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Oral Water Ingestion in Heart Transplant Patients

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Cardiac Transplantation
Blood Pressure
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: water
Registration Number
NCT00581321
Lead Sponsor
Satish R. Raj
Brief Summary

In this study the investigators propose to assess the hemodynamic response to the ingestion of 16 fl oz of water. The investigators will test the hypothesis that water ingestion will increase the systemic vascular resistance.

Detailed Description

In this study we propose to assess the hemodynamic response to the ingestion of 16 fl oz of water. We will test the hypothesis that water ingestion will increase the systemic vascular resistance. This study will occur in patients status post cardiac transplantation during their clinical right heart catheterizations. Invasive hemodynamics including cardiac outputs and plasma norepinephrine levels will be measured before and 30 min after the water ingestion.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • s/p cardiac transplantation scheduled for clinical right heart catheterization
  • age > 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
  • significant tricuspid regurgitation
  • inability to safely swallow 500 ml of water
  • other major medical comorbidities such as advanced renal disease where water ingestion may be harmful to patient

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1waterwater ingestion
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change in total vascular resistance40 min (before to 30 min after water ingestion
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
blood pressure40 min
plasma norepinephrine40 minutes
heart rate40 min

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Vanderbilt University

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Tennessee Valley Health Systems (Nashville VA)

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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