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Last refreshed on: 20 February 2023
Main ID:  NCT02118818
Date of registration: 15/04/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Public title: RhEumatiC Heart diseAse Genetics RECHARGE
Scientific title: Next Generation Sequencing Approach to the Study of Rheumatic Heart Disease
Date of first enrolment: February 2014
Target sample size: 1000
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02118818
Study type:  Observational [Patient Registry]
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Rwanda
Contacts
Name:     Leon Mutesa, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +250 78 845 10 13
Email: lmutesa@nur.ac.rw
Affiliation: 
Name:     Jochen D Muehlschlegel, MD MMSc
Address: 
Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Name:     Jochen D Muehlschlegel, MD, MMSc
Address: 
Telephone: +1 617 732 7330
Email: jmuehlschlegel@partners.org
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical and echocardiographic signs of RHD using WHF criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

- Congenital heart disease



Age minimum: 5 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Intervention(s)
Genetic: Next generation sequencing
Primary Outcome(s)
Echocardiographic signs of rheumatic heart disease [Time Frame: 3 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2013P002682/BWH
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National University, Rwanda
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