RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT07112066

Multimodality Cardiac Imaging for Disease Progression in ATTR-CM

Natural History of Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis - Mechanistic Insights by Multimodality Imaging


Sponsor

Dominik Benz

Enrollment

50 participants

Start Date

Oct 20, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether new imaging techniques can help us to better understand the cardiac amyloidosis. The disease can be slowed down with various medications (e.g., tafamidis, acoramidis, or vutrisiran). However, treatment is not effective in all patients-in about one-third of cases, the disease continues to progress. So far, we know little about the exact causes of this and what biological changes occur in the heart muscle. The main question it aims to answer is: Will new imaging techniques help us understand the course of the cardiac amyloidosis? Participants will have additional examinations: * At the beginning of the study: one additional heart ultrasound examination, one cardiac MRI and one cardiac PET, blood examination during the regular examination, questionnaires. * After a year: one additional heart ultrasound examination, one cardiac MRI and one cardiac PET, blood examination during the regular examination. Time required: * Heart ultrasound examination: 5-10 Minutes * Cardiac MRI: 2 hours * Cardiac PET: 2 hours * Questionnaires: 5-10 Minutes.


Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria1

  • Participants with cardiac ATTR amyloidosis, as recently defined by multi-societal criteria, who are about to start tafamidis at the University Hospital Zurich

Exclusion Criteria4

  • Any other disease-modifying therapy (e.g. patisiran)
  • Ongoing supraventricular arrhythmia
  • Ventricular pacing
  • Prior septal myocardial infarction

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Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTFAPI tracer

18F-FAPI-74 PET/CT, cardiac MRI, echocardiography and blood sample for BMP5 serum concetration is performed at baseline and 12-month follow-up.


Locations(1)

University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

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