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Status unknownNCT03352648DERIVATEUpdated Jun 6, 2019

CarDiac MagnEtic Resonance for Primary Prevention Implantable CardioVerter DebrillAtor ThErapy: an International Registry (DERIVATE)

An observational study in Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction, sponsored by Gianluca Pontone, MD, PhD. Status unknown at 29 sites in 6 countries. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-06-06.

Sponsored by Gianluca Pontone, MD, PhD · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jun 2019), so the status shown — last known as Enrolling by invitation — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
4,000
Sex
All
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Study summary

The DERIVATE study was conceived to integrate the information resulted from clinical data, transthoracic echocardiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging to provide a more reliable risk stratification in patients affected by heart failure (HF) and worthy of prophylactic implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy. The main purposes of this multicenter registry are to: 1) determine CMR findings, and specifically late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) features, T1 mapping, and extracellular volume (ECV) that predict sudden cardiac death (SCD) and ventricular arrhythmia; 2) provide a comprehensive clinical and imaging score that effectively improves the selection of patients who deserve a prophylactic ICD therapy; 3) evaluate the contribution of machine learning to predict major adverse cardiac events (MACE) as compared to standard clinical scores.

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The current guidelines provide indications for primary prevention implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy based on left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) and New York Heart Association (NYHA) class. This strategy is able to intercept only part of fatal arrhythmic events and, on the other hand, led to useless ICD implantations mainly among those patients with severe heart failure (HF) who will never incur in sever arrhythmias but rather will die because of decompensated HF. Cardiac magnetic resonance offers the possibility of identifying and quantitatively assessing myocardium fibrosis both localized in a specific area and diffuse and has already proved a significant prognostic meaning. DERIVATE is a prospective, international, multicenter, observational registry of stable HF patients with reduced LVEF who underwent clinical evaluation, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Specifically, the primary aim of DERIVATE is to determine CMR findings that predict outcomes, with incremental value over LVEF and NYHA classification.

The DERIVATE registry uses a collaborative design with contribution and merger of similar prospectively enrolled cohorts from 33 sites in 6 countries in Europe and North America. The targeted population for the DERIVATE registry is a large sample of patients with clinical history of chronic HF who have undergone CMR by referral physician. Indication for CMR exams was recorded and classified according to the known causes of HF. All DERIVATE study patients are followed for all-cause mortality, sudden cardiac death (SCD), cardiovascular death (including death caused by acute myocardial infarction and stroke), sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), aborted SCD, hospitalization or cardiac death related to chronic HF. The follow up minimum period is 12 months. Complete risk factors, clinical presentation, echocardiography and CMR data recording, and follow-up for all-outcomes will contribute data for common analysis.

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Conditions studied

  • Heart Failure
  • Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
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In context

Heart Failure

6,331 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Failure; 1,396 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 4,000 is above the median of 200 across 1,983 observational studies indexed under Heart Failure.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Gianluca Pontone, MD, PhD as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

The study population consist of patients at multiple international centers undergoing clinically-indicated cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) as part of their standard of care.

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Inclusion criteria

  • Heart Failure patients (according to the ACC/AHA classification) with known ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) or non ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
  • reduced left ventricle (LVEF) (\<50%)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • pregnancy
  • current alcohol or drug abuse
  • unstable angina
  • decompensated HF ( class IV) in the previous 1 month
  • acute myocarditis in the previous 3 months
  • recent myocardial infarction (MI) (\<40 days) or)
  • severe valvular disease
  • cardiac amyloidosis
  • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • arrhthmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
  • takotsubo cardiomyopathy
  • congenital heart disease
  • non CMR compatible device
  • estimated ≤30 mL/min/1.73m2
  • other to gadolinium contrast agent
  • severe claustrophobia
  • participating in other trials with an active treatment arm (not to exclude patients who are in trials of diagnostic techniques or approved therapies)
  • unwilling or unable to provide .
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
4,000 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. all-cause mortality

    Time frame: The follow up minimum period is 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. sudden cardiac death (SCD)

    Time frame: The follow up minimum period is 12 months

  2. aborted sudden cardiac death (SCD)

    Time frame: The follow up minimum period is 12 months

  3. heart failure (HF) death

    Time frame: The follow up minimum period is 12 months

  4. sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT)

