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Study NCT ID: NCT04589156
Status: UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted: 2020-10-19
First Post: 2020-08-31
Is NOT Gene Therapy: False
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Recurrent Acute Myocarditis Registry
Sponsor: University Hospital, Caen
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Recurrent Acute Myocarditis : Characteristics, Etiology, Prognosis and Genetic Basis.
Status: UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date: 2020-10
Last Known Status: RECRUITING
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: RAM
Brief Summary: The association between myocardial inflammation (clinically represented by acute myocarditis episodes) and the later development of an arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy is widely elusive.
Detailed Description: Acute myocarditis (AM) is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium caused by different infectious and non-infectious triggers. It is a major cause of sudden cardiac death, with also long-term adverse outcomes in survivors. The incidence and predictive factors of recurrent AM (RAM) are unknown.

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a genetically-determined or acquired arrhythmogenic disorder of the myocardium. With an incidence of 1/5000, genetic ACM is the consequence of pathogenic variants in genes encoding for desmosomal and cytoskeleton proteins. Originally described as a right ventricular disease (ARVC), genetic ACM is increasingly recognized as a left (ALVC) or biventricular entity. Genetic ACM may manifest with various clinical presentations, with a predisposition to acute and chronic heart failure, ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Pathophysiology of genetic ACM at early stages remain widely elusive.

Myocardial inflammation has been consistently reported in patients with genetic ACM, but the exact nature of their association is a matter of debate. The temporal association between RAM episodes and the later diagnosis of genetic ACM is speculative, and it has been hypothesized recently that RAM episodes might reflect early active phases in the development of a genetic ACM.

The investigators aim to study the temporal association between RAM episodes and the later diagnosis of an ACM.

Consecutive patients with at least two episodes of AM and referred to a tertiary university referral center (pop. 1.500.000 inhabitants) for clinical expertise, follow-up and etiological work-out were prospectively included in this registry.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: