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Study NCT ID:
NCT04667494
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2025-11-14
First Post:
2020-12-03
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Ultrasound Therapy In Cardiac Amyloidosis
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All subjects will undergo rest 2D echocardiography, rest N-13 ammonia or rubidium-82 perfusion PET, Definity infusion with high mechanical index (MI) imaging defined as sonotherapy in this study protocol.'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'maximumAge': '90 Years', 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': True, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Age \\> 18 years for AL-CA, \\> 65 years for ATTR-CA, \\> 65 years for controls\n* Willing and able to provide consent\n* Diagnosis of systemic light chain amyloidosis by standard criteria (see below) and in hematological remission (normal serum free light chain levels)\n\n * (immunofixation of serum and urine, IgG free light chain (FLC) assay, a biopsy of fat pad/ bone marrow, or organ biopsy, followed by typing of the light chain using immunohistochemistry or immunogold assay with confirmation by Mass spectroscopy as needed) AND\n * proof of cardiac involvement by AL amyloidosis\n * abnormal cardiac biomarkers (Abnormal high sensitivity TnT 5th generation levels (\\>9 ng/L: female, \\>14 ng/L: male) or abnormal age appropriate N terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, NT-proBNP (abnormal values: \\<50 years: \\>450 pg/ml; 50-75 years:\\>900 pg/ml; \\>75 years: \\>1800 pg/ml) or\n * abnormal echocardiogram (wall thickness \\> 12 mm) or\n * abnormal cardiac MRI (wall thickness \\> 12 mm or extracellular volume \\> 0.35) OR\n* Diagnosis of transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis by standard criteria\n\n * endomyocardial biopsy followed by typing of the transthyretin amyloidosis using immunohistochemistry or immunogold assay with confirmation by Mass spectroscopy as needed\n * extracardiac biopsy with typical cardiac imaging findings, or\n * grade 2 or grade 3 myocardial uptake of technetium-99m pyrophosphate (PYP) if AL amyloidosis is excluded\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Hemodynamic instability\n* Severe claustrophobia despite use of sedatives\n* Decompensated heart failure (unable to lie flat for 1 hour)\n* Concomitant non-ischemic non-amyloid heart disease (valvular heart disease or dilated cardiomyopathy)\n* Severe valve stenosis or regurgitation in the aortic, mitral or tricuspid valves, including prior valve replacement\n* Severe pulmonary artery hypertension\n* Severe lung disease\n* Known obstructive epicardial coronary artery disease with stenosis \\> 50% in any single territory\n* Prior cardiac surgery\n* Regional wall motion abnormality on echocardiogram\n* Left ventricular ejection fraction \\< 40%\n* Pregnant state\n* Documented allergy to N-13 ammonia or Definity\n* Contraindications to DEFINITY® (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension:\n\n o Patients with known or suspected Right-to-left, bi-directional, or transient right-to-left cardiac shunts, Hypersensitivity to perflutren\n* Contraindications or challenges to sonotherapy\n\n * Severe electrolyte abnormalities\n * QTc prolongation (values are greater than 450 milliseconds in males and greater than 470 milliseconds in females)\n * BMI \\> 35 kg/m2\n * Documented intracardiac thrombus\n * Atrial fibrillation not on anticoagulation\n * Prior history of stroke\n* Any other reason determined by the investigator that makes a subject a poor candidate for ultrasound therapy'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT04667494', 'acronym': 'UTICA', 'briefTitle': 'Ultrasound Therapy In Cardiac Amyloidosis', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': "Brigham and Women's Hospital"}, 'officialTitle': 'Ultrasound Therapy In Cardiac Amyloidosis', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': '2020P003179'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'type': 'EXPERIMENTAL', 'label': 'Sonotherapy', 'description': 'All participants will undergo sonotherapy', 'interventionNames': ['Combination Product: Sonotherapy']}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'Sonotherapy', 'type': 'COMBINATION_PRODUCT', 'description': 'Use of high mechanical index ultrasound therapy with intravenous Definity contrast infusion', 'armGroupLabels': ['Sonotherapy']}]}, 'contactsLocationsModule': {'locations': [{'zip': '02115', 'city': 'Boston', 'state': 'Massachusetts', 'status': 'RECRUITING', 'country': 'United States', 'contacts': [{'name': 'Sharmila Dorbala, MBBS, MPH', 'role': 'CONTACT', 'email': 'sdorbala@partners.org', 'phone': '617-732-6290'}, {'name': 'Sharmila Dorbala, MBBS, MPH', 'role': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR'}], 'facility': "Brigham and Women's Hospital", 'geoPoint': {'lat': 42.35843, 'lon': -71.05977}}], 'centralContacts': [{'name': 'Sharmila Dorbala, MD', 'role': 'CONTACT', 'email': 'sdorbala@bwh.harvard.edu', 'phone': '617-732-6290'}], 'overallOfficials': [{'name': 'Sharmila Dorbala, MD', 'role': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'affiliation': "Brigham and Women's Hospital"}]}, 'ipdSharingStatementModule': {'ipdSharing': 'NO', 'description': 'There is no plan to share IRD'}, 'sponsorCollaboratorsModule': {'leadSponsor': {'name': "Brigham and Women's Hospital", 'class': 'OTHER'}, 'responsibleParty': {'type': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'investigatorTitle': 'Director, Nuclear Cardiology', 'investigatorFullName': 'Sharmila Dorbala', 'investigatorAffiliation': "Brigham and Women's Hospital"}}}}