    Time frame: The follow up minimum period is 12 months

  5. major adverse cardiac events (MACE)

    composite end point of SCD, aborted SCD, cardiovascular death, and sustained VT

    Time frame: The follow up minimum period is 12 months

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Study locations

29 sites
  • Loyola University of Chicago,
    Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
  • Medical University of South Carolina
    Charleston, South Carolina 29402, United States
  • KU Leuven-University of Leuven
    Leuven, 3000, Belgium
  • St.Luke's Hospital Thessaloniki
    Thessaloníki, 57010, Greece
  • Ospedale Medico-Chirurgico Accreditato Villa dei Fiori
    Acerra, 80121, Italy
  • University Hospital Policlinico Consorziale
    Bari, 70122, Italy
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII
    Bergamo, 24121, Italy
  • A.O. Desio e Vimercate - P.O. Desio
    Desio, 20033, Italy
  • Ospedali Riuniti University Hospital
    Foggia, 71100, Italy
  • University of Messina
    Messina, 98121, Italy
  • IRCCS Policlinico San Donato,
    Milano, 20097, Italy
  • Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
    Milano, 20132, Italy
  • Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS
    Milano, 20138, Italy
  • IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano
    Milano, 20149, Italy
  • ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda
    Milano, 20162, Italy
  • University of Padua
    Padua, 35128, Italy
  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma
    Parma, 43126, Italy
  • Policlinico San Matteo Pavia Fondazione IRCCS
    Pavia, 27100, Italy
  • Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR, Regione Toscana
    Pisa, 56124, Italy
  • Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Rimini - Regione Emilia Romagna
    Rimini, 47924, Italy
  • Casilino Polyclinic
    Roma, 00169, Italy
  • Vannini Hospital Rome
    Roma, 00177, Italy
  • Sapienza University of Rome
    Rome, 00185, Italy
  • Humanitas Research Hospital, Hospital Care and Research Institution, IRCCS,
    Rozzano, 20089, Italy
  • University of Siena
    Siena, 53100, Italy
  • Lausanne University Hospital-CHUV
    Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
  • Bristol Heart Institute
    Bristol, United Kingdom
  • King's College London
    London, United Kingdom
  • The Heart Hospital
    London, United Kingdom
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References and documents

Publications

  • Guaricci AI, Masci PG, Muscogiuri G, Guglielmo M, Baggiano A, Fusini L, Lorenzoni V, Martini C, Andreini D, Pavon AG, Aquaro GD, Barison A, Todiere G, Rabbat MG, Tat E, Raineri C, Valentini A, Varga-Szemes A, Schoepf UJ, De Cecco CN, Bogaert J, Dobrovie M, Symons R, Focardi M, Gismondi A, Lozano-Torres J, Rodriguez-Palomares JF, Lanzillo C, Di Roma M, Moro C, Di Giovine G, Margonato D, De Lazzari M, Perazzolo Marra M, Nese A, Casavecchia G, Gravina M, Marzo F, Carigi S, Pica S, Lombardi M, Censi S, Squeri A, Palumbo A, Gaibazzi N, Camastra G, Sbarbati S, Pedrotti P, Masi A, Carrabba N, Pradella S, Timpani M, Cicala G, Presicci C, Puglisi S, Sverzellati N, Santobuono VE, Pepi M, Schwitter J, Pontone G. CarDiac magnEtic Resonance for prophylactic Implantable-cardioVerter defibrillAtor ThErapy in Non-Ischaemic dilated CardioMyopathy: an international Registry. Europace. 2021 Jul 18;23(7):1072-1083. doi: 10.1093/europace/euaa401. PubMed 33792661 ↗
  • Guaricci AI, Masci PG, Lorenzoni V, Schwitter J, Pontone G. CarDiac MagnEtic Resonance for Primary Prevention Implantable CardioVerter DebrillAtor ThErapy international registry: Design and rationale of the DERIVATE study. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Jun 15;261:223-227. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.03.043. Epub 2018 Mar 11. PubMed 29550015 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 6, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03352648
Lead sponsor
Gianluca Pontone, MD, PhD
Responsible party
Gianluca Pontone, MD, PhD (Director of MR Unit & Deputy Director of Cardiovascular CT Unit, Centro Cardiologico Monzino) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Nov 24, 2017
Start date
Jan 2007
Primary completion
Aug 2019 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2020 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 6, 2019

Study contacts

Gianluca Pontone, MD
principal investigator · IRCCS Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milano, Italy
Andrea Igoren Guaricci, MD
principal investigator · University Hospital Policlinico Consorziale of Bari, Bari , Italy
Jurg Schwitter, MD
principal investigator · Lausanne University Hospital-CHUV, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Pier Giorgio Masci, MD
principal investigator · Lausanne University Hospital-CHUV, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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