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Alnylam Act® hATTR Amyloidosis Sponsored Testing Program

No-charge genetic testing and counseling program

TTR

2 - 3 weeks

Test Criteria

Patients with at least one hATTR high index of suspicion indicators (below) are eligible for testing:

  • Family history of hATTR amyloidosis
  • Positive imaging consistent with amyloid (technetium, CMR, strain echo)
  • Positive biopsy for TTR amyloid

OR

Patients with at least two hATTR index of suspicion indicators (below) are eligible for testing:

  • Sensory and/or motor neuropathy (e.g., neuropathic pain, altered sensation, numbness and tingling, muscle weakness, impaired balance, difficulty walking, carpal tunnel syndrome-associated neuropathy, EMG/NCS abnormalities)
  • Autonomic dysfunction (e.g., nausea and vomiting, changes in GI motility, orthostatic hypotension, sexual dysfunction, bladder dysfunction)
  • Heart disease (e.g., cardiomyopathy, restrictive physiology, hypertrophy, arrhythmias, conduction abnormalities, heart failure, abnormal cardiac imaging)
  • Musculoskeletal indicators (e.g., history of carpal tunnel syndrome, back pain/lumbar spinal stenosis, rotator cuff injury)
  • Renal abnormalities (e.g., renal insufficiency and/or proteinuria)
  • Ocular changes (e.g., vitreous opacity, glaucoma, dry eyes, ocular amyloid angiopathy, retinal detachment)
Specimen(s)

Whole blood, saliva, OCD-100 Buccal Swab

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