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External Body Pressure in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Phase 1
Recruiting
Conditions
Heart Failure, Diastolic
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: Positive or negative pressure
Registration Number
NCT05764564
Lead Sponsor
Duke University
Brief Summary

The primary objective of the study is to test the impact of positive and negative body pressure on exercise capacity, symptoms, blood volume distribution and central cardiac hemodynamics in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction. Aim 1 will study healthy volunteers and heart failure patients non invasively while Aim 2 will study heart failure patients invasively (intracardiac pressures).

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Experimental: Patients with heart failure (Aim 2)Positive or negative pressure-
Control: Healthy Volunteers (Aim 1)Positive or negative pressure-
Experimental: Patients with heart failure (Aim 1)Positive or negative pressure-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change in exercise cardiac outputDay 1

Change in cardiac output from rest to 0 Watts exercise

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change in heart rateDay 1

Change in heart rate from rest to 20 Watts exercise

change in O2 consumptionDay 1

Change in O2 consumption from rest to 20 Watts exercise

change in respiratory rateDay 1

Change in heart rate from rest to 20 Watts exercise

Change in wedge pressureDay 1

Change in wedge pressure from rest to 20 Watts exercise

change in exercise cardiac outputDay 1

Change in cardiac output from rest to 20 Watts exercise

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University Medical Center

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Durham, North Carolina, United States

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