Impact of Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation Correction on Gut Microbiota and Gastrointestinal Function
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- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Tricuspid Regurgitation (TR). Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Italy
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is gaining increasing attention within the cardiological community due to its poor prognosis, challenging clinical presentation and difficult treatment. TR causes decreased forward cardiac output and increased intravascular pressure upstream, which lead to peripheral oedema, ascites, hepatic congestion and kidney failure. The microbiota is also getting increasing attention and changes in microbiota have been already associated with cardiovascular disease. The impact of hemodynamic effects of TR on the gut microbiota however is still unknown. Patients affected by TR frequently complain abdominal distension and anorexia. We hypothesize that, due to increased venous congestion, TR may induce impaired gut function with modification in the microbiota and that TR correction may induce reverse changes. This study will enroll patients treated with Transcatheter Tricuspid Edge-to-Edge Repair (T-TEER) at the Valve Center of San Raffaele Hospital due to severe TR. In addition to the standard of care, before T-TEER, for all patients 2 additional blood samples, 1 urine and 1 fecal sample will be collected. 3 months after the procedure, all patients will be re-assessed at the Valve Center outpatient clinic as standard of care. At this stage for all patients 2 blood samples, 1 urine and 1 fecal sample will be collected again for the purpose of the study. The microbiota metabolites of patients after 3 months from the procedure will be compared to those at baseline according to the degrees of residual TR. To assess the reproducibility of the microbiota results and to explore an intrinsic short-term variation in microbiome composition within single patients, a subgroup of 30 patients will undergo a low intervention substudy repeating the measurements (2 blood, 1 urine and 1 fecal) within 10 days, both at baseline and at follow-up.
Primary outcome measures
- Gut Microbiota Changes [Time frame: 3 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adult patients, able to sign the Informed Consent Form, admitted to OSR Heart Valve Center with TR ≥ severe treated with T-TEER.
Exclusion criteria
- Concomitant ≥ severe MR. Such patients may be treated with M-TEER and be re-evaluated after 3 months: if TR is ≥ severe and MR is ≤ moderate the patient may then be enrolled.
- Surgical candidates
- Recent < 6 months cardiac coronary or structural procedure
- CAD requiring intervention
- other valvular disease > moderate
- Treatment with transcatheter tricuspid replacement
- Age <18 years
- Inability or unwillingness to sign informed consent
- Kidney dialysis
- Acute infection
- Inflammatory bowel diseases
- Gastrointestinal diseases
- Previous gastrointestinal surgery
- Active cancer
- Active autoimmune or inflammatory diseases
- Treatments with antibiotics or probiotics within one month
- Emergency procedures
- Patients enrolled in interventional studies that may confound study results
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Italy · 1 center
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele — Milan
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06902922 · Tri-GuM