Status:

TERMINATED

Myocardial Perfusion Echocardiography to Detect Human Heart Transplant Rejection

Lead Sponsor:

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

General Electric

Conditions:

Heart Transplantation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this proposal is to show the efficacy of contrast enhanced ultrasonography in detecting heart transplant rejection in humans. The secondary objective is to demonstrate the eff...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All adult subjects (ages 18 to 75) who have undergone heart transplant at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Exclusion

  • hemodynamic instability (e.g., systolic blood pressure \< 90 mmHg)
  • atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response (e.g., heart rate \> 120 bpm)
  • premature atrial or ventricular complexes of a frequency that will not allow adequate echocardiographic assessment
  • poor acoustic windows
  • inability to provide informed consent
  • any contraindication listed in the Optison package insert (i.e., history of an allergic reaction)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2015

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02300870

Start Date

January 1 2015

End Date

December 1 2019

Last Update

July 27 2023

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Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115