Covid-19 Effects on Arterial Stiffness and Vascular Aging (CARTESIAN)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

About this trial

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the presence of early vascular aging 6 months and 12 months after COVID-19 infection.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

age >18 years, both sexes;

written informed consent;

affiliation to a social security regime;

a recent diagnosis of COVID19 (6±3 months) proven by PCR or serology (for group 1,2,3)

Disqualifiers

Age <18 years

Inability to express consent of the study

Diseases carrying out a life -expectancy <1 year according to clinical judgment

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity

    Diagnostic test

    early vascular aging tests

Treatment groups

360 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups
Group A: Group 1Other 1 intervention
Group B: Group 2Other 1 intervention
Group C: Group 3Other 1 intervention
Group D: Group 4Other 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

PWV

carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity measured by application tonometry

Time frame
6 months after COVID19 infection
2

PWV

carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity measured by application tonometry

Time frame
12 months after COVID19 infection
3

PWV change

carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity measured by application tonometry

Time frame
difference between PWV at 12 and 6 months after COVID19 infection

Secondary outcomes

1

arterial distensibility

carotid, radial and digital distensibility by standard and ultrahigh frequency ultrasound

Time frame
6 months after COVID19 infection
2

arterial distensibility

carotid, radial and digital distensibility by standard and ultrahigh frequency ultrasound

Time frame
12 months after COVID19 infection
3

arterial distensibility change

carotid, radial and digital distensibility by standard and ultrahigh frequency ultrasound

Time frame
difference between arterial distensibility at 12 and 6 months after COVID19 infection
4

brachial artery FMD

brachial artery flow-mediated dilation for non-invasive evaluation of endothelial dysfunction, by ultrasound and automatic edge detection analysis

Time frame
6 months after COVID19 infection

Other outcomes

1

total mortality

individual data will be meta-analyzed with sister studies running in parallel worldwide

Time frame
2 years
2

total mortality

individual data will be meta-analyzed with sister studies running in parallel worldwide

Time frame
5 years
3

total mortality

individual data will be meta-analyzed with sister studies running in parallel worldwide

Time frame
10 years
4

CV events

fatal+non-fatal

Time frame
2 years

Sponsors and contacts

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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Lead sponsor

The Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology

Collaborator

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Collaborator