Genetic Characterization of Patients With Arrhythmia-Induced Cardiomyopathy
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- 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: Arrhythmia, Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmia-induced Cardiomyopathy (AiCM). Basic parameters: from 18 years · 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
- Spain
- 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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Official title
Understanding and Characterizing the Genetics of Patients With Arrhythmia-Induced Cardiomyopathy
Overview
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the genetic insights of arrhythmya-induced cardiomyopathy and its clinical prognosis. The main questions it aims to answer are: I. Does patients with arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy have a greater proportion of genetic mutations compared with other types of cardiomyopathy or general population? II. Have the genetics any prognostic impact in patients with arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy?
Detailed description
This is a multicentric prospective observational study including patients with suspected arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy (AiC) and undergoing rhythm control strategy. AiC suspicion is defined by the presence of left ventricular ejection fraction \<50% with no other more plausible explanation than a new-onset arrhythmia.
Patients who met the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be followed during 1 year after the rhythm control procedure (electric cardioversion or catheter ablation) to asess rhythm control status, imaging remodeling and clinical events. A genetic test will be performed during the study time to asess the existace of genetic variants in cardiomyopathy-related genes. Follow-up visits will be scheduled at 2, 6 and 12 months after inclusion and electrocardiogram and echocardiography will be performed.
AiC will be confirmed in case of left ventricular ejection fraction recovery \>10% or absolute value \>54% during the follow up imaging evaluations.
Primary analysis will asess the prevalence of pathogenic /likely patogenic variants in patients fullfilling AiC criteria and compared with those who not (without AiC). Secondary analysis will be focused on the incidence of cardiovascular events (heart failure-related and rhythm control-related) during the follow up and its relationship with the genetic background and the AiC status.
Imaging test during follow up will be performed and changes in ventricular and atrial parameters will be used to asess cardiac remodeling.
Further rhythm control asessment will be performed following routinary clinical practice in each participant center.
Primary outcome measures
- Prevalence of pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in genetic test [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Heart Failure Admission [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
- Arrhythmia recurrence [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
- New unplanned rhythm control procedure [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
- Atrial reverse remodelling [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Presence of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter not self-limited.
- Performance of a cardiac imaging test with systolic function analysis (echocardiogram, magnetic resonance, CT scan) during the clinical course of the arrhythmia, exhibiting a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <50%. In order for the test to be representative, the maximum time between the performance of the imaging test and the rhythm control procedure will be 3 months, in the absence of intervening cardiovascular events that may have caused a variation in LVEF. In the event that the patient had a previously known LVEF <50%, the change with respect to this attributable to tachyarrhythmia has to be ≥10%.
- Signature of informed consent.
- Ability to understand and accept participation in the study.
Exclusion criteria
- Refusal of informed consent.
- Legal or juridical incapacity.
- Age <18 years.
- Life expectancy less than 1 year.
- Impossibility of a follow-up of at least 6 months.
- Presence of a ventricular rate >140 beats per minute, limiting the validity of imaging measurements.
- Presence of known factors causing systolic ventricular dysfunction:
- Prior cardiomyopathy diagnosis.
- Severe mitral or aortic valve disease.
- Non-revascularizable ischemic heart disease.
- Context of peri-resuscitation cardiopulmonary care.
- Abusive alcohol consumption, defined as >80 grams of ethanol or >7 standard alcoholic beverages per day.
- Active treatment with chemotherapeutic agents or radiation therapy to the thorax.
- Known infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, Borrellia burgdorferi or other infectious agent causing cardiomyopathy.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Spain · 4 centers
- Ciudad Real General University Hospital — Ciudad Real
- 12 de Octubre University Hospital — Madrid
- Albacete University Hospital Complex — Albacete
- Ramón y Cajal University Hospital — Madrid
Publications
- Serban T, Badertscher P, du Fay de Lavallaz J, Providencia R, Migliore F, Mugnai G, Penela D, Perrotta L, Kuhne M, Sticherling C, Chun KJ. Definition and management of arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy: findings from the European Heart Rhythm Association survey. Europace. 2024 May 2;26(5):euae112. doi: 10.1093/europace/euae112. PMID 38693772
- Shoureshi P, Tan AY, Koneru J, Ellenbogen KA, Kaszala K, Huizar JF. Arrhythmia-Induced Cardiomyopathy: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Jun 4;83(22):2214-2232. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.416. PMID 38811098
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06896266 · 24/391