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Hello @markmayo, and WELCOME to Mayo Connect! I tried to join the study you mention, but it was too late and had already started when I found out I had HOCM. I ended up having a septal myectomy at Mayo Rochester 3 years ago. Hypertensive therapy did not work for me. But the septal myectomy did!
I have absolutely no knowledge of clinical studies, blind-studies, double-blind studies, etc. but I did a itsy bitsy bit of research just now and if I understood correctly, in a double-blind study neither you nor your doctor knows if you are taking the drug or the placebo. You are both blind. At the end of the study, you are 'un-blinded' so you do know which you were on. Again, disclaimer...I have virtually zero knowledge about how studies work. So if the study is over, you should be notified. Do you know if the study is done? I would be super frustrated and want to know too!! When do you start Camzyos?