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Prevalence and Significance of ATTR Aortic Valve Amyloidosis in Degenerative Aortic Stenosis

Prevalence and Significance of ATTR Aortic Valve Amyloidosis in Degenerative Aortic Stenosis

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04636684
Acronym
RACAMYL
Enrollment
100
Registered
2020-11-19
Start date
2020-12-01
Completion date
2027-12-31
Last updated
2026-06-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Amyloidosis

Keywords

ATTR aortic valve amyloidosis

Brief summary

Cardiac amyloidosis is a restrictive cardiomyopathy with a potentially severe prognosis that can be life-threatening. It is linked in the vast majority of cases to a light chain deposition of immunoglobulin or transthyretin. Although myocardial involvement is predominant, other locations are possible: the atrioventricular conduction system, coronary arteries and valve leaflets. In systematic histological analyzes, deposits of amyloidosis infiltrating the aortic valve have been reported with a frequency of up to 74% for degenerative RA. The nature of these deposits has never been established because the immunostaining carried out all remained negative, probably due to decalcification prior to cutting. Currently, these deposits are considered to be local degenerative phenomena without clinical repercussions. However, the use of bone scintigraphy has shown a high prevalence, between 14 and 16%, of ATTR cardiac amyloidosis in patients with severe RA. The diagnosis of ATTR amyloidosis has been proven histologically in a few patients. Sequencing of the TTR gene has shown that they are mainly wild forms. In fact, the prevalence of transthyretin mutations in our local cohort is 20%. The objective of this study is to determine by proteomic analysis based on mass spectrometry, the prevalence of ATTR aortic valve amyloidosis in patients undergoing surgical valve replacement for degenerative aortic stenosis.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTProteomic analysis

Proteomic analysis based on mass spectrometry on the sample of valve tissues.

Sponsors

University Hospital, Toulouse
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patient over 18 years old * Degenerative aortic stenosis * Aortic valve replacement surgery * Signature of the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

* Non-degenerative aortic stenosis: bicuspid, rheumatic disease, aortic regurgitation * Persons under a system of legal protection for adults (guardianship, curatorship, etc.) * Pregnant women

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
prevalence rate of valvular ATTR amyloidosis1 yearcalculation of the prevalence rate of valvular ATTR amyloidosis with its 95% confidence interval.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Prevalence of ATTR myocardial amyloidosis revealed by bone scintigraphy1 yearThe prevalence of ATTR myocardial amyloidosis revealed by bone scintigraphy (HMDP scan) will be calculated
percentage of wild ATTR myocardial amyloidosis1 yearThe percentage of wild ATTR forms will be calculated
percentage of mutated ATTR myocardial amyloidosis1 yearThe percentage of mutated ATTR forms will be calculated
Prevalence of types of amyloidosis other than ATTR1 yearThe prevalence of types of amyloidosis other than ATTR will be calculated

Countries

France

Contacts

CONTACTMagali COLOMBAT, MD
colombat.m@chu-toulouse.fr5 31 15 61 40
CONTACTOlivier LAIREZ, MD
lairez.o@chu-toulouse.fr5 61 32 28 73
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMagali COLOMBAT, MD

University Hospital, Toulouse

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 2, 2026