Ischemic Preconditioning in Endurance Athletes

March 18, 2014 updated by: Maastricht University Medical Center

Influence of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Cardiac Function After Endurance Exercise

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on biochemical and functional indices of cardiac function induced by a 30 km run in healthy trained long distance runners.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

29

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Maastricht, Netherlands
        • Maastricht University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Informed consent
  • Healthy
  • Age between 18 and 65 years
  • Endurance-trained (two or more training sessions per week)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not applicable

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: CROSSOVER
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
NO_INTERVENTION: Sham RIC
Control treatment (sham RIC) will consist of four 5-minute simulated inflations of a blood pressure cuff placed on the upper arm. The inflations will be separated by 5-minute periods when the blood pressure cuff will be deflated.
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Remote ischemic conditioning
Blood pressure cuff placed on upper arm and inflated to 200mmHg for 5 minutes then deflated for 5 minutes - this cycle is repeated a total of 4 times.
Blood pressure cuff placed on upper arm and inflated to 200mmHg for 5 minutes then deflated for 5 minutes - this cycle is repeated a total of 4 times.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Serum concentrations of cardiac troponins
Time Frame: 6 hours, 2 hourly time intervals
6 hours, 2 hourly time intervals

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Indices of cardiac function measured by echocardiography
Time Frame: 2 hours post-exercise
2 hours post-exercise

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Marja van Dieijen-Visser, PhD, Department of Clinical Chemistry, MUMC, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2013

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2013

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 9, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 21, 2013

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 24, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

March 19, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 18, 2014

Last Verified

March 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • METC12-2-038

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