Myocardial Perfusion Changes Following Optimal Medical Treatment in Symptomatic Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMedical University of Vienna

About this trial

Background: Microvascular dysfunction is a hallmark of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) and can be visualized non-invasively using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) perfusion imaging. In parallel, the six-minute walk test (6MWT) is an established clinical tool to assess submaximal exercise capacity in patients with structural heart disease. Despite its widespread use, the relationship between objective changes in myocardial perfusion and functional improvements assessed by the 6MWT remains insufficiently explored in patients with HOCM on optimal medical therapy (OMT).

Aim:This study aims to evaluate whether changes in functional capacity, measured by the 6MWT, correlate with changes in myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) in HOCM patients treated with OMT.

Methods: We will include patients diagnosed with obstructive HCM who previously underwent clinically indicated CMR perfusion scans for risk stratification. These patients are regularly followed in the HCM outpatient clinic of the Medical University of Vienna, where standardized 6MWTs are performed in routine care. Approximately one year after the baseline CMR, a follow-up CMR will be conducted to assess changes in perfusion parameters. This second CMR is clinically justified for improved individual risk stratification as recommended by the 2023 ESC Guidelines on Cardiomyopathies.

The primary objective is to assess the correlation between the change in the walking distance in the 6MWT and the change in MPR over a one-year interval. Secondary endpoints include changes in myocardial blood flow (MBF) at rest and during pharmacological stress. All assessments will be integrated with clinical, echocardiographic, and laboratory evaluations.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age > 18 years

Willingness to provide written informed consent

Diagnosis of obstructive HCM based on ESC 2023 criteria

Planned CMR with myccardial perfusion for clinical purposes

Disqualifiers

Claustrophobia or other contraindication for CMR imaging

Significant coronary artery disease and/or prior stent implantation or coronary artery bypass graft surgery

History of sudden cardiac arrest or sustained ventricular arrhythmia 12 months prior to screening

Glomerular filtration rate < 30ml/min/m2

Trial population

Patients with oHCM on maximal tolerated background therapy which will receive mavacamten as add-on

Trial design

Design model

Other

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Mavacamten in clinical routine use

    Drug

    Clinical observation of mavacamten use

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Correlation between myocardial perfusion reserve changes and changes in the performed distance in 6MWT.

Correlation between myocardial perfusion reserve changes and changes in the performed distance in 6MWT.

Time frame
One year of maximal tolerated dose of mavacamten

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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