Status:

RECRUITING

Liver Disease, Myocardial Fibrosis and Collaterals in the Adult Fontan Patient a Metabolomics and Proteomics Approach

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University Innsbruck

Collaborating Sponsors:

Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Conditions:

Patient Participation

Heart Defects, Congenital

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Out objective is to identify the mechanisms that promote hepatic and myocardial fibrosis, and collateral vessel formation in patients with complex congenital heart disease and Fontan circulation.

Detailed Description

In their prior works the investigators could show that there is evidence of a proinflammatory condition in a certain subgroup of patients with complex congenital heart disease and a so called Fontan c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • written informed consent of participants
  • age at testing of ≥18 years
  • 8 h fasting before blood sampling
  • Fontan circulation (patients)
  • biventricular heart without structural or functional abnormality (controls)

Exclusion

  • Protein losing enteropathy (PLE) (patients are defined as "PLE positive" if there is/are serum protein \<5g/dL and serum albumin \<3g/dL (duration for more than 3 months and exclusion of other causes for hypoproteinemia) and documented enteric protein loss: faecal alpha-1-antitrypsin ≥400 µg/g
  • medication directly affecting metabolic state, such as cholesterol-lowering agents, or haemodynamic state, such as beta-blockers or sildenafil, with the exception of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, diuretics, and anticoagulants
  • atrial or ventricular arrhythmia
  • coronary artery disease (history of myocardial infarction, myocardial revascularisation, percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary artery bypass surgery)
  • any metabolic disease, such as diabetes mellitus
  • malignancy
  • obesity (body mass index (BMI) \>25 kg/m2)
  • underweight (BMI \< 18 kg/m2)
  • renal disease
  • inflammatory disease such as acute or chronic infection
  • myeloproliferative disorder
  • pregnancy or lactation
  • malnourishment
  • mental handicap not allowing valid consent to participation in the study or CMR
  • need of sedation or general anesthesia for CMR
  • typical contraindications for performing CMR such as metal-containing mechanical or electronic implants
  • claustrophobia

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04764305

Start Date

April 1 2022

End Date

December 31 2025

Last Update

March 13 2024

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Medical University of Innsbruck

Innsbruck, Austria