Target Temperature Management In Myocardial Infarction - A Pilot Study

May 24, 2013 updated by: Dr. Christoph Testori, Medical University of Vienna

The primary goal in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction is to reperfuse the ischemic myocardium to reduce infarct size. Animal data and human data suggest that whole-body cooling to temperatures below 35°C before revascularisation can additionally reduce infarct size and therefore improves outcome in these patients.

The purpose of the study is to determine the feasibility and safety of a combined cooling strategy started in the out-of-hospital arena for achieving pre-reperfusion hypothermia in patients with acute st-elevation myocardial infarction.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

19

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

  • Austria
      • Vienna, Austria, 1090
        • Medical University of Vienna

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 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age between 18 and 75 years
  • Immediately transfer to cath-lab is possible
  • Anterior or inferior ST-Elevation myocardial infarction
  • ST-Segment elevation of >0.2mV in 2 or more anatomically contiguous leads
  • Duration of symptoms <6 hours

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participation in another study
  • Patients presenting with cardiac arrest
  • Tympanic temperature of <35.0°C prior enrolment
  • Thrombolysis therapy
  • Previous myocardial infarction in medical history
  • Previous percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft
  • Severe heart failure (defined as a New York Heart Association (NYHA) score of III or IV), Killip class II through IV at presentation
  • Clinical signs of infection
  • End-stage kidney disease or hepatic failure
  • Recent stroke (within the last six month)
  • Conditions that may be exacerbated by hypothermia, such as haematological dyscrasias, oral anticoagulant treatment with international normalized radio >1.5, severe pulmonary disease
  • Pregnancy. Women of childbearing potential are excluded
  • Allergy to meperidine, buspirone, magnesium, or polyvinyl chloride
  • Use of a monoamine oxidase inhibitor such as selegiline in the previous 14 days

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pre- and perinterventional hypothermia
Cooling will be initiated by the application of cooling pads in the out-of-hospital setting followed by an infusion of 1000-2000ml of cold saline. In the cath lab a endovascular cooling catheter will be placed into the inferior vena cava via a femoral vein to achieve a core temperature of <35°C prior to revascularization.
Device: EMCOOLS flex pad; Philips Innercool RTx
Surface cooling with EMCOOLS flex pads (out-of-hospital); Infusion of 1000ml to 2000ml of cold saline (out-of-hospital); central-venous cooling (Philips Innercool RTx)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Feasibility of a combined cooling strategy for achieving a core temperature of <35.0°C at the time of reperfusion of the infarct related artery
Time Frame: Time of reperfusion of the culprit lesion in st-elevation myocardial infarction (expected average 120 minutes)
Blood temperature will be recorded at the time of first wire-crossed lesion of the infarct related coronary stenosis
Time of reperfusion of the culprit lesion in st-elevation myocardial infarction (expected average 120 minutes)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Safety of a combined cooling strategy as an adjunctive therapy on primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute st-elevation myocardial infarction
Time Frame: within 45 days (+/- 15 days)
Incidence of major adverse cardiac events as defined as: death, heart failure, pulmonary edema, recurrent MI, malignant arrhythmias (i.e. ventricular fibrillation, sustained ventricular tachycardia) emergent stent revascularisation, any hospitalisation, major/minor bleeding (according to TIMI-bleeding score), infection (clinical relevant infection with the need of systemic antimicrobiotic therapy) within a period of 45±15 days
within 45 days (+/- 15 days)
Tolerability of a combined cooling strategy as an adjunctive therapy on primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute st-elevation myocardial infarction
Time Frame: during active cooling and rewarming (in average the first 4 hours)
Patients are monitored for incidence of shivering using a 4-point scale: 0, no shivering evident; 1, isolated facial or masticatory fasciculation; 2, peripheral shivering; 3, uncontrolled rigor during the cooling procedure (in average the first 4 hours)
during active cooling and rewarming (in average the first 4 hours)
Time to revascularisation (first medical contact to balloon time)
Time Frame: Time of reperfusion (in average 120 minutes)
The time to reperfusion of the infarct related artery is crucial in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction. To evaluate if the cooling procedure has a substantial influence on this time frame we measure the time from first medical contact to reperfusion.
Time of reperfusion (in average 120 minutes)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Medical University of Vienna

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 17, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 24, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

May 29, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 29, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 24, 2013

Last Verified

May 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • STATIM-Pilot
  • MUW_492/2011

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