Right and Left Ventricle Remodeling Predictors After Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot

Right and Left Ventricle Remodeling Predictors After Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot.

Long term survival of patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot is excellent (about 85% at 35 year-old). However these patients are exposed to residual pulmonary stenosis (PS) and/or pulmonary regurgitation (PR). It is well established that these lesions can lead to irreversible sequelae such as right ventricle dilatation and dysfunction. Pulmonary valve replacement technique was developed to avoid long term right ventricular dysfunction. Pulmonary valve replacement indications are based upon the presence of symptoms at exercise and/or morphological or functional parameters such as severe pulmonary regurgitation with right ventricle dilatation/dysfunction. The best timing of such intervention is still underdebate with the main aim of having the right balance between avoiding long term sequelae of PR or PS and being the latter possible to push ahead the need for new intervention. Recent publication showed that myocardial diffuse fibrosis can contribute to irreversible alteration of myocardial contractility. Quantification of diffuse fibrosis by magnetic resonance imaging is feasible and could help the physician to best determine the right timing for PVR in this population of patients. Cardiac function assessment at rest and during exercise is possible using MR and our centre has developed a program for cardiac exercise during MRI. This could help to detect infra clinic abnormality and to analyse myocardial adaptation during exercise.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Tetralogy of Fallot With Pulmonary Stenosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: MRI

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 11
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Marseille, France, 13005
    • Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 90 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

- older than 14 year-old, with repaired tetralogy of Fallot requiring pulmonary valve

Exclusion Criteria:

• liver failure, kidney failure,
• contra indication to MRI study,
• non-affiliated to the national health care program

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: RV and LV ejection fraction assesment; assesment RV and LV ejection fraction after PVR measured by MRI	Other: MRI; Other Names: assesment RV and LV ejection fraction after PVR

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
determination of the quantity of diffuse myocardial fibrosis	determine if the quantity of diffuse myocardial fibrosis measured by cardiac magnetic resonnance (CMR) compare to baseline measure is correlated with decrease of RV volume and increase in RV and LV ejection fraction after PVR	2.5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
determination of contractile reserve	determine if contractile reserve measured by cardiac magnetic resonnance (CMR) compare to baseline measure is correlated with decrease of RV volume and increase in RV and LV ejection fraction after PVR	2.5 years

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
determnation of variation fibrosis biomarkers	determine if the fibrosis biomarkers dosage compare to baseline measure is correlated with decrease of RV volume and increase in RV and LV ejection fraction after PVR	2.5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Beatrice BONELLO, MD, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Habert P, Bentatou Z, Aldebert P, Finas M, Bartoli A, Bal L, Lalande A, Rapacchi S, Guye M, Kober F, Bernard M, Jacquier A. Exercise stress CMR reveals reduced aortic distensibility and impaired right-ventricular adaptation to exercise in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. PLoS One. 2018 Dec 31;13(12):e0208749. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208749. eCollection 2018.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 15, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 18, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): April 12, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 8, 2014
• First Posted (Estimated): July 10, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 8, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 4, 2026
• Last Verified: April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pulmonary valve replacement; tetralogy of Fallot
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases; Congenital Abnormalities; Cardiovascular Abnormalities; Heart Defects, Congenital; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Tetralogy of Fallot
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2014-06