Status:

UNKNOWN

RAMYD Study - Evaluation of Arrhythmic Risk in Myotonic Dystrophy

Lead Sponsor:

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fondazione Telethon

Conditions:

Myotonic Dystrophy

Sudden Cardiac Death

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This is a prospective multicentric Italian study to evaluate the arrhythmic risk in myotonic dystrophy type 1.

Detailed Description

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1, Steinert disease) is a multisystem disorder that affects, beside muscle, several other organs, including the heart. Cardiac involvement represents a major problem in t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient affected by myotonic dystrophy type I (MD1).
  • Patient willing to provide a signed informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Age \< 18 years old or \>70 years old.
  • Ischemic cardiomyopathy
  • Cardiomyopathy due to chronic excess of alcohol consumption (\>100 g\\day)
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Acquired valvular heart disease
  • Metabolic cardiomyopathy: thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism, adrenal cortical insufficiency, pheochromocytoma, acromegaly
  • Familiar storage and infiltrative diseases (hemochromatosis, glycogen storage, Hurler's syndrome, Niemann-Pick disease; primary, secondary, familial and hereditary cardiac amyloidoses)
  • Systemic diseases (connective tissue disorder; sarcoidosis)
  • Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

Estimated Enrollment :

537 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00127582

Start Date

January 1 2003

Last Update

August 25 2005

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Catholic University of Sacred Heart

Rome, Rome, Italy, 00168