MedTrace Logo

Mechanisms and Reversibility of Heart Failure Associated With Diabetes

NCT01970319 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2016-09-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with diabetes have a higher incidence of heart failure and worse outcomes than normoglycaemic subjects. Basic science research has suggested many mechanisms for this observation including endothelial dysfunction, abnormal calcium handling, fibrosis and activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), but clinical data are lacking. In this study the investigators will investigate the relationship between diabetes and heart failure by exploring the correlation between microvascular dysfunction and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) markers of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, cardiac dysfunction and fibrosis. The investigators also propose to see if this relationship is independent of blood pressure and markers of RAAS activity. This could have important clinical ramifications in type 2 diabetes by increasing the indications for treatment with RAAS inhibition or making a case for lower blood pressure targets.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dr. Peter Swoboda

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01970319 on ClinicalTrials.gov