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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01904396
Date of registration: 15/07/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto
Public title: Identification of Carnitine-Responsive Cardiomyopathy C001
Scientific title: Identification of Carnitine-responsive Cardiomyopathy and Myopathy in Adult Patients With Dilated and/or Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Limb Girdle Weakness.
Date of first enrolment: August 2013
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01904396
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Ingrid Tein, MD
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Affiliation:  The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
Name:     Hanna Faghfoury
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Email: hanna.faghfoury@uhn.ca
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Name:     Faghfoury Hannaneh, MD
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Affiliation:  University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- An adult patient (>18 years) with a diagnosis of either hypertrophic or dilated
cardiomyopathy, for which the underlying etiology of the cardiomyopathy is unknown.

Exclusion Criteria:

- A history of ischemia

- A documented or suspected infection including HIV

- A history of severe longstanding hypertension

- A history of valvular heart disease

- A history of chemotherapy exposure

- A history of alcohol abuse

- Carnitine supplementation at the time of recruitment



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Carnitine Deficiency
Intervention(s)
Drug: Carnitine
Primary Outcome(s)
Serum Carnitine Concentration [Time Frame: Baseline]
Secondary Outcome(s)
B-Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) [Time Frame: Baseline, every 6m for up to 2 years]
Echocardiographic Measures [Time Frame: Baseline, every 6m for up to 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
Carnitine001
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
Ethics review
Results
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