Recruiting

Chronic Remote Ischemic Conditioning

Sponsor:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Code:

NCT01817114

Conditions

Myocardial Infarction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Auto Remote Ischemic Conditioning (AutoRIC) device

Study Details

Brief summary:

During a heart attack, an artery carrying blood and oxygen to the heart becomes blocked, which causes damage to the heart muscle. When possible, a clot-busting drug is given or a procedure called angioplasty is performed soon after a heart attack starts, to open up the blocked artery and restore blood flow to the heart. While this can be an effective treatment to reduce permanent damage to the heart, patients can still experience heart failure afterwards. Consequently many patients require medications to support their heart after a heart attack. Recent research has shown a new technique called Remote Ischemic conditioning or RIC, is effective at protecting the heart muscle in a heart attack. RIC is produced simply by repeated inflation and deflation of a blood pressure cuff on an arm or leg to temporarily cut off and then restore blood flow to that limb. The investigators believe this triggers the release of molecular factors that protect heart muscle. In a recent study in humans, it reduced the amount of permanent damage to the heart muscle when applied before the angioplasty procedure. The investigators recent animal studies have shown that RIC may also help the heart muscle recover after a heart attack if applied everyday during the month after a heart attack, by preventing heart failure. This is important for two reasons: first, currently the investigators can only treat heart failure with medications, and second, some people have heart attacks but are not suitable to have angioplasty and so are at greater risk of heart failure. Daily RIC may provide an easy and effective new treatment to prevent heart failure after a heart attack. This application proposes a preliminary study in humans to see if daily RIC can help heart muscle recovery after a heart attack.

Conditions

Myocardial Infarction

Study ID

NCT01817114

Start date

Mar, 2013

Status verified date

Jul, 2016

Completion date

Mar, 2017

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2017

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

(i) Admitted for primary PCI for STEMI involving the LAD within 12 hours of onset of symptoms. STEMI will be defined as typical ECG changes (ST segment elevation ≥2mm in 2 or more precordial leads) associated with acute chest pain or an elevation of cardiac enzymes; (ii) Antegrade TIMI 0 or 1 prior to PCI; (iii) Age ≥18 years; (iv) Informed consent from patient or next of kin.

Exclusion Criteria:

(i) Known history of diabetes; (ii) Coronary anatomy warranting emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery; (iii) Mechanical complication of STEMI (ventricular septal rupture, free wall rupture, acute severe mitral regurgitation); (iv) Need for hemodialysis; (v) Malignancy, HIV, or central nervous system disorder; (vi) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation >15 min and compromised level of consciousness; (vii) Cardiogenic shock; (viii) Current participation in any research study involving investigational drugs or devices; (ix) Inability to safely undergo cMRI

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Chronic Remote Ischemic Conditioning

Remote ischemic conditioning will be induced using an AutoRIC device (occluding arm bloodflow exactly like manual bloodpressure cuff). With the participant in a supine or seated upright position, the AutoRIC device will be placed on the right arm and will inflate to a pressure of 200mmHg for 5 minutes (ischemia). The device will then auto-deflate (reperfusion), completing one cycle of ischemia-reperfusion. A total of 4 inflation and deflation cycles will occur. This will be initiated at first medical contact just prior to the performance of primary PCI in eligible subjects (RIPerC), and then repeated daily for 28 days following MI.

sham comparator: SHAM Remote Ischemic Conditioning

Sham conditioning will involve the AutoRIC device being placed on the right arm and will inflate to a pressure of 10mmHg for 5 minutes (ie. no limb ischemia will occur). The device will then auto-deflate, completing one cycle. A total of 4 inflation and deflation cycles will occur. This will be initiated at first medical contact just prior to the performance of primary PCI in eligible subjects (RIPerC), and then repeated daily for 28 days following MI.

Interventions

Auto Remote Ischemic Conditioning (AutoRIC) device

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in LVEDV from baseline [ Time Frame: 28 days post-surgery ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Christopher Overgaard, RCPSC

416.340.5311chris.overgaard@uhn.ca

Andrew Redington, FRCPC

416-813-6135andrew.redington@sickkids.ca

Locations

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5

Contacts

Harindra Wijeysundera, MD, PhD

416-480-4527harindra.wijeysundera@sunnybrook.ca

St. Michael's Hospital

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8

Contacts

Niel Fam, RCPSC

416-864-5466famn@smh.ca

University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4

Principal Investigator:

Chris Overgaard, RCPSC

More Information

Sponsor

The Hospital for Sick Children

Last update posted

Jul 15, 2016

Last verified

Jul, 2016

Keywords

  • Remote Ischemic Conditioning
  • PCI
  • STEMI
  • LAD

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The Hospital for Sick Children on 2016-07-15.