Noninvasive Real-time Intracardiac Pressure Measurements Using Subharmonic Ultrasound

May 1, 2024 updated by: Thomas Jefferson University
This study will use contrast echocardiography to assess the accuracy of a new non-invasive imaging method for subharmonic aided pressure estimation (SHAPE) compared to simultaneously acquired intra-cardiac pressures measured invasively during cardiac catheterization. This study is designed to verify that contrast echocardiography using the SHAPE method, already proven in a canine model and tested in a human pilot study can be used as a surrogate for cardiac catheterization with sufficient accuracy to allow clinical applicability in humans.

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

80

Phase

  • Phase 2

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

    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
        • Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

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

21 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Be scheduled for cardiac catheterization procedure.
  • Be at least 18 years of age.
  • Be medically stable.
  • If a female of child-bearing potential, must have a negative pregnancy test.
  • Be conscious and able to comply with study procedures.
  • Have signed Informed Consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clinically unstable patients, e.g., those who are clinically in decompensated heart failure or having active chest pain or presenting for admission with an unstable anginal syndrome
  • Patients in whom introduction of a catheter into the left ventricle is contraindicated or would potentially be dangerous, e.g., patients with active ventricular arrhythmias or with significant aortic valve stenosis where crossing the aortic valve may be difficult and not clinically necessary
  • Females who are pregnant or nursing.
  • Patients not scheduled for cardiac catheterization procedure.
  • Patients who have received an investigational drug in the 30 days before, or will receive one within 72 h after, study drug administration.
  • Patients currently on chemotherapy or with other primary cancers requiring treatment.
  • Patients who are medically unstable, patients who are seriously or terminally ill, and patients whose clinical course is unpredictable.
  • Patients with a history of anaphylactic allergy to eggs or egg products, manifested by one or more of the following symptoms: generalised urticaria, difficulty in breathing, swelling of the mouth and throat, hypotension, or shock. (Subjects with nonanaphylactic allergies to eggs or egg products may be enrolled in the study, but must be watched carefully for 1 h following the administration of SONAZOID).
  • Patients with congenital heart defects.
  • Patients with severe emphysema, pulmonary vasculitis, or a history of pulmonary emboli.
  • Patients with respiratory distress syndrome or a contraindication to pharmacological vasodilator stress agents.
  • Patients with thrombosis within the hepatic, portal, or mesenteric veins.

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Sonazoid for pressure measurements
48 µl of Sonazoid microbubbles (GE Healthcare, Oslo, Norway) will be co-infused at a rate of 0.024 µl/kg body weight/minute together with a 0.9% sodium chloride solution infused at a rate of at least 2 ml/min.
Whenever a patient undergoes cardiac catheterization, which routinely includes intracardiac pressure monitoring using a pressure catheter, as part of their standard clinical care and agrees to participate in the study, we will acquire research data. With Sonazoid infusion, SHAPE algorithm will be initiated to determine optimum acoustic pressure. Then, at the optimum acoustic pressure, SHAPE specific data will be acquired from the cardiac chambers and aorta synchronously with the pressures recorded by the catheter (as a part of the patient's standard of care). After acquiring the ultrasound imaging data, the remainder of the heart catheterization will be completed by the attending cardiologist according to the patients' standard of care.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Agreement Between SHAPE and Pressure Catheter Measurements
Time Frame: up to 1 day
The Pearson correlation coefficient was computed between the simultaneously acquired subharmonic signal and pressure catheter data (i.e., waveforms) for each participant. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used for comparing waveforms given the underlying data and pressure values used for comparisons followed a normal distribution. Values reported will be the mean Pearson correlation coefficient values between the subharmonic waveforms and pressure catheter waveforms obtained.
up to 1 day
Error Between SHAPE and Pressure Catheter Measurements
Time Frame: up to 1 day
Based on the distribution of the differences in cardiac pressure values obtained using the SHAPE technique and the clinical pressure catheter, either a two-tailed paired t test (normal distribution) or Wilcoxon signed rank test (nonnormal distribution) was used to compare the SHAPE technique to the reference standard. Bonferroni corrections were used for multiple comparisons
up to 1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jaydev K Dave, Thomas Jefferson University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 4, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 18, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

June 7, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 4, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 7, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

August 10, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 29, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 1, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • R21HL130899 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

This project will generate pressure values in the aorta, and left and right ventricles using the proposed research method (i.e., SHAPE) and using the standard of care (i.e., catheter based pressure values). Additionally peripheral and central pressures will be generated. All of the pressure values will be made available. Further, all ultrasound data obtained for SHAPE measurements will be made available after anonymizing the data-set to remove any patient information

IPD Sharing Time Frame

2018-08-01 (anticipated) or starting 6 months after publication

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Accessible research platform

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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