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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00001965
Date of registration: 18/01/2000
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Public title: Cyclosporine A to Treat Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
Scientific title: Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study of Cyclosporin A in Patients With Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Caused by Sarcomeric Gene Mutations
Date of first enrolment: December 1999
Target sample size: 32
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00001965
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Patients of either gender, aged 18-75 years, with HCM caused by sarcomeric gene mutations
determined by existing protocols.

LV wall thickness of greater than or equal to 20 mm measured in any LV segment by MRI.

Severe symptoms refractory to medical treatment (New York Heart Association functional
class III or IV).

No LV outflow tract obstruction at rest greater than 30 mm Hg as determined by cardiac
catheterization.

No coronary artery disease (greater than 50% arterial luminal narrowing of a major
epicardial vessel).

No chronic atrial fibrillation.

No bleeding disorder (PTT greater than 35 sec, pro time greater than 14 sec, platelet
count less than 154 k/mm(3).

No anemia (Hb less than 12.7 g/dl in males and less than 11.0 g/dl in females).

No renal impairment (serum creatinine greater than 1.3 mg/dl).

No hepatitis B or C; nor unexplained abnormal LFTs.

No inability to estimate LV wall thickness.

No positive urine pregnancy test.

No pregnant or lactating female patients.

No concurrent use of immunosuppressives or steroids.

No diabetes mellitus.

No history of malignancy other than skin tumors (squamous and basal cell) in the last 5
years.

No condition that excludes the patient from undergoing an MRI test.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Heart Hypertrophy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Cyclosporine A
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
000034
00-H-0034
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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