an increase in load at each step by the same amount. The results of the test will be used to evaluate the achievement of the maximum level of oxygen consumption (in l/min or ml/min/kg body weight) and the maximum achievement of the "oxygen pulse" on load.
Changes in gas exchange parameters (end-expiratory partial pressure of exhaled carbon dioxide (PetCO2), ventilation equivalent for carbon dioxide (VE/VCO2), ventilation-perfusion ratio (Vd/Vt)) in dynamics	In 9 months after the recovery from COVID-19	The spiroergometric test will be performed under continuous stepwise increasing load. The duration of each load step is 5 min; the initial load level is 25 W, followed by an increase in load at each step by the same amount. The results of the test will be used to evaluate the achievement of the maximum level of oxygen consumption (in l/min or ml/min/kg body weight) and the maximum achievement of the "oxygen pulse" on load.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)ogy, Center "Digital biodesign and personalized healthcare"); 🇷🇺 Moscow, Russian Federation