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Last refreshed on: 22 May 2023
Main ID:  NCT02673996
Date of registration: 28/01/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Calgary
Public title: POTS Adrenergic Ab (CIHR Aims #1&2)
Scientific title: The Pathophysiological Role of Adrenergic Antibodies in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (Aims #1&2)
Date of first enrolment: January 2016
Target sample size: 125
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02673996
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Satish R Raj, MD, MSCI
Address: 
Telephone: 403-210-6152
Email: autonomic.research@ucalgary.ca
Affiliation: 
Name:     Satish R Raj, MD, MSCI
Address: 
Telephone: 403-210-6152
Email: autonomic.research@ucalgary.ca
Affiliation: 
Name:     Satish R Raj, MD, MSCI
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Calgary
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have been previously diagnosed with POTS

- Control subjects (patients not diagnosed with POTS)

- Age between 18 - 60 years

- Males and Females (Give that >80% of POTS patients are female, we will attempt to
enroll a similar percentage of female control subjects)

- Able and willing to provide consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Smokers

- Overt cause for postural tachycardia, i.e., acute dehydration

- Significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, or hematological disease by history or
prior testing

- Highly trained athletes

- Subjects with somatization or severe anxiety symptoms will be excluded

- Use of drospirenone (a spironolactone analogue) containing oral contraceptive agent

- Hypertension defined as supine resting BP>145/95 mmHg off medications or needing
antihypertensive medication

- Other factors which in the investigator's opinion would prevent the participant from
completing the protocol, including poor compliance during previous studies or an
unpredictable schedule

- Unable to give informed consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: Phenylephrine
Drug: Isoproterenol
Primary Outcome(s)
The proportion of alpha-1 Ab titer positive subjects [Time Frame: 1 Year (to measure Adrenergic antibody assay)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Antibody Positivity by Clinical Autoimmune Syndromes [Time Frame: 1 Year (to measure Adrenergic antibody assay)]
The proportion of beta adrenergic Ab titer positive subjects [Time Frame: 1 Year (to measure Adrenergic Antibody assay)]
Isoproterenol HR Increase (PD25) [Time Frame: 1 Year (to measure Adrenergic Antibody assay)]
Phenylephrine Systolic BP Increase (PD25) [Time Frame: 1 Year (to measure Adrenergic Antibody assay)]
Antibody Positivity by Viral Onset of POTS [Time Frame: 1 Year (to measure Adrenergic Antibody assay)]
Antibody Positivity by Joint Hypermobility Status [Time Frame: 1 Year (to measure Adrenergic antibody assay)]
Secondary ID(s)
REB15-2434
MOP142426
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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