Post Ischemic Conditioning for Heart Failure study

Post Ischemic Conditioning for Heart Failure study - PICTURE study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000005932

Enrollment

250

Registered

2011-07-06

Start date

2011-07-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Acute and chronic heart failure

Interventions

Four cycles of alternating 5-min inflation and 5-min deflation of upper-arm blood-pressure cuff to 200 mm Hg, twice a day, for seven days Standard heart failure therapy

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients who admitted in the hospital with heart failure 2) Patients with do not need drip infusion therapy 3) Patients who can endure intermittent arms compression

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with systolic blood pressure > 200mmHg 2) Patients with CABG operation recently 3) Patients who have received dialysis 4) Patients considered not eligible for the study by the attending doctor due to other reasons

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement of cardiac function	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Change of inflammatory cytokines and collagens	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactAkihisa Hanatani

Osaka city university graduate school of medicine Department of cardiology

hanatania@msic.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp06-6645-3801

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026