Status:

TERMINATED

Muscle, Essential Amino Acids, and eXercise in Heart Failure

Lead Sponsor:

Arizona State University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Mayo Clinic

Conditions:

Heart Failure, Diastolic

Eligibility:

All Genders

60+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Half of heart failure patients have preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Like patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), HFpEF patients suffer from exercise intolerance (low VO2max), which reduc...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 60+ years of age
  • Able to communicate meaningfully with the investigator and must be legally competent to provide written informed consent.
  • Diagnosed with HFpEF as per established echocardiographic criteria (New York Heart Association Class II-III).

Exclusion

  • Unstable angina, myocardial infarction in the past 4 weeks
  • Uncompensated heart failure
  • New York Heart Association class IV symptoms, complex ventricular arrhythmias, symptomatic severe aortic stenosis, acute pulmonary embolus, acute myocarditis, untreated high-risk proliferative retinopathy, recent retinal hemorrhage, uncontrolled hypertension, baseline blood screening abnormalities
  • Medication non-compliance
  • Medical / orthopedic conditions precluding exercise
  • Exercise training (\>2 weekly sessions of moderate to high intensity aerobic or resistance exercise)
  • Subjects on anti-coagulation medication will not be eligible for the muscle biopsy procedure, but are deemed eligible for study participation if INR \< 3.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 19 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

1 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03312387

Start Date

September 19 2017

End Date

December 31 2018

Last Update

September 3 2019

Active Locations (2)

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Arizona State University

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85004

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Mayo Clinic Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259