Clinical trialNCT01537926CompletedPhase 1Interventional

Hypertrophic Regression With N-Acetylcysteine in HCM

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonEnrollment42Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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Summary

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The purpose of the sudy is to conduct a small study to gather the preliminary data for future lage scale clinical studies that will be designed test the potential beneficial effect of over-the counter study anti-oxidant drug called N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in patients with a heart muscle condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM). The present study is a pilot feasibility study, the investigators want to find out whether the investigators can recruit and retain patients with HCM in the study and whether these patients can tolerate this drug and can stay on one year. Likewise, the investigators want to find out any potential side effects that this drug might have and estimate whether it has any beneficial effects.

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Investigators

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Ali J. Marian, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States

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Drugs studied

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Acetylcysteine →Placebo

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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Jan 2012
Primary completion: 31 Dec 2016
Completion: 31 Dec 2016
Last update posted: 2 Nov 2021
Registered enrollment: 42
Registry id: NCT01537926

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