Status:

UNKNOWN

Role of Perhexiline in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Lead Sponsor:

Flinders University

Conditions:

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited heart muscle condition affecting up to 1 in 200 of the general population. It results from mutations in genes encoding components of the ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) =/\> 55% by echocardiography or CMR during the screening period or within 6 months prior to study entry
  • Current / prior symptom(s) of HCM (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] functional class II or class III, Canadian Cardiovascular Society \[CCS\] grade II or grade III) and requiring treatment with ß-blockers and /or non-dihydropyridine calcium antagonists and / or disopyramide for at least 30 days prior to study entry
  • Structural heart disease as evidenced by interventricular septal thickness of (= 15 mm) on echocardiography or CMR in the absence of abnormal loading conditions
  • Elevated N terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), \>125 pg/ml

Exclusion

  • Any prior echocardiographic or CMR measurement of LVEF \<55%
  • Current acute decompensated heart failure requiring hospitalisation and / or augmented medical therapy
  • Cardiac surgery or catheter-based septal reduction therapy planned or having occurred within the past 1 year
  • Patients with a non-CMR conditional pacemaker / implantable cardioverter-defibrillator device
  • History of a known chronic liver disease, peripheral neuropathy, recurrent hypoglycemia
  • Serum bilirubin, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, or lactate dehydrogenase \> 2.0 times upper limit of normal
  • Previous adverse reaction to perhexiline at therapeutic plasma levels of the drug
  • Concomitant use of amiodarone, ranolazine or trimetazidine
  • Life-threatening or uncontrolled dysrhythmia
  • Contraindications to CMR, gadolinium, adenosine

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 1 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04426578

Start Date

December 1 2020

End Date

August 1 2022

Last Update

March 11 2021

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Flinders Medical Centre

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5042