NCT03346876

Brief Summary

Investigators conducted a pilot study to to evaluate the autonomic function in participants with pectus excavatum before and after Nuss surgery.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
120

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for all trials

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2017

Shorter than P25 for all trials

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 1, 2017

Completed
4 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

November 15, 2017

Completed
5 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

November 20, 2017

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

July 31, 2018

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

July 31, 2018

Completed
Last Updated

November 30, 2017

Status Verified

August 1, 2017

Enrollment Period

12 months

First QC Date

November 15, 2017

Last Update Submit

November 29, 2017

Conditions

Keywords

Pectus excavatum, heart rate variability

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • The impact of Nuss surgery on HRV in patients with pectus excavatum

    If Nuss surgery can improve HRV in different stress in patients with pectus excavatum?

    6 months

Study Arms (2)

Study group

patients with pectus excavatum

Procedure: Nuss surgery

Control group

healthy subjects without pectus excavatum

Interventions

Nuss surgeryPROCEDURE

surgical correction for pectus excacatum

Study group

Eligibility Criteria

Age13 Years - 45 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64)
Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample
Study Population

13\~45 y/o pectus patients and healthy subjects

You may qualify if:

  • Clinical diagnosis of pectus excavatum
  • Agree to receive Nuss surgery to correct pectus excavatum

You may not qualify if:

  • Major medical disease (asthma, heart failure, renal disease)
  • Known psychiatric disease
  • Known sleep-disordered breathing
  • Skeletal disease
  • Major surgery within 6 months

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Taipei Tzu-Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu-Chi Medical Foundation

New Taipei City, 23143, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Related Publications (3)

  • Heart rate variability: standards of measurement, physiological interpretation and clinical use. Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. Circulation. 1996 Mar 1;93(5):1043-65. No abstract available.

    PMID: 8598068BACKGROUND
  • Tobaldini E, Nobili L, Strada S, Casali KR, Braghiroli A, Montano N. Heart rate variability in normal and pathological sleep. Front Physiol. 2013 Oct 16;4:294. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00294.

    PMID: 24137133BACKGROUND
  • Hsu YT, Cheng YL, Chang YW, Lan CC, Wu YK, Yang MC. Autonomic nervous system dysregulation in response to postural change in patients with pectus excavatum in Taiwan: a pilot study. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 May 3;17(1):89. doi: 10.1186/s13019-022-01835-5.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Funnel ChestPrimary Dysautonomias

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bone Diseases, DevelopmentalBone DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesMusculoskeletal AbnormalitiesCongenital AbnormalitiesCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesAutonomic Nervous System DiseasesNervous System Diseases

Study Officials

  • Mei-Chen Yang, MD

    Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

    STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Mei-Chen Yang, MD

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
observational
Observational Model
COHORT
Time Perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Target Duration
6 Months
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

November 15, 2017

First Posted

November 20, 2017

Study Start

August 1, 2017

Primary Completion

July 31, 2018

Study Completion

July 31, 2018

Last Updated

November 30, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-08

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations