Phenylephrine: incremental small doses of IV phenylephrine to find the dose that transiently raises systolic blood pressure by 25 mmHg
Isoproterenol: incremental small doses of IV isoproterenol to find the dose that transiently raises heart rate by 25 bpm
Study summary
Objective: In this pilot study, we will test the hypothesis that patients with POTS (age 18-60 years) will have a higher percentage of functional antibodies to adrenergic receptors compared with control subjects without POTS.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
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
Primary outcome measure(s)
The proportion of alpha-1 Ab titer positive subjects — 1 Year (to measure Adrenergic antibody assay) The primary comparison will be the proportion of Ab titers between POTS patients compared to control subjects.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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