Ultrasound Therapy In Cardiac Amyloidosis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-90
SponsorBrigham and Women's Hospital

About this trial

This is a prospective pilot clinical study of subjects with cardiac amyloidosis and control subjects without amyloidosis where we plan to evaluate changes in myocardial blood flow, systolic and diastolic function before and after sonotherapy.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age > 18 years for AL-CA, > 65 years for ATTR-CA, > 65 years for controls

Willing and able to provide consent

Diagnosis of systemic light chain amyloidosis by standard criteria (see below) and in hematological remission (normal serum free light chain levels)

(immunofixation of serum and urine, IgG free light chain (FLC) assay, a biopsy of fat pad/ bone marrow, or organ biopsy, followed by typing of the light chain using immunohistochemistry or immunogold assay with confirmation by Mass spectroscopy as needed) AND

Disqualifiers

Hemodynamic instability

Severe claustrophobia despite use of sedatives

Decompensated heart failure (unable to lie flat for 1 hour)

Concomitant non-ischemic non-amyloid heart disease (valvular heart disease or dilated cardiomyopathy)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sonotherapy

Treatment groups

70 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators