Left Atrial FLUTter: a Comparison of Ablation Guided by High-density MApping and Empirical LINEar...
ArrhythmiasCardiacUnicenter, 1:1 randomized, open-labelled clinical trial comparing left atrial flutter ablation using high density mapping or strict lineal ablation. Main outcome: arrhythmia recurrences over 1 year follow-up with daily 1-lead 30 seconds ECG samples.
Rate, Rhythm or Risk Control for New-onset Supraventricular Arrhythmia During Septic Shock: a Randomized...
Supraventricular ArrhythmiaSeptic ShockNew-onset supraventricular arrhythmia (NOSVA) is reported in 40 % of patients with septic shock and is associated with hemodynamic alterations and mortality. The lack of consensus regarding best practices for the management of NOSVA in this setting has led to major variations in practice patterns. Observational studies reported three usual strategies: (i) heart rate control (hereafter rate control) with the use of antiarrhythmic drugs, essentially based on low dose of amiodarone, (ii) rhythm control with the use of antiarrhythmic drugs, essentially based on high dose of amiodarone, and electrical cardioversionand (iii) modifiable NOSVA risk factors control (hereafter risk control) without using antiarrhythmic drugs. Risk control would minimize adverse events of antiarrhythmic drugs. Rhythm control would rapidly improve haemodynamics via restoring diastole and decreasing cardiac metabolic demand, while minimizing exposure to anticoagulation. Rate control, would limit potential adverse events of high dose of amiodarone and of electrical cardioversion (only in patients intubated on mechanical ventilation), while controlling haemodynamics. Therefore, it seems important to compare these three strategies. Our hypothesis is dual: first, that rate control and rhythm control each improve hemodynamics with in fine a decreased mortality, as compared to a risk control; second, that rhythm control outperforms rate control in this setting. This is a multicenter, parallel-group, open-label, randomized controlled superiority trial to compare the effectiveness and safety of these three strategies (risk control, rate control and rhythm control) for NOSVA during septic shock.
Evaluation of the BIOTRONIK AutoAdapt Algorithm for Continuous Automatic Adaptive Cardiac Resynchronization...
Heart FailureCardiac Arrhythmia1 moreBIO|Adapt study is designed to provide evidence for the clinical benefit of the CRT AutoAdapt feature. This feature provides continuous adaptation of AV delay and biventricular pacing modality. However, additional clinical data on the short and mid-term improvement of CRT-D patients by the CRT AutoAdapt feature are needed.
Prevention of Dysrhythmias on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit - Does Maintenance of High-normal...
ArrhythmiasCardiacThe purpose of this study is to determine whether a strategy of maintaining serum potassium levels at ≥3.6 mEq/L is non-inferior to a strategy of usual treatment (≥4.5 mEq/L) on the occurrence of new onset atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery (AFACS) in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Assessment of Combined CCM and ICD Device in HFrEF
Heart FailureHeart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction9 moreThe goal of this clinical trial is to demonstrate that the OPTIMIZER® Integra CCM-D System (the "CCM-D System") can safely and effective convert induced ventricular fibrillation (VF) and spontaneous ventricular tachycardia and/or ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) episodes in subjects with Stage C or D heart failure who remain symptomatic despite being on guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), are not indicated for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), and have heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ≤40%). Eligible subjects will be implanted with the CCM-D System. A subset of subjects will be induced into ventricular fibrillation "on the table" in the implant procedure room. During the follow-up period, inappropriate shock rate and device-related complications will be evaluated. The follow-up period is expected to last at least two years.
Stereotactic Management of Arrhythmia - Radiosurgery Treatment and Evaluation of Response in Ventricular...
Ventricular TachycardiaProspective single-arm study investigating the efficacy and safety of non-invasive cardiac radiosurgery for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia (VT) with reduced dose of radiation (20 Gy). The efficacy and safety outcome measures will be compared with historical control - patients treated within the SMART-VT study (NCT04642963) with a single dose of 25 Gy to test the hypothesis that reduced dose of radiation is similarly effective in terms of reduction of VT burden.
N-Acetylcysteine Protection Against Radiation Induced Cellular Damage
Cardiac ArrhythmiaCatheter ablation procedures (CAPs) are first line treatment for a great variety of cardiac