Pacing: 1. Ventricular 10 beat burst at 500ms (120bpm)
2. Ventricular 10 beat burst at 400ms (150bpm)
3. Atrial 10 beat burst at 500ms (120bpm)
4. Atrial 10 beat burst at 400ms (150bpm).
Study summary
Calcium Release Deficiency Syndrome (CRDS) is a novel inherited arrhythmia syndrome secondary to RyR2 loss-of-function that confers a risk of sudden cardiac death. Diagnosis of CRDS presently requires cellular-based in vitro confirmation that an RyR2 variant causes loss-of-function. We hypothesize that CRDS can be diagnosed clinically through evaluation of the repolarization response to brief tachycardia, mediated by cardiac pacing, and a subsequent pause.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
—
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Cohort 1: Calcium Release Deficiency Syndrome (CRDS) Cases
Inclusion criteria:
• Presence of an RyR2 variant confirmed to be loss-of-function on in vitro testing
Exclusion criteria:
• Unable to provide informed consent
Cohort 2: Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT) Cases
Inclusion criteria:
* Satisfy a clinical phenotype consistent with the Expert Consensus Statement
* Presence of a confirmed or presumed pathogenic gain-of-function RyR2 variant OR homozygous or compound heterozygous for likely pathogenic/pathogenic CASQ2 variants
Exclusion criteria:
* Unable to provide informed consent
* Use of a QT prolonging medication, aside from flecainide, at the time of the burst pacing maneuvers
Cohort 3: Survivors of Unexplained Cardiac Arrest (UCA)
Inclusion criteria:
* Cardiac arrest requiring cardioversion or defibrillation that remains unexplained following an ECG, echocardiogram, coronary assessment, cardiac MRI, and exercise treadmill test
* Undergone genetic testing that includes screening of RyR2\*
Exclusion criteria:
* Unable to provide informed consent
* Use of a QT prolonging medication at the time of the burst pacing maneuvers
* Among survivors of UCA that possess a rare RyR2 variant in the absence of a CPVT phenotype, in vitro functional testing will be performed in order to confirm it is not loss- or gain-of-function (and will be arranged through the laboratory of Dr. Wayne Chen at the University of Calgary).
Cohort 4: SVT controls
Inclusion criteria:
• Undergoing an invasive electrophysiology study
Exclusion criteria:
* Ventricular cardiomyopathy
* Ventricular pre-excitation
* Long QT syndrome
* Use of a QT prolonging medication at the time of the EP study
* Use of a Class I or Class III anti-arrhythmic drug at the time of the EP study
* Known obstructive coronary artery disease (existing coronary stenosis \>50%)
* Unable to provide informed consent
Primary outcome measure(s)
ΔT-wave amplitude value — At time of pacing maneuver T-wave amplitude on first post-pause sinus beat subtracted by the T-wave amplitude on the last sinus beat prior to pacing
ΔQT value — At time of pacing maneuver Absolute QT value on first post-pause sinus beat subtracted by the absolute QT value on the last sinus beat prior to pacing
Trial sites (20)
Facility
City
Region
Status
University of California
San Francisco
California
Recruiting
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston
Massachusetts
Recruiting
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minnesota
Recruiting
University of Washington
Seattle
Washington
Recruiting
Antwerp University Hospital
Edegem
Antwerp
Recruiting
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Brussels
Belgium
Recruiting
University of Calgary
Calgary
Alberta
Recruiting
Alberta Health Services
Edmonton
Alberta
Recruiting
Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia
Vancouver
British Columbia
Recruiting
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver
British Columbia
Recruiting
Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton
Ontario
Recruiting
London Health Sciences Centre - University Hospital
London
Ontario
Recruiting
Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa
Ontario
Recruiting
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto
Ontario
Recruiting
Montréal Heart Institute
Montreal
Quebec
Recruiting
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université Laval
Québec
Quebec
Recruiting
Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus
Denmark
Recruiting
CHU de Bordeaux
Bordeaux
New Aquitaine
Recruiting
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Jerusalem
Israel
Recruiting
Oxford University Hospitals
Oxford
Oxfordshire
Recruiting
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