Do genes drive heart damage from irregular rhythms?
NCT ID NCT06896266
First seen Sep 15, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers are studying people with arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy, a condition where a fast or irregular heartbeat weakens the heart muscle. The study checks whether these patients carry more harmful gene variants than people with other types of cardiomyopathy or the general population. It also tracks whether those genetic findings relate to future heart failure hospitalizations or returning arrhythmias. About 109 participants with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter and reduced heart pumping function take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If researchers find a genetic link, it could help doctors identify which patients with irregular heart rhythms are most likely to develop heart muscle weakness and guide closer monitoring.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, so it can show associations but not prove cause and effect. Genetic findings in this group may not apply to other patients, and the results may not change treatment decisions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 109 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patient with clinical suspected arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Presence of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter not self-limited. * Performance of a cardiac imaging test with systolic function analysis (echocardiogram, magnetic resonance, CT scan) during the clinical course of the arrhythmia, exhibiting a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<50%. In order for the test to be representative, the maximum time between the performance of the imaging test and the rhythm control procedure will be 3 months, in the absence of intervening cardiovascular events that may have caused a variation in LVEF. In the event that the patient had a previously known LVEF \<50%, the change with respect to this attributable to tachyarrhythmia has to be ≥10%. * Signature of informed consent. * Ability to understand and accept participation in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal of informed consent. * Legal or juridical incapacity. * Age \<18 years. * Life expectancy less than 1 year. * Impossibility of a follow-up of at least 6 months. * Presence of a ventricular rate \>140 beats per minute, limiting the validity of imaging measurements. * Presence of known factors causing systolic ventricular dysfunction: * Prior cardiomyopathy diagnosis. * Severe mitral or aortic valve disease. * Non-revascularizable ischemic heart disease. * Context of peri-resuscitation cardiopulmonary care. * Abusive alcohol consumption, defined as \>80 grams of ethanol or \>7 standard alcoholic beverages per day. * Active treatment with chemotherapeutic agents or radiation therapy to the thorax. * Known infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, Borrellia burgdorferi or other infectious agent causing cardiomyopathy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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12 de Octubre University Hospital
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, 28004, Spain
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Albacete University Hospital Complex
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAlbacete, Spain
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Ciudad Real General University Hospital
RECRUITINGCiudad Real, Castille-La Mancha, 15004, Spain
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Ramón y Cajal University Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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