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Effects of Body Mass Index on the Hyperemic Response to Regadenoson

An interventional study of Adenosine and Regadenoson in Obesity, Endothelial Dysfunction and Decreased Vascular Flow, sponsored by University of Utah. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 88 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-05-24.

Sponsored by University of Utah · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 88 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

We will test the hypothesis that a single dose of Regadenoson will produce equivalent degrees of coronary hyperemia in patients of widely different body size. This will be a prospective, open-label, comparative trial using MRI to measure myocardial perfusion reserve (ratio of myocardial blood flow with vasodilator to myocardial blood flow at rest) during sequential administration of the coronary vasodilators adenosine and regadenoson. Non-invasive MRI measurements of resting myocardial blood flow, and sequential measurements of blood flow during adenosine infusion (weight adjusted dosing) and then blood flow during regadenoson infusion (single, fixed dose. Blood flow measurements will be obtained sequentially and in the same sequence in each subject during a two hour MRI exam. 32 subjects will be recruited for this study. The first 2 will be for testing of the protocol. Inclusion criteria: 2 subjects for initial protocol evaluation, then 30 subjects with body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 40. Exclusions are pregnancy, renal dysfunction and claustrophobia.

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Introduction: Regadenoson (Lexiscan) is currently recommended for use as a targeted vasodilator in myocardial perfusion studies and is available as a single, fixed dose for all patients. Here we propose to compare the hyperemic response measured with MRI in subjects with a wide range of BMI 18-40.

MRI is an ideal test to compare the effects of regadenoson in patients with different body mass indices (BMIs). No radiation is used and multiple perfusion tests can be performed in close temporal sequence. Importantly, a number of researchers have shown the ability to obtain quantitative stress and rest myocardial blood flow values in the heart with MR imaging. This allows the calculation of myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR). Flow reserve measurements also can be done with dynamic PET, but not with SPECT. PET has the disadvantage of radiation exposure.

Regadenoson may be a more desirable agent for use with MRI than is adenosine. Adenosine requires the use of 2 intravenous lines, and the use of either a specialized, expensive, MRI-compatible infusion pump to deliver the drug, or long lengths of tubing to run to a pump outside the scanner room. Neither solution is ideal. Regadenoson does not require any such pumps or the starting of a second i.v.. The work here would accomplish 2 goals: 1) to demonstrate the feasibility of performing quantitative MRI perfusion measurements with regadenoson, and 2) to test whether a single dose of regadenoson produces maximal coronary hyperemia across a wide range of body sizes.

Study Design: This will be a prospective, open-label, study. The design is single group, one arm, 2 interventions in which we will compare MPR measured sequentially during adenosine and regadenoson using MRI. Non-invasive MRI measurements of resting flow, flow at adenosine stress, and flow at regadenoson stress will be obtained sequentially in each subject during a single two hour MRI exam. Each drug will be given in the same order to all subjects.

32 subjects will be recruited for this study. The first two subjects will be imaged only with resting perfusion, in order to determine optimal acquisition parameters for the study, and will not be used in the analysis. The main outcome measure is MPR with each agent.

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Conditions studied

  • Obesity
  • Endothelial Dysfunction
  • Decreased Vascular Flow

Keywords

  • adenosine
  • regadenoson
  • adenosine receptor subtypes
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In context

Lead sponsor

University of Utah is the lead sponsor of 969 studies on the registry; 178 are open to participants now.

