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NCT number NCT02692508
Other study ID # AHCM001
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received February 23, 2016
Last updated April 9, 2017
Start date January 2011
Est. completion date December 2020

Study information

Verified date April 2017
Source Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital
Contact Xiuyu Chen, PhD
Phone +86 10 88398175
Email fwchenxiuyu@163.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators sought to evaluate the morphological and functional changes and prognosis of participants with unexplainable precordial deep T-wave inversion on ECG and with apical thickness less than 15mm. The conduction of this study was largely due to the increased clinical requirement, which reflected the increased awareness among physicians of missed AHCM.


Description:

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) is a special form of non obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), in which the hypertrophy of myocardium predominantly involves the apex of the left ventricle (LV). Generally, patients with AHCM show obvious negative T waves on precordial leads on electrocardiogram (ECG). However, clinically some patients present dramatic T-wave inversion with the apical thickness less than the diagnostic criteria of AHCM. In order to get a moderate diagnosis, these participants may undergo lengthy investigation with implications for lifestyle modifications and increase the health care expenses. The investigators wonder they may share their fate with patients who have overt AHCM. Further study of these patients is needed for a proper diagnosis and treatment.

In conventional diagnostic criteria published by American heart association (AHA)/American college of cardiology foundation (ACCF) in 2011, or European society of cardiology (ESC) in 2014, the LV wall thicknessā‰„15 mm is the unified diagnostic criteria of HCM. These guidelines, however, did not give additional regulations or instructions for the diagnosis of AHCM. It is suspected that these criteria may be too strict for AHCM, as the normal left ventricular wall thins towards the apex and the normal values are lower naturally in the apical versus the basal segments.

Comparing with echocardiography, the superior spatial and temporal resolution of CMR makes it more sensitive to diagnose AHCM at earlier stage, much earlier than the appearance of "ace-of-spades" configuration. In a previous study, only 60% of patients with apical segmental hypertrophy that were confirmed by CMR were diagnosed by echocardiography. Echocardiography has its technical limitations for assessing apex due to the limited regional spatial resolution. Additionally, CMR can offer prognostic features, such as apical scar and apical aneurysms.

The investigators thus sought to evaluate the morphorage and functional changes and prognosis of participants with unexplainable precordial deep T-wave inversion on ECG and with apical thickness less than 15mm.The conduction of this study was largely due to the increased clinical requirement, which reflected the increased awareness among physicians of missed AHCM.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date December 2020
Est. primary completion date December 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 16 Years to 60 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Standard 12-lead electrocardiography showing deep T-wave inversion, most prominent in the anterolateral leads (V3-V5 leads) with the negative T wave voltage =5mm.

- Without evidence of coronary artery disease, or diameter stenosis =50% in one or more coronary vessels.

- Asymmetrical LV hypertrophy confined to the LV apex below the papillary muscle level; end-diastolic apical wall thickness <15mm with the apical to basal posterior wall thickness ratio <1.5.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects who were not in sinus rhythm;

- Patients with T-wave inversion in = 2 contiguous leads, concomitant bundle branch block or QRS>80 ms or QTC>440 ms were excluded.

- Blood pressure =140/90mmHg.

- Severe valvular lesion, pericardial disease, cardiac tumor, immunological or metabolic disease involving heart.

- History of cardiac surgery.

Study Design


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Locations

Country Name City State
China Fuwai Hospital Beijing Beijing

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fuwai Hospital Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing Chao Yang Hospital, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

References & Publications (8)

Authors/Task Force members., Elliott PM, Anastasakis A, Borger MA, Borggrefe M, Cecchi F, Charron P, Hagege AA, Lafont A, Limongelli G, Mahrholdt H, McKenna WJ, Mogensen J, Nihoyannopoulos P, Nistri S, Pieper PG, Pieske B, Rapezzi C, Rutten FH, Tillmanns — View Citation

Dawson DK, Maceira AM, Raj VJ, Graham C, Pennell DJ, Kilner PJ. Regional thicknesses and thickening of compacted and trabeculated myocardial layers of the normal left ventricle studied by cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Ma — View Citation

Florian A, Masci PG, De Buck S, Aquaro GD, Claus P, Todiere G, Van Cleemput J, Lombardi M, Bogaert J. Geometric assessment of asymmetric septal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by CMR. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Jul;5(7):702-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.03. — View Citation

Gersh BJ, Maron BJ, Bonow RO, Dearani JA, Fifer MA, Link MS, Naidu SS, Nishimura RA, Ommen SR, Rakowski H, Seidman CE, Towbin JA, Udelson JE, Yancy CW; American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. — View Citation

Gersh BJ, Maron BJ, Bonow RO, Dearani JA, Fifer MA, Link MS, Naidu SS, Nishimura RA, Ommen SR, Rakowski H, Seidman CE, Towbin JA, Udelson JE, Yancy CW; American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. — View Citation

Lee PT, Dweck MR, Prasher S, Shah A, Humphries SE, Pennell DJ, Montgomery HE, Payne JR. Left ventricular wall thickness and the presence of asymmetric hypertrophy in healthy young army recruits: data from the LARGE heart study. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 20 — View Citation

Lu M, Zhao S, Jiang S, Yin G, Wang C, Zhang Y, Liu Q, Cheng H, Ma N, Zhao T, Chen X, Huang J, Zou Y, Song L, He Z, An J, Renate J, Xue H, Shah S. Fat deposition in dilated cardiomyopathy assessed by CMR. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Aug;6(8):889-98. doi: — View Citation

Lu M, Zhao S, Yin G, Jiang S, Zhao T, Chen X, Tian L, Zhang Y, Wei Y, Liu Q, He Z, Xue H, An J, Shah S. T1 mapping for detection of left ventricular myocardial fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a preliminary study. Eur J Radiol. 2013 May;82(5):e225 — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary All cause mortality one year
Secondary apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy one year
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