Cognitive Impairment and Cerebral Haemodynamics in Individuals With Symptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Peak % change of CBv from baseline
研究概览
简要总结
Background:
Arterial disease of the legs causes symptoms such as pain when walking and may ultimately lead to a leg amputation. Many older people with arterial disease of the legs also have problems with their thinking and memory. Blood flow in the brain may be altered in these people and may be a cause for memory and thinking problems.
Aim:
The aim of this project is to investigate whether people with arterial disease of the legs have altered blood flow in the brain causing problems with memory and thinking.
Research plan:
Twenty people with arterial disease of the legs causing pain while walking and twenty healthy people will have a series of non-invasive assessments. Arterial disease in the legs will be measured using ankle blood pressures before and after walking. Blood flow in the brain will be measured using ultrasound whilst performing memory and thinking tests. Results will be compared between the people with arterial disease in the legs and the healthy people to see if there are any differences in blood flow to the brain and memory and thinking.
Benefits to society:
This project will help determine if there is a link between arterial disease of the legs and memory and thinking problems caused by altered blood flow in the brain. It will enable future research in people with cognitive impairment caused by altered blood supply to the brain and to prevent confusion and further memory and thinking problems in people undergoing surgery for arterial disease of the legs.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 50 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Capacity to provide Informed volunteer/patient consent
- •Male or female, aged ≥50 years of age
- •Able (in the Investigator's opinion) and willing to comply with all study requirements
- •Good understanding of written and verbal English
- •Peripheral arterial disease specific inclusion criteria:
- •Clinical diagnosis of symptomatic PAD (intermittent claudication) confirmed by positive haemodynamic tests (ABPI <0.90 in the symptomatic leg; and/or,
- •Post-exercise [walk test] reduction in ABPI of >20% or post-exercise [walk test] reduction in absolute ankle pressure of >30mmHg)
排除标准
- •Male or Female, aged under 50 years
- •Unable (in the Investigator's opinion) or unwilling to comply with any study requirements
- •Major co-morbidity likely to affect cerebral autoregulation; severe respiratory disease, unilateral carotid artery stenosis (≥50%), atrial fibrillation, severe cardiac failure (left ventricular ejection fraction <20%), or extreme frailty
- •History of significant diagnosed psychiatric disorder, learning disability (e.g. dyslexia) or neurological disorder (head injury, epilepsy, stroke and/or transient ischaemic attack [TIA])
- •Diagnosis of dementia
- •Uncorrected hearing impairment and/or significant visual impairment
- •Healthy control specific exclusion criteria
- •Symptoms of intermittent claudication; and/or,
- •Clinical diagnosis or history of PAD
结局指标
主要结局
Peak % change of CBv from baseline
时间窗: Baseline
Change in response to performance of the ACE-III Cognitive Examination and Digit Span forward and backward.
次要结局
- Autoregulation index (Tieck's model)(Baseline)
- Absolute score achieved on the Addenboook's cognitive examination (III)(Baseline)
- Digit span forward and backward scores(Baseline)