This study is a multicenter, dual-arm and randomized controlled clinical trial. Sixty patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and positive β1-adrenergic receptor autoantibodies were selected and randomly divided into an immunoadsorption group (receiving immunoadsorption therapy) and a control group in a 1:1 ratio. Changes in cardiac function, morphology and clinical outcomes were followed up and compared.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
Immunoadsorption (IA) therapy using a protein A column for four consecutive days, plus immunoglobulin supplementation after IA
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, China
RECRUITINGChange in LVEF from baseline to 6 months determined by echocardiography
Time frame: From enrollment to follow-up at 6 months
LVEF as determined by echocardiography at baseline and after 3, 12 and 24 months
Time frame: From enrollment to follow-up at 24 months
LVEDD and LVESD as determined by echocardiography at baseline and after 3, 6, 12 and 24 months
Time frame: From enrollment to follow-up at 24 months
NYHA classification at baseline and after 3, 6, 12 and 24 months
Time frame: From enrollment to follow-up at 24 months
Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) score at baseline and after 3, 6, 12 and 24 months
KCCQ score is scaled from 0 to 100 and higher scores mean better health status.
Time frame: From enrollment to follow-up at 24 months
NT-proBNP at baseline and after 3, 6, 12 and 24 months
Time frame: From enrollment to follow-up at 24 months
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