The Chinese Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Study(CHCS)
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- 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: Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic. Basic parameters: No limits · 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
- China
- 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
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common inherited cardiac diseases, with a prevalence of ∼0.2%. Sudden cardiac death (SCD), heart failure and stroke are the major poor outcomes of HCM. Although about half of the patients were found to be caused by mutations mainly located in genes encoding sarcomere proteins, the causes in a significant proportion of patients with HCM are still unknown. Even in the patients with sarcomere mutations, the molecular pathways that eventually lead to cardiac hypertrophy are remained to be revealed. Furthermore, HCM presents with significant heterogeneity. SCD risk stratification and prevention by ICD are necessary. However, the strategy of SCD risk stratification recommended by the 2011 ACCF/AHA and 2014 ESC guidelines were based mainly on the evidence derived from American and European countries. The accuracy of these guidelines in Chines patients with HCM was not evaluated yet.
Detailed description
In the present study, patients with HCM are recruited prospectively after informed consent was given. The investigator will collect the baseline clinical characteristics of the patients at enrollment, including comprehensive physical examination, laboratory testing of blood and urine, electrocardiography, 24-hr Holter, echocardiography, MRI and other examinations if necessary. The specimens retained include blood for all patients and myocardium for patients receive surgery of myocardial myectomy. Multi-omics screening, including genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, will be performed to identified novel disease genes, signal pathway or processes, genetic risk factors and potential therapy targets of HCM. Furthermore, besides examining the accuracy of SCD risk prediction of the 2011 ACCF/AHA and 2014 ESC guidelines, we will identify novel risk factors associated with the clinical outcomes and construct predictive models suitable for Chinese patients with HCM.
Primary outcome measures
- Cardiovascular deaths [Time frame: an average of 2 years]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- all-cause mortality [Time frame: an average of 2 years.]
- Heart failure [Time frame: an average of 2 years]
- Stroke [Time frame: an average of 2 years]
- Malignant arrhythmia [Time frame: an average of 2 years]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with HCM diagnosed by observation of unexplained maximal left ventricle wall thickness ≥15 mm on echocardiography and/or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging or or ≥13 mm for individuals with family history of HCM.
Exclusion criteria: Individuals with other cardiac or systemic diseases capable of producing that magnitude of cardiac hypertrophy.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
China · 1 center
- Fuwai hospital — Beijing
Identifiers
NCT: NCT02696135 · CHCS