Aberrations in Carnitine Homeostasis in Congenital Heart Disease With Increased Pulmonary Blood Flow
NCT ID: NCT01825369
Last Updated: 2020-05-06
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Basic Information
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WITHDRAWN
PHASE1
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-12-31
2020-07-31
Brief Summary
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The investigators will pilot a trial assessing the safety and pharmacokinetics of perioperative IV L-carnitine administration in these patients. To this end, a pilot clinical trial is proposed. Infants with ventricular septal defects or atrioventricular septal defects undergoing complete surgical repair will receive L-carnitine (25, 50, or 100 mg/kg, IV) just prior to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and 2hr after CPB. Carnitine levels will be measured before CPB, and before and 0.5, 1.5, 3, 5, 9, 12, and 24h after the second dose. The safety, pharmacokinetic profile, feasibility, and effect of L-carnitine administration on biochemical parameters, as well as clinical outcomes will be determined. The investigators expect this pilot to provide the data needed to proceed with a placebo-based randomized, controlled, trial.
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Detailed Description
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Study design: The inclusion and exclusion criteria are as described in Aim 3A except only infants with VSD or AVSD will be enrolled (no TOF). The safety profile of L-carnitine is outstanding, with no reports of toxicity from overdose reported113. In fact, the only adverse reactions reported are transient nausea and vomiting, and less commonly gastritis. However, although rare, seizures have been reported to occur in patients receiving L-carnitine. Therefore, the major adverse events that will be monitored include evidence of seizure activity and GI bleeding. As per routine, any patient suspected of having seizures is monitored with continuous EEG. Dosing is not well studied in children, particularly critically ill children67, 114-116117. In addition, the effect of CPB on L-carnitine clearance in children is not known. Therefore, a major goal of this sub-aim is to establish a pharmacokinetic profile of L-carnitine in this patient population undergoing surgery with CPB, in order to move forward with a larger randomized trial powered for efficacy in prevention of increased PVR post-bypass in at-risk infants. Plasma concentration profiles after IV bolus dosing in adults were described by a two-compartmental model67, 113, 114, 118. Usual pediatric dosing is not well delineated, but recommendations include a 50 mg/kg bolus followed by an infusion of 50mg/kg/day, that can be increased to 300 mg/kg/day113, 119. Therefore, we will begin at a lower dose (25 mg/kg), and escalate the dose after each group of 5. No intra-patient escalation will be allowed and the dose will not be escalated until all patients in the current dose level have been followed to hospital discharge or 30 days post-op and the safety and PK data have been analyzed. The DSMB will approve all dose escalations. The dosing goal will be to achieve normal or supra-normal free carnitine levels (\~50 μmol/L) and low AC levels (\~3 μmol/L) just before and for 24 hrs after CPB; the period with the greatest risk of pulmonary vascular morbidity.
Conditions
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Study Design
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SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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IV L-carnitine
L-carnitine (25, 50, or 100mg/kg IV) will be given, 30-60 minutes prior to the initiation of CPB, and a second dose \~2 hr. following separation from CPB (with a minimum of 4 hrs from initial dose). The first 5 subjects will receive 25 mg/kg, with an escalation of dose after each 5 subjects enrolled. The study drug will be brought to the operating room and administered over 5 minutes by the anesthesiologist after an IV has been placed. Prior to the administration of the study drug, and again 24 and 48 hrs after CPB, 3.0 ml of blood will be collected for determinations of carnitine levels (free, total, and acylcarnitine), mitochondrial function, ROS and bioavailable NO as described in Aim 3A. Additional blood (0.5-1.0 ml) will be obtained to determine carnitine levels before CPB, and then before and 0.5, 1.5, 3, 5, 9, 12, and 24h after the second dose.
IV L-carnitine
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Interventions
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IV L-carnitine
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* are undergoing complete repair
* are between 2-12 months of age
* are corrected gestational age ≥34 weeks
* will have an indwelling arterial or venous line
* have not had enteral or parenteral nutrition for at least 6 hrs
Exclusion Criteria
* pulmonary artery or vein abnormalities not being addressed surgically
* suspected or proven in-born error of metabolism
* have other major congenital abnormalities that affect the cardiopulmonary system
* are taking carnitine supplementation
2 Months
12 Months
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of California, San Francisco
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Jeffrey Fineman, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of California, San Francisco
Locations
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University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Countries
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References
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Ghorishi Z, Milstein JM, Poulain FR, Moon-Grady A, Tacy T, Bennett SH, Fineman JR, Eldridge MW. Shear stress paradigm for perinatal fractal arterial network remodeling in lambs with pulmonary hypertension and increased pulmonary blood flow. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Jun;292(6):H3006-18. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01012.2006. Epub 2007 Feb 16.
Black SM, Kumar S, Wiseman D, Ravi K, Wedgwood S, Ryzhov V, Fineman JR. Pediatric pulmonary hypertension: Roles of endothelin-1 and nitric oxide. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc. 2007;37(1-2):111-20.
