The study will include 120 participants aged 8 and up with Duchenne, Becker, or autosomal recessive limb-girdle (specifically: LGMD 2C-2F and 2I) muscular dystrophies that have no clinical cardiac symptoms. Participants will be randomized to one of four arms: Arm 1 CoQ10 alone, Arm 2 Lisinopril alone, Arm 3 CoQ10 and Lisinopril or Arm 4 No study medication. Randomization will be stratified by ambulatory status and corticosteroid use. The primary outcome for the study is the myocardial performance index (MPI), measured by standard Doppler echocardiography. The study will last 24 months with visits at Months 0.5,1.5, 6, 12, 18 and 24. Following completion of the Clinical Trial of Coenzyme Q10 and Lisinopril, participants will be offered participation in a companion protocol: PITT1215 A Natural History Companion Study to PITT0908: Clinical Trial of Coenzyme Q10 and Lisinopril in Muscular Dystrophies. The objective of this study is to evaluate the longitudinal natural history of DMD, BMD, and LGMD2I and to evaluate the effects of Coenzyme Q10 and/or Lisinopril on prevention of cardiac dysfunction in these disorders.This will be an 18-month longitudinal natural history study designed to accompany the Clinical Trial of Coenzyme Q10 and Lisinopril in Muscular Dystrophies.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
63
Arm 1. Coenzyme Q10: taken once a day each morning by mouth OR Arm 2. Lisinopril: taken once a day each morning by mouth OR Arm 3. Coenzyme Q10 and lisinopril: each taken once a day in the morning by mouth OR Arm 4. Enhanced Standard Care (more doctor visits, muscle and breathing testing, and x-rays for monitoring, but no study medication).
Children's National Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Tokyo, Japan
myocardial performance index (MPI)
The MPI is a sensitive, quantifiable, noninvasive measure of global ventricular function that is independent of cardiac geometry and heart rate. MPI is collected through standard echocardiogram assessment. MPI is a ratio of the total time spent in isovolumic activity (isovolumic contraction time and isovolumic relaxation time) to the time spent in ventricular ejection.
Time frame: every 6 months
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