RECRUITING

Study Roles of Heavy Metals and Essential Metal Dyshomeostasis in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients

Study Overview

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Description

Investigators plan to recruit 50 PAH patients from UofL PAH Clinic, with various degrees of severity (25 intermediate risk patients and 20 high risk patients) and 10 age and gender matched controls. PAH patients are evaluated at least every 6 months by the PAH Clinic and blood/urine samples will be obtained at each office visit. Blood, plasma and urine samples will be used to measure 31 metal levels including heavy metals (cadmium, arsenic, cobalt, lead etc.) and essential metals (calcium, copper, iron, zinc, potassium etc.) by the with ICP-MS via the service of ITEMFC. Interactions among the 31 metals in PAH patients, metal concentration differences between intermediate risk PAH, high risk PAH and control groups, the correlation between metal concentrations and the etiology, severity, duration, treatment, and progression of PAH/RV dysfunction over 12 months will be analyzed by CIEHS Biostatistics and Informatics Facility Core.

Official Title

Study Roles of Heavy Metals and Essential Metal Dyshomeostasis in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients

Quick Facts

Study Start:2020-12-02
Study Completion:2024-12-31
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT04756076

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.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * All patients with the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
  2. * Agree to the study protocol
  3. * Healthy volunteers
  4. * Age, gender matched controls
  1. * Younger than 18 years
  2. * Refusal to participate

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Jiapeng Huang, MD, PhD
CONTACT
5028528157
jiapeng.huang@louisville.edu

Study Locations (Sites)

University of Louisville Health
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Jiapeng Huang

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 Registration Dates

Study Start Date2020-12-02
Study Completion Date2024-12-31

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2020-12-02
Study Completion Date2024-12-31

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Metal Poison