Genetics of Cardiovascular and Neuromuscular Disease
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00138931 |
Recruitment Status
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Recruiting
First Posted
: August 30, 2005
Last Update Posted
: August 24, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Cardiomyopathy Arrhythmia Muscular Dystrophy | Procedure: Blood draw (genetic testing) |
Study Type : | Observational |
Estimated Enrollment : | 2000 participants |
Observational Model: | Family-Based |
Official Title: | Genetic Studies of Patients and Their Families With Inherited Cardiovascular and Neuromuscular Diseases. |
Study Start Date : | September 1996 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | January 2025 |

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Procedure: Blood draw (genetic testing)
- Identification of genetic causes of cardiomyopathy [ Time Frame: unlimited ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients of all ages will be considered for the study. In particular, families with more than one affected relative will be sought.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects without a suspected inherited cardiovascular or neuromuscular disorder will be excluded from this study.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00138931
Contact: Lisa Dellefave, MS | 773-702-4310 | Ldellefa@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu | |
Contact: Elizabeth McNally, MD PhD | 773-702-2679 | emcnally@uchicago.edu |
United States, Illinois | |
University of Chicago | Recruiting |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637 | |
Contact: Lisa Dellefave, MS 773-702-4310 Ldellefa@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu |
Principal Investigator: | Elizabeth McNally, MD PhD | University of Chicago |
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Responsible Party: | University of Chicago |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00138931 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
8249 |
First Posted: | August 30, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 24, 2016 |
Last Verified: | August 2016 |
Keywords provided by University of Chicago:
Cardiomyopathy Arrhythmia Muscular Dystrophy |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiomyopathies Muscular Dystrophies Neuromuscular Diseases Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |
Muscular Disorders, Atrophic Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Nervous System Diseases Genetic Diseases, Inborn |