Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

Code:

NCT00006272

Conditions

Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

OBJECTIVES:

I. Compare the total daily energy expenditure in infants with ventricular septal defects vs healthy control infants.

Conditions

Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular

Study ID

NCT00006272

Start date

Aug, 1994

Status verified date

Dec, 2003

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

PROTOCOL ENTRY CRITERIA:

--Disease Characteristics--

Infants with moderate to large ventricular septal defect (VSD) by most recent echocardiogram who meet the following conditions: no other concurrent heart or lung disease; no chromosomal defects or congenital anomalies

OR

Healthy control infants without VSD who meet the following conditions: clinically well; no heart disease; no chromosomal defects or congenital anomalies

--Prior/Concurrent Therapy--

Surgery: VSD infants -- No prior cardiac surgery or palliative procedures; VSD and control infants -- Greater than 6 weeks since other prior surgery

Other: VSD and control infants: Greater than 6 weeks since prior hospitalization

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Indiana University

Recruiting

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202-5167

Contacts

Catherine A. Leitch

317-274-4920

More Information

Sponsor

National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

Last update posted

Jun 24, 2005

Last verified

Dec, 2003

Keywords

  • cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
  • heart defects
  • rare disease

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) on 2005-06-24.