Long Term Prophylactic Therapy of Congenital Long QT Syndrome Type III (LQT3) With Ranolazine

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether ranolazine will reduce the risk of arrhythmic events in patients with long QT syndrome type 3.

Timeline

Start

2012-10

Primary completion

2017-11

Completion

2017-11

Publications

• Background Moss AJ, Zareba W, Schwarz KQ, Rosero S, McNitt S, Robinson JL. Ranolazine shortens repolarization in patients with sustained inward sodium current due to type-3 long-QT syndrome. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2008 Dec;19(12):1289-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01246.x. Epub 2008 Jul 25.
• Background Lindegger N, Hagen BM, Marks AR, Lederer WJ, Kass RS. Diastolic transient inward current in long QT syndrome type 3 is caused by Ca2+ overload and inhibited by ranolazine. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2009 Aug;47(2):326-34. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.04.003. Epub 2009 Apr 14.
• Chorin E, Hu D, Antzelevitch C, Hochstadt A, Belardinelli L, Zeltser D, Barajas-Martinez H, Rozovski U, Rosso R, Adler A, Benhorin J, Viskin S. Ranolazine for Congenital Long-QT Syndrome Type III: Experimental and Long-Term Clinical Data. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2016 Oct;9(10):e004370. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.116.004370.

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