Compression Garments in the Community With POTS (COM-COM-POTS)
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Physician diagnosis of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
- Resident of Canada
- Owns waist-high compression garment: medical grade or commercially available tights with a pressure rating provided (e.g. 15-18 mmHg, 20-30 mmHg, 30-40 mmHg)
- Optional Sub-Study: owns an abdominal compression garment (e.g. abdominal shapewear, waist high shorts)
- Able to participate in a 4-day study (2x2 day segments with a 5-day washout period)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Overt cause for postural tachycardia (i.e., acute dehydration, thyroid disease) that precludes POTS diagnosis
- Not a resident of Canada
- Participants with somatization or severe anxiety symptoms will be excluded
- Pregnant (self-reported)
- Inability to tolerate compression garments for the duration of the study
- Does not own a waist-high compression garment
- Other factors which in the investigator's opinion would prevent the participant from completing the protocol, including poor compliance during previous studies
Sites / Locations
- University of CalgaryRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Waist-High Compression Tights and Medications
Waist-High Compression Tights and No Medications
Abdominal Compression Garments and Medications
Abdominal Compression Garments and No Medications
Participants will wear the waist-high compression garment while taking their regularly prescribed medications. This arm will evaluate the effects of waist-high compression garment treatment together with medications that modulate heart rate and blood pressure. This arm will also include control measurements before the garment is put on and after the garment is removed.
Participants will wear the waist-high compression garment while holding their regular medications that modulate heart rate and blood pressure (beta-blockers, midodrine, ivabradine, stimulants). This arm will look at the effectiveness of waist-high compression without medications. This arm will also include control measurements before the garment is put on and after the garment is removed.
Participants will wear the abdominal compression garment while taking their regularly prescribed medications. This arm will evaluate the effects of abdominal compression garment treatment together with medications that modulate heart rate and blood pressure. This arm will also include control measurements before the garment is put on and after the garment is removed.
Participants will wear the abdominal compression garment while holding their regular medications that modulate heart rate and blood pressure (beta-blockers, midodrine, ivabradine, stimulants). This arm will look at the effectiveness of abdominal compression without medications. This arm will also include control measurements before the garment is put on and after the garment is removed.