The Effects of Dobutamine on Postoperative Cardiac Function in Aortic Valve Replacement
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01375335 |
Recruitment Status :
Suspended
(Insufficient patient eligible for recruitment)
First Posted : June 17, 2011
Last Update Posted : August 7, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Heart Failure | Drug: Dobutamine | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 10 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Crossover Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | The Effects of Dobutamine on Postoperative Systolic Deformation and Diastolic Function in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Operated for Aortic Valve Stenosis |
Study Start Date : | June 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Dobutamine |
Drug: Dobutamine
90 minutes of infusion 5 ug/kg/minute followed by isotonic saline for the same duration. The sequence of the above is randomized |
- Cardiac output [ Time Frame: From 0 to 90 minutes after drug initiation ]Change in cardiac output (l/min) from initiation of study drug or placebo until 90 minutes of infusion.
- Mean pulmonary artery pressure [ Time Frame: From 0 to 90 minutes after drug initiation. ]Changes in pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg) from start of study drug or placebo infusion until 90 minutes after the start.
- Echocardiography [ Time Frame: From 0 minutes to 90 minutes after drug initiation ]Echocardiographic measures of systolic and diastolic heart function.
- Changes in mixed venous saturation [ Time Frame: From 0 minutes to 90 minutes after drug initiation ]Changes in mixed venous saturation (in per cent) from baseline until the end of dobutrex or placebo infusion.
- norepinephrine requirement [ Time Frame: From 0 minutes to 90 minutes after drug initiation ]The amount of norepinephrinem(mg) required to maintain adequate systemic blood pressure during the infusion period of dobutrex and placebo
- Central venous pressure [ Time Frame: From 0 minutes to 90 minutes after drug initiation ]Changes in CVP from baseline until 90 minutes of study drug or placebo infusion.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 19 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18-90 years
- Left ventricular posterior wall =/>12mm
- Ejection fraction > 45%
- Sinus rhythm
- Eligible for aortic valve replacement
Exclusion Criteria:
- Need for concomitant cardiac bypass operation.
- Moderate or severe insufficiency of the mitral valve
- Active endocarditis
- Insufficient ultrasound window
- Using B-blockers
- Liver insufficiency
- Patients treated with COMT-inhibitors
- Allergy towards dobutamine
- Pregnancy
- Women of fertile age who do not use relevant anti-conception
- Lacking participant consent

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01375335
Denmark | |
Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Århus University Hospital | |
Århus, Denmark, 8200 |
Study Chair: | Erik Sloth, Professor | Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Århus Univerisity Hospital |
Responsible Party: | University of Aarhus |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01375335 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
1818 |
First Posted: | June 17, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 7, 2013 |
Last Verified: | August 2013 |
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