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Filter by:Open-label, multicenter, international, single-treatment study designed to determine TTR stabilization as well as Fx-1006A safety and tolerability, and its effects on clinical outcomes in patients with V122I or wild-type TTR amyloid cardiomyopathy. The study will be conducted in two parts. Part 1 will include a six-week dosing period during which all enrolled patients will self-administer oral Fx-1006A 20 mg soft gelatin capsules once daily for six weeks. At Week 6, blood samples will be collected from each patient to determine TTR stabilization. Patients who complete the Week 6 visit will continue taking daily oral Fx 1006A 20 mg for up to a total of 12 months during Part 2 of this study. If it is determined that a patient is not stabilized at Week 6 (based on TTR stabilization data), the patient will be discontinued from the study. Safety and clinical outcomes will be evaluated during Part 2 of this study. Two whole blood samples for pharmacodynamic assessments (TTR stabilization) and pharmacokinetic assessments (Fx-1006A concentrations as well as calculated steady-state parameters) will be collected at Baseline and Week 6. At Months 6 and 12, two whole blood samples will be collected for pharmacodynamic assessments, and four whole blood samples (two samples per time point) will be collected for pharmacokinetic assessments to be utilized in population pharmacokinetic modeling. Echocardiography, chest x-ray, cardiac MRI, and 24-hour Holter monitoring will be conducted at Baseline, and Months 6 and 12. Six-minute walk test and quality of life utilizing the Patient Global Assessment, KCCQ, and SF-36 will be assessed at Baseline, and Months 3, 6, and 12. NYHA Classification will be assessed at Baseline, Week 6, and Months 3, 6, and 12. Serum markers of troponin I and T, and NT-pro-BNP levels will be assessed at each study visit. Safety and tolerability will be assessed throughout the study. Vital signs, 12-lead ECG, blood and urine samples for clinical laboratory tests (serum chemistry, hematology, coagulation panel, and urinalysis), AEs, and concomitant medications (including diuretic usage) will be assessed at each study visit. Abbreviated physical examinations will be conducted at Baseline, Weeks 2 and 6, and Months 3 and 6, and a complete physical examination will be conducted at Month 12. Clinic visits will be conducted during Screening (Days -30 to -1) and Baseline (Day 0); procedures scheduled for the Baseline visit may be conducted over a period of one week to accommodate patient scheduling. All Baseline procedures must be completed prior to the first self-administered dose on Day 1. Day 1 will be defined as administration of the first dose of study medication, which patients will self-administer at home. During treatment, clinic visits will be conducted at Week 2 (± 2 days), Week 6 (± 1 week), Month 3 (± 1 week), Month 6 (± 2 weeks), and Month 12 (± 2 weeks). Procedures scheduled for the Month 6 and 12 visits may occur over one week during the visit window to accommodate patient scheduling. Monthly telephone contacts (± 1 week of the scheduled date) will be made during months in which no clinical site visits are scheduled (Months 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11) for assessment of AEs and concomitant medications. A final telephone contact to assess AEs and concomitant medication usage will be made 30 days after the last dose of study medication for each patient. Patients who discontinue from the study at any time will have a final visit performed, including all safety assessments, at the time of discontinuation. Any patient discontinuing after the Month 6 visit will also have all exploratory assessments performed.
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is caused by a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. Balloon angioplasty and stent placement are two treatment options for people with reduced heart function caused by CAD. This study will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures to evaluate heart function over time in people with CAD who have undergone a balloon angioplasty or stent placement procedure.
The purpose of this research study is to test an experimental drug ATI-5923 vs Coumadin. The study is intended to demonstrate ATI-5923 is superior to Coumadin for keeping INR values in the desired therapeutic range. Patients who require chronic anticoagulation with one or more of the following conditions are eligible for the study: atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter, prosthetic heart valve, venous thromboembolic disease, or history of myocardial infarction or cardiomyopathy will be enrolled.
This study investigates whether symptom-limited exercise capacity in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients with angina is deleteriously affected by treatment with CK-1827452.
The purpose of this study is to compare cardiac output results obtained using the thermodilution push technique with the Pulmonary Arterial Catheter (PAC) to the predicted cardiac output results obtained from the non-invasive FloWave™ 1000 device.
Rationale: Parvovirus B19 (PVB19) persistence in the heart has been associated with progressive cardiac dysfunction and evolution to dilated cardiomyopathy. Objective: Whether high dose of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) in addition to conventional heart failure therapy achieves virus reduction, thereby resulting in improvement of cardiac function. Study design: A interventional study of virus presence and cardiac functional capacity before and after IVIg therapy. Study population: Patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy and symptomatic heart failure for more than 1 year and a significant PVB19 viral load in endomyocardial biopsies (EMB) and treated with high dose of IVIg were included. Intervention (if applicable): Patients were treated with a total dose of 2 g/kg of immune globulin administered as 0.5 g/kg IV over a period of 6 hours on each of 4 consecutive days. Main study parameters/endpoints: EMBs: virus (PVB19, enteroviruses, adenoviruses, Epstein-Barr virus, human herpes virus-6 and cytomegalovirus), inflammation (lymphocytes an macrophages) and fibrosis. Cardiac functional capacity: NYHA classification, echocardiographic evaluation (left ventricular ejection fraction, end-systolic diameter, end-diastolic diameter).
The aim of the study is to compare clinical benefits of the cardiac resynchronisation (CRT) achieved by the PEA optimised pacing configuration and a CRT optimised by standard clinical procedure. PEA optimised configuration (PEA-CRT) is obtained, during patient's follow-up, using the Peak Endocardial Acceleration sensor features onboard the device.
Several hormones involved in body weight regulation increase the subject's ability to burn fat for energy. The purpose of this study is to investigate how burning fat for energy may affect those hormones and body weight in children. The study will also determine if eating a diet higher in protein alters the amount of fat you burn and how these hormones control body weight.
Background. Clinical benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) have been clearly demonstrated in heart failure (HF) patients with severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and wide QRS at surface electrocardiogram. However, there is a growing evidence that QRS duration poorly predicts responses to CRT, and that ~30% of patients do not experience any benefit from CRT when pre-implant dyssynchrony is defined according to electrocardiographic criteria. A number of echocardiographic criteria have been proposed to assess mechanical LV dyssynchrony, but at present there is no consensus on their use to predict response to CRT. Study Design. The Italian Multicenter PROject on echo assessment of left VEntricular (IMPROVE) dyssynchrony study is a prospective, multicenter, observational study aimed to assess feasibility and predictive power of mechanical dyssynchrony assessed by echocardiography in consecutive consenting patients candidate to CRT by clinical and electrocardiographic criteria. IMPROVE will enroll 120 healthy subjects and 216 HF patients in 6 sites in Italy. CRT response criteria will be based on improvement in NYHA class and LV reverse remodeling evaluated by 3D-echocardiography. Enrollment is expected to conclude early 2009. Implications. CRT is today part of the therapeutic armamentarium for symptomatic HF patients refractory to medical therapy, with wide QRS complex and severe LV systolic dysfunction. The IMPROVE study has been designed to evaluate reference values of indexes of ultrasound mechanical dyssynchrony that have been proposed in the literature and compare their ability to predict response to CRT in HF patients.
The main aim of the study is to determine whether intracoronary infusion of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells can improve the ventricular function of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.Secondary end-points will be: 1. To evaluate possible changes in patient functional capacity and 2. to identify the biological characteristics of the bone marrow graft that might influence on functional recovery.