Sharma S, Grobe AC, Wiseman DA, Kumar S, Englaish M, Najwer I, Benavidez E, Oishi P, Azakie A, Fineman JR, Black SM. Lung antioxidant enzymes are regulated by development and increased pulmonary blood flow. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 Oct;293(4):L960-71. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00449.2006. Epub 2007 Jul 13.
Lakshminrusimha S, Wiseman D, Black SM, Russell JA, Gugino SF, Oishi P, Steinhorn RH, Fineman JR. The role of nitric oxide synthase-derived reactive oxygen species in the altered relaxation of pulmonary arteries from lambs with increased pulmonary blood flow. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Sep;293(3):H1491-7. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00185.2007. Epub 2007 May 18.
Oishi P, Sharma S, Grobe A, Azakie A, Harmon C, Johengen MJ, Hsu JH, Fratz S, Black SM, Fineman JR. Alterations in cGMP, soluble guanylate cyclase, phosphodiesterase 5, and B-type natriuretic peptide induced by chronic increased pulmonary blood flow in lambs. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2007 Nov;42(11):1057-71. doi: 10.1002/ppul.20696.
Sud N, Sharma S, Wiseman DA, Harmon C, Kumar S, Venema RC, Fineman JR, Black SM. Nitric oxide and superoxide generation from endothelial NOS: modulation by HSP90. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 Dec;293(6):L1444-53. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00175.2007. Epub 2007 Sep 7.
Oishi PE, Wiseman DA, Sharma S, Kumar S, Hou Y, Datar SA, Azakie A, Johengen MJ, Harmon C, Fratz S, Fineman JR, Black SM. Progressive dysfunction of nitric oxide synthase in a lamb model of chronically increased pulmonary blood flow: a role for oxidative stress. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Nov;295(5):L756-66. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00146.2007. Epub 2008 Aug 29.
Sharma S, Sud N, Wiseman DA, Carter AL, Kumar S, Hou Y, Rau T, Wilham J, Harmon C, Oishi P, Fineman JR, Black SM. Altered carnitine homeostasis is associated with decreased mitochondrial function and altered nitric oxide signaling in lambs with pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Jan;294(1):L46-56. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00247.2007. Epub 2007 Nov 16.
Kumar S, Sun X, Sharma S, Aggarwal S, Ravi K, Fineman JR, Black SM. GTP cyclohydrolase I expression is regulated by nitric oxide: role of cyclic AMP. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2009 Aug;297(2):L309-17. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.90538.2008. Epub 2009 May 15.
Sharma S, Kumar S, Sud N, Wiseman DA, Tian J, Rehmani I, Datar S, Oishi P, Fratz S, Venema RC, Fineman JR, Black SM. Alterations in lung arginine metabolism in lambs with pulmonary hypertension associated with increased pulmonary blood flow. Vascul Pharmacol. 2009 Nov-Dec;51(5-6):359-64. doi: 10.1016/j.vph.2009.09.005. Epub 2009 Oct 8.
Tian J, Smith A, Nechtman J, Podolsky R, Aggarwal S, Snead C, Kumar S, Elgaish M, Oishi P, Goerlach A, Fratz S, Hess J, Catravas JD, Verin AD, Fineman JR, She JX, Black SM. Effect of PPARgamma inhibition on pulmonary endothelial cell gene expression: gene profiling in pulmonary hypertension. Physiol Genomics. 2009 Dec 30;40(1):48-60. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00094.2009. Epub 2009 Oct 13.
Aggarwal S, Gross C, Fineman JR, Black SM. Oxidative stress and the development of endothelial dysfunction in congenital heart disease with increased pulmonary blood flow: lessons from the neonatal lamb. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2010 Oct;20(7):238-46. doi: 10.1016/j.tcm.2011.11.010.
Sharma S, Kumar S, Wiseman DA, Kallarackal S, Ponnala S, Elgaish M, Tian J, Fineman JR, Black SM. Perinatal changes in superoxide generation in the ovine lung: Alterations associated with increased pulmonary blood flow. Vascul Pharmacol. 2010 Jul-Aug;53(1-2):38-52. doi: 10.1016/j.vph.2010.03.005. Epub 2010 Mar 31.
Aggarwal S, Gross CM, Kumar S, Datar S, Oishi P, Kalkan G, Schreiber C, Fratz S, Fineman JR, Black SM. Attenuated vasodilatation in lambs with endogenous and exogenous activation of cGMP signaling: role of protein kinase G nitration. J Cell Physiol. 2011 Dec;226(12):3104-13. doi: 10.1002/jcp.22692.
Sharma S, Sun X, Kumar S, Rafikov R, Aramburo A, Kalkan G, Tian J, Rehmani I, Kallarackal S, Fineman JR, Black SM. Preserving mitochondrial function prevents the proteasomal degradation of GTP cyclohydrolase I. Free Radic Biol Med. 2012 Jul 15;53(2):216-29. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.03.016. Epub 2012 Apr 16.
Other Identifiers
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FinemanCarnitine
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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