Clinical trial NCT03089164: Postural Changes During Right Heart Catheterization
Official title: Assessing the Influence of Postural Changes During Right Heart Catheterization for the Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Conditions: Pulmonary Hypertension
Right Heart Failure Due to Pulmonary Hypertension
Lead sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-03-24
Enrollment: 2
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population will be a cohort of patients referred for right heart catheterization for workup of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Brief summary: Hemodynamic measurements obtained during pulmonary artery catheterization are essential for the diagnosis and classification of pulmonary hypertension. Traditionally, right heart catheterization (RHC) is done in the supine position. Cardiac output is known to change significantly based on position, due to the effects of gravity on venous return. There has not been a systematic investigation into these postural effects on pulmonary arterial pressures nor their effect on the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. It is our intent to study the differences in measurements obtained during RHC when the patient is supine, seated, and standing.

Detailed description: The investigators also plan a prospective study of patients referred for pulmonary artery catheterization at the UNC cardiac catheterization lab for evaluation of known or suspected pulmonary hypertension. The purpose of this portion of the study is to evaluate the degree to which digital reading of pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) impact the diagnosis and classification of pulmonary hypertension specifically in patients being evaluated for pulmonary hypertension while being tested in the supine, sitting and standing positions.

The investigators will identify 60 patients referred for right heart catheterization to evaluate known or suspected pulmonary hypertension. Patients will have right heart catheterization performed by the clinician that was planning on performing the procedure and a pulmonary hypertension specialist in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine or Division of Cardiology. After informed consent is obtained, the subject will be prepped and draped per protocol in the UNC Cath lab. Their internal jugular vein will be visualized by ultrasound and accessed with a pulmonary artery catheter using standard procedure which also uses fluoroscopy to ensure correct placement of the catheter. Once pressure measurements are obtained from the cardiac chambers and pulmonary arteries, the catheter will be secured into place with tegaderm to allow for mobilization of the patient. The patient will then be asked to sit up on the side of the cath table and the pressure transducer will be re-calibrated to be at the level of the patient's right atrium. Repeat measurements will be obtained of the pulmonary artery and PCWP in this position. After, the patient will be asked to stand up and the pressure transducer once again re-calibrated to estimate the level of the right atrium; new measurements will be obtained in the standing position. Each position will be maintained for 5 minutes before measurements are taken. The supine position measurement will be used for clinical decision making purposes as per usual. The investigators will collect each measurement over at least 10 cardiac cycles and use the mean end-expiratory values to ensure precision.

Once all measurements are obtained, the patient will be asked to return to the supine position. The tegaderm will be released and the catheter removed during sustained expiration maneuver per standard protocol.

No sedation will be administered to the patients.

No further contact will be done with the study subject for the purpose of this research trial.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All patients that are 18 years or older regardless of gender or race,
* are referred for RHC for evaluation of possible Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
* provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to obtain pulmonary artery pressure or PCWP

Primary outcomes:
measure: Measurement of mean PAP in three positions
timeFrame: During a single right heart catheterization procedure (total time averaging around 30 minutes), about 5 minutes for each position will be needed to obtain each value
measure: Measurement of PCWP in three positions
timeFrame: During a single right heart catheterization procedure (total time averaging around 30 minutes), about 5 minutes for each position will be needed to obtain each value
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Chapel Hill
country: United States
facility: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
state: North Carolina
Study officials:
affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
name: Hubert "Jimmy" Ford, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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