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Filter by:Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is a rare inherited genetic disease of autosomal dominant inheritance with a prevalence of about 1/5000. It is manifested by haemorrhage, mucocutaneous telangiectasia and visceral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) (lung, liver and nervous system). Severe complications during pregnancy in HHT are rare but considered high risk. Intracranial or pulmonary haemorrhage, stroke and heart failure have been reported in some women with HHT during pregnancy. These complications occur most often in the second and third trimesters when maternal physiological changes such as peripheral vasodilatation and increased cardiac output are at their peak. Previous retrospective studies were conducted with numbers ranging from 40 to 97 patients and highlighted the importance of early screening of complications and specific management. The aim of this study is to describe, on a larger number of patients, the obstetric and neonatal complications in patients with HHT and followed in the French Reference Center for HHT.
Timolol is a nonselective β-blocker commonly used in the treatment of glaucoma. Recently it has been used topically for the treatment of superficial hemangiomas. Because of its potential mechanism of action, it is possible that timolol could also be useful for the treatment of epistaxis in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT). Moreover a case was reported in 2012 showing an improvement of nosebleeds with the use of topical nasal timolol. The aim of the study is to evaluate timolol nasal spray efficacy in HHT. The main objective of this trial is to evaluate, 3 months after the end of the treatment, the efficacy on the duration of nosebleeds of a 4 weeks timolol intranasal treatment in HHT patients with nosebleeds (>20 min/month). Secondary objectives are to evaluate the tolerance, the efficacy at 6 months after the end of the treatment, and the efficacy on anemia and on clinical parameters (nosebleeds, quality of life and blood transfusions). This is a prospective double blind phase II study, randomized versus placebo using an allocation ratio of 1:1. A total of 58 patients will be included. The product (solution with timolol at 0.5% or placebo) is self-administered by the patient with a posology of one spray (50 µL) in each nostril twice a day for 28 consecutive days.
This study will explore the factors that influence screening behaviors of adults diagnosed with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), an inherited condition in which blood vessel defects called arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) result in direct connections between arteries and veins. Patients most commonly have small AVMs called telangiectases on the tongue, face, hands, mouth, and throat and the mucosal linings of the nose and gastrointestinal tract. Recurrent nosebleeds are a hallmark of the disease. Large AVMs can also occur in various organs, causing sudden and life-threatening complications. The study will examine how patients think and feel about their condition and what actions they take to screen for internal symptoms of the disease. Men and women 18 years of age and older who have HHT may be eligible for this study. Participants fill out a 30-minute questionnaire, available in print or online, that includes questions about the participant s - beliefs about HHT - actions taken to screen for internal symptoms of HHT - experience with HHT - current health status, family history and demographic information
Scientific Objectives Primary objective : Demonstrate that oral intake of tranexamic acid significantly reduces the risk of epistaxis occurrence, estimated by the average monthly duration of episodes of epistaxis. Secondary objectives : - Document the benefit of tranexamic acid on the amount of haemoglobine and quality of life of patients. - Identify scalable and genetic factors of response to the treatment by tranexamic acid. - Describe compliance and tolerance of the treatment. Method Experimental Design We suggest the realisation of a randomised comparative clinical trial versus placebo, with a crossover of random alternated periods of three months over a total of six months. Study Population 213 affected patients, displaying sufficiently invalidating epistaxis to require a basal treatment, will be recruited and followed every 3 months. Recruitment will lean on teams who are part of the national French network in close collaboration with the reference centre for the Rendu-Osler disorder, appointed to Lyon on the 19th of November 2004. Follow up of the study will be carried out by the Clinical Investigational Centre of the related towns. Outcome measures The main criterion of efficacy is the average duration of epistaxis, the secondary criterion of efficacy is the average number of epistaxis measured per month. Tolerance will be analysed according to the occurrence of venal or arterial thrombosis and allergic accidents. Venal thrombosis will systematically be sought by an inferior limbs echodoppler. Response markers will be sought through modelisation incorporating environmental, phenotypic and genetic factors.