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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry, Biobank and Imaging Data Repository

Hearts in Rhythm Organization Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Registry, Biobank and Imaging Data Repository (HiRO-HCM)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The Hearts in Rhythm Organization (HiRO) is a national network of Canadian researchers/clinicians, working towards a better understanding of the rare genetic causes of sudden cardiac death (SCD). The HiRO Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy registry, biobank and imaging data repository (HiRO-HCM) is a multicenter study that will prospectively enroll patients with HCM as well as those carrying sarcomeric gene variants predisposing to HCM. The objectives of HiRO-HCM are: 1. to better understand the natural history of the disease and identify clinical markers and biomarkers for adverse outcomes; 2. to derive and validate risk prediction models for disease expression, complications and response to therapy; 3. to better define the genetic architecture of sarcomeric and non-sarcomeric HCM.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
2000 (estimated)
First submitted
18 Oct 2021
Start date
23 Feb 2021
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2030
Lead sponsor
Montreal Heart Institute
NCT number
NCT05100420

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 2000
  • From 23 Feb 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2030
  • 17 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Clinical or molecular diagnosis of Noonan syndrome or other Rasopathies
  • Clinical or molecular diagnosis of metabolic disease associated with cardiomyopathy, such as Pompe (GAA), Fabry (GLA), Danon (LAMP2), AMP-kinase (PRKAG2), and carnitine disorders
  • Clinical diagnosis of a neuromuscular disease associated with cardiomyopathy, such as Friedrich's ataxia
  • Clinical diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis with or without the presence of genetic variants in TTR
  • History of myocardial infarction
  • History of moderate or severe aortic stenosis
  • History of congenital heart defects requiring percutaneous or surgical correction
  • History of severe hypertension defined as a systolic blood pressure \>180 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure \>110 mmHg AND absence of pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant in a sarcomeric gene (as defined in inclusion criterion 1B above)
  • No possibility to upload transthoracic echocardiogram or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for core lab interpretation

Age

  • Diagnosis of HCM \>65 years old AND absence of pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant in a sarcomeric gene (as defined in inclusion criterion 1B above)

Other

  • Clinical or molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy
  • Refusal to provide informed consent or to provide a biospecimen for DNA analysis

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients with (1) AND/OR (2)
  • Clinical diagnosis of HCM, defined as
    • maximal LVWT ≥15mm, or
    • maximal LVWT ≥13mm, in presence of a diagnosis of first degree relative with HCM, or
    • septal wall thickness with z-score \>2 in a child
    • AND/OR
  • Carrier of a pathogenic or likely pathogenic genetic variant in a sarcomeric gene (ACTC1, FHOD3, MYBPC3, MYH7, MYL2, MYL3, TNNI3, TNNT2, TPM1). Variant classification should be performed by a certified diagnostic laboratory according to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) guidelines.

Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (17)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

SiteCityCountrySite status
Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
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EdmontonCanadaRecruiting
IWK Health Centre
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HalifaxCanadaRecruiting
Queen Elizabeth II, Health Sciences Centre
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HalifaxCanadaRecruiting
McMaster University
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HamiltonCanadaRecruiting
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
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KingstonCanadaNot yet recruiting
London Health Sciences Centre
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LondonCanadaRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
Montreal Heart Institute
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
McGill University Health Centre
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
Hôpital Ste-Justine
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
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OttawaCanadaRecruiting
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et Pneumologie de Quebec
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QuébecCanadaRecruiting
Jim Pattison Children's Hospital and Royal University Hospital
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SaskatoonCanadaNot yet recruiting
UBC St. Paul's Hospital
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VancouverCanadaRecruiting
Vancouver Island Health Authority
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VictoriaCanadaRecruiting
St. Boniface Hospital
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WinnipegCanadaRecruiting

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