Study of the Determinants of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Familial Hypercholesterolemia (ATHERO-FH Study)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age40+
SponsorNantes University Hospital

About this trial

The goal of this study (interventional clinical research not involving a health product) is to assess the prevalence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis diagnosed by coronary CT angiography in heart failure patients in primary prevention, across different levels of cardiovascular risk defined by coronary artery calcium (CAC) score percentiles (based on data from the MESA study): low risk (≤25th percentile for age, sex, and ethnicity), intermediate risk (25th \< CAC ≤ 75th percentile), and high risk (\>75th percentile). The Patients will attend an on-site visit at inclusion (and must undergo a coronary CT angiography within 6 months following this visit), will be contacted by phone at 1 year and 2 years, and will return for an on-site visit at 30 months.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Person willing to sign the study consent form

Person affiliated with a current social security scheme

Person with a definite diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolemia, defined by a Dutch Lipid Clinic Network (DLCN) clinical-biological score > 8 and/or an identified causal mutation in the LDL receptor (LDLR) gene, apolipoprotein B100 gene, PCSK9 gene, or apolipoprotein E gene

Male aged 40 years or older, or female aged 50 years or older

Disqualifiers

Subject with a technical contraindication for coronary CT scan: patient diameter > 70 cm and/or weight > 250 kg

Patient with a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease, coronary revascularization, ischemic stroke, carotid endarterectomy, lower limb arterial revascularization)

Patient allergic to iodinated contrast agents

Severe renal insufficiency: estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) according to the CKD-EPI formula ≤ 30 ml/min

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Coronary CT scan with CAC score measurement

    Other intervention

    Coronary CT scan with CAC score measurement (on the same day or within 6 months after the inclusion visit).

Treatment groups

600 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Single armOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Presence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis

The criterion defining the presence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis is the presence of at least one coronary stenosis greater than 50% in a main artery on coronary CT angiography

Time frame
At the time of performing the coronary CT scan

Secondary outcomes

1

Identification of factors associated with the presence or absence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis (coronary stenosis > 50% on coronary CT scan).

The anthropometric data collected as part of the current study will be comparable to the data collected as part of the SAFIR study

Time frame
30 months
2

Identification of factors associated with the presence or absence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis (coronary stenosis > 50% on coronary CT scan).

The clinic data collected as part of the current study will be comparable to the data collected as part of the SAFIR study

Time frame
30 months
3

Identification of factors associated with the presence or absence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis (coronary stenosis > 50% on coronary CT scan).

The drug treatments collected as part of the current study will be comparable to the data collected as part of the SAFIR study.

Time frame
30 months
4

Identification of factors associated with the presence or absence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis (coronary stenosis > 50% on coronary CT scan).

The genetic data collected as part of the current study will be comparable to the data collected as part of the SAFIR study.

Time frame
30 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Nantes University Hospital

Lead sponsor

France 2030 program

Collaborator

European Union

Collaborator