Of its 107 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 62 (58%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 88 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • BMI 20-40 kg/m\^2
  • age 18-88

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • critically ill patients, patients on ventilators, patients with hypotension, asthmatics, and other patients whose medical care or safety may be compromised from undergoing an MRI examination will be excluded.
  • Patients with claustrophobia will also be excluded.
  • Also, anyone with contraindications to MRI (pacemaker, ICD, metal implants), pregnant subjects, minors, and prisoners will be excluded from this study.
  • If subjects are over 60 or have any suspicion of abnormal kidney function, a blood test to determine GFR will be performed prior to imaging.
  • Subjects with GFR \< 30 will be excluded from the study.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    myocardial perfusion reserve

    Myocardial perfusion reserve will be measured by quantifying myocardial blood flow using MRI at rest and then with each of 2 coronary vasodilators. Measurements are performed with first pass gadolinium perfusion (i.v. bolus injection of 0.02 or 0.03 mmol/kg of gadolinium). Each of the 2 drugs is given sequentially (30 minutes apart) in the same sequence in every patient. The shorter acting drug (adenosine) is given first so it has time to wear off before giving the second drug. It is ideal to measure MPR with each drug during the same imaging session so that there are no other clinical variables that change between the administration of the 2 agents. See below.

    Drug: Adenosine · Drug: Regadenoson

Interventions

  • DrugAdenosine

    Myocardial perfusion reserve measured with quantitative MRI during adenosine infusion (0.14 mg/kg/min x 6 minutes).

    Also known as: adenoscan

  • DrugRegadenoson

    Myocardial perfusion reserve measured during regadenoson (0.4 mg/5 ml) bolus administration using quantitative perfusion MRI.

    Also known as: Lexiscan

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Myocardial Perfusion Reserve Measured by Quantitative Perfusion MRI (Ratio of Myocardial Blood Flow During Stress Over Myocardial Blood Flow at Rest)

    The ratio of myocardial blood flow during stress (with each vasodilator) divided by the myocardial flood flow at rest = myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR)

    Time frame: 2 hours

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Results

Posted May 24, 2011
Limitations and caveats
Due to technical problems, data from two of the 30 subjects was not usable.

Participant flow

Patients were recruited from medical clinics and by advertising within the hospital.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneAdenosine Followed by Regadenoson
Started30
Completed30
Not completed0

Outcome measures

PrimaryMyocardial Perfusion Reserve Measured by Quantitative Perfusion MRI (Ratio of Myocardial Blood Flow During Stress Over Myocardial Blood Flow at Rest)

The ratio of myocardial blood flow during stress (with each vasodilator) divided by the myocardial flood flow at rest = myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR)

Time frame:
2 hours
Reported as:
Mean · ratio
Myocardial Perfusion Reserve Measured by Quantitative Perfusion MRI (Ratio of Myocardial Blood Flow During Stress Over Myocardial Blood Flow at Rest)
ratioAdenosineRegadenoson
Myocardial Perfusion Reserve Measured by Quantitative Perfusion MRI (Ratio of Myocardial Blood Flow During Stress Over Myocardial Blood Flow at Rest)2.25 ± 0.592.44 ± 0.91
Statistical analysis
  • Adenosine · t-test, 2 sided · p = 0.3617 · Mean difference (final values): 0.2 · 95% CI -0.6041 to 0.2241

Adverse events

Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Adenosine Followed by Regadenoson—0/30 (0%)0/30 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Age Continuous
Age Continuous(years)Adenosine Followed by Regadenoson
Mean49.5 ± 11.5
Age, Customized
Age, Customized(participants)Adenosine Followed by Regadenoson
Between 18 and 65 years30
>=65 years0
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Adenosine Followed by Regadenoson
Female13
Male17
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Adenosine Followed by Regadenoson
United States30
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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • DiBella EV, Fluckiger JU, Chen L, Kim TH, Pack NA, Matthews B, Adluru G, Priester T, Kuppahally S, Jiji R, McGann C, Litwin SE. The effect of obesity on regadenoson-induced myocardial hyperemia: a quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Aug;28(6):1435-44. doi: 10.1007/s10554-011-9949-4. Epub 2011 Oct 4. PubMed 21968545 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 24, 2011, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00859833
Lead sponsor
University of Utah
Collaborators
Astellas Pharma Inc
First posted
Mar 11, 2009
Start date
Feb 2009
Primary completion
Jul 2010
Completion
Jul 2010
Results posted
May 24, 2011
Last update
May 24, 2011

Study contacts

Sheldon E Litwin, MD
principal investigator · University of Utah

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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