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Last refreshed on: 30 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT03076814
Date of registration: 23/09/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Public title: Functional Muscle Ischemia With Tadalafil Treatment in Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: March 2012
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03076814
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Patient with BMD -

Inclusion Criteria:

- diagnosis of BMD confirmed by muscle biopsy or DNA analysis

- age 15-55 years of age

- ambulatory

- no clinical evidence of heart failure

Exclusion Criteria:

- hypertension, diabetes, or heart failure by standard clinical criteria

- elevated BNP (brain natriuretic peptide) level (>100 pg/ml)

- left ventricular ejection fraction < 50%

- wheelchair bound

- cardiac rhythm disorder, specifically: rhythm other than sinus, sinoventricular
tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia

- continuous ventilatory support

- liver disease

- renal impairment

- contraindications to tadalafil (use of nitrates, alpha-blockers, Cytochrome P450
(CYP3A )inhibitors, amlodipine, or other phosphodiesterase 5A inhibitors)

Healthy Control Participants -

Inclusion Criteria:

- age 15-55 years of age

- ambulatory

- no clinical evidence of heart failure

Exclusion Criteria:

- hypertension, diabetes, or heart failure by standard clinical criteria

- elevated BNP (brain natriuretic peptide) level (>100 pg/ml)

- left ventricular ejection fraction < 50%

- cardiac rhythm disorder, specifically: rhythm other than sinus, sinoventricular
tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia

- liver disease

- renal impairment

- unsatisfactory completion of the sympatholysis protocol

- BMI < 35



Age minimum: 15 Years
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Tadalafil
Other: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in post-exercise muscle edema by MRI. [Time Frame: Pre vs. 48 hours post treatment change]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
PRO27634
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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