Clinical and Therapeutic Implications of Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

NCT ID: NCT00879060

Last Updated: 2021-04-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE4
• Total Enrollment: 53 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2007-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2012-11-30

Brief Summary

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiomyopathy and remains the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people and an important cause of heart failure symptoms and death at any age. In HCM, pathological remodeling of the left ventricle involving myocardial fibrosis is likely a major contributor to cardiac dysfunction and also a nidus for the generation of ventricular arrhythmias. Serum markers of collagen turnover have been shown to reliably reflect the magnitude of myocardial fibrosis in a variety of cardiovascular diseases. In addition, aldosterone antagonist drugs have been shown to decrease fibrous tissue formation in the myocardium in certain pathologic cardiovascular states in which aldosterone production is increased. In HCM, aldosterone production is up-regulated and has been implicated in the formation of myocardial fibrosis.

Therefore, the specific aims of this proposal are to:

1. assess serum markers of collagen turnover at baseline and correlate these findings with a variety of clinical and morphologic disease parameters

2. examine the effects of a 12-month treatment with the aldosterone antagonist spironolactone on magnitude of fibrosis as measured by serum markers of collagen turnover as well as changes in clinical and morphologic disease parameters.

3. explore the effects of a 12-month treatment with aldosterone antagonist spironolactone on heart failure status, diastolic function, arrhythmic burden, and total LV mass and quantity of fibrosis by CMR.

The results of this proposal will offer important insights into the clinical significance of myocardial fibrosis in this primary genetic cardiomyopathy. The demonstration that spironolactone decreases fibrosis and improves clinical course would provide the rational for a larger multicenter clinical trial evaluating this novel therapy for improving clinical outcome in patients with HCM.

Detailed Description

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiac disease in the general population. Myocardial fibrosis has become a prominent and clinically relevant pathophysiologic component of this complex genetic disease, related to the risk for both sudden death and heart failure. For example, left ventricular replacement fibrosis and scarring has been implicated in triggering life threatening ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation and most recently has become a novel risk marker for sudden death, based on in vivo demonstration of extensive late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Extensive LGE identifies patients who benefit from primary prevention of sudden death with the implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), or who evolve to the end-stage of this disease with systolic dysfunction and consideration for heart transplant.

The mineralocorticoid aldosterone has been shown to be a mediator of myocardial fibrosis, and blockade with spironolactone normalizes collagen content in HCM murine models. In addition, aldosterone antagonists have favorable clinical effects in patients with a variety of diseases associated with myocardial scarring such as congestive heart failure, systemic hypertension, and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. However, it is uncertain whether spironolactone would have similar effects on the clinical and phenotypic expression of a genetic disease such as HCM. Therefore, we investigated whether mineralocorticoid receptor blockade with spironolactone would reduce measures reflecting myocardial fibrosis, producing favorable LV remodeling and ultimately leading to positive clinical effects for patients with HCM.

The general aim of this study is to explore the role of fibrosis in HCM by testing the hypothesis that: the presence of magnitude of myocardial fibrosis bears clinical relevance for patients with HCM, and that mineralocorticoid receptor blockade will reduce myocardial fibrosis and thereby alter the natural history of the disease.

Experimental design: prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in a consecutive HCM population at a single clinical center (Tufts Medical Center HCM Institution).

Study procedures: HCM patients were recruited from Tufts Medical Center HCM Institution population from November 2007 to June 2009. Enrolled patients were randomized into two arms; treatment arm received 25mg at the start of study and then increased to target dose of 50mg if serum potassium was <5.5mmol/L and serum creatinine-baseline creatinine was <0.5mg/dl. This arm was then followed for 12 months. The control arm of the study received 25mg of placebo over 12 months. There was an additional control arm of age and gender-matched controls without HCM in the control arm to evaluate the serum markers of collagen turnover at baseline. These controls had a one time blood draw of 15mL (3 teaspoons) to assess serum biomarkers of interest and were not be followed for 12 months.

Specific outcome measures:

Primary Outcome: examine the effects of a 12-month treatment with the aldosterone antagonist spironolactone on magnitude of fibrosis as measured by serum markers of collagen turnover as well as changes in clinical and morphologic disease parameters.

Secondary Outcomes: explore the effects of a 12-month treatment with aldosterone antagonist spironolactone on heart failure status, diastolic function, arrhythmic burden, and total LV mass and quantity of fibrosis by CMR.

Secondary Outcome: assess serum markers of collagen turnover at baseline and correlate these findings with a variety of clinical and morphologic disease parameters

Conditions

Myocardial Fibrosis; Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: QUADRUPLE

Study Groups

Spironolactone

Experimental group includes individuals diagnosed with HCM between the ages of 18-55 (up to 50 for men). At time of randomization subjects randomized to experimental group will be initiated on 25mg of spironolactone. If at week 4, serum potassium is \<5.5 mmol/L and serum creatinine-baseline creatinine is \<0.5 mg/dl, the study drug will be increased to the target dose of 50mg once daily.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Spironolactone

Intervention Type: DRUG

spironolactone 50mg daily

Placebo Control

Placebo group includes individuals diagnosed with HCM between the ages of 18-55 (up to 50 for men). At time of randomization subjects randomized to placebo group will be initiated on an inactive placebo pill.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type: DRUG

inactive placebo pill daily

Interventions

Spironolactone

spironolactone 50mg daily

Intervention Type: DRUG

Placebo

inactive placebo pill daily

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Aldactone

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

2. Able to swallow pills

3. No prior septal reduction therapy

4. Negative serum or hCG pregnancy test

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable or unwilling to perform treadmill cardiopulmonary exercise test

2. Prior surgical myectomy or alcohol septal ablation

3. Known or suspected infiltrative or glycogen storage disease

4. Significant coronary artery disease, defined as atherosclerotic coronary artery narrowing >70% of the luminal diameter by coronary angiography

5. Severe obstructive pulmonary disease, defined as forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) <50% of predicted.

6. Prior intolerance or adverse reaction to aldosterone receptor antagonist.

7. History of hyper or hypoaldosteronism

8. Baseline serum potassium >5.0 mmol/L.

9. Calculated creatinine clearance <30 ml/min using Cockcroft-Gault formula.

10. Pregnant or breast feeding

11. Poorly controlled systemic hypertension, defined as systolic blood pressure ≥150 mmHg or diastolic pressure ≥100 mmHg, during 2 clinic visits.

12. Known conditions associated with elevated serum concentrations of PIIINP (e.g., chronic liver disease, diabetes mellitus, tumors, pulmonary fibrosis, bone and rheumatoid diseases, extensive wounds) or PINP (e.g., alcoholic liver disease, metabolic bone disease, thyroid disorders), including recent trauma (≤2 weeks) or surgery (≤6 months)

13. Taking drugs known to directly influence collagen metabolism including, amiodorone, ACE or angiotensin II inhibitors, aldosterone antagonists, statins, glucocorticoids and estrogens

14. Patients with ICDs/pacemakers will be recruited in the study, but will be excluded from the CMR component.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Tufts Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Martin S Maron, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Tufts Medical Center

Locations

Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Countries

United States

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Other Identifiers

K23HL086745-01A1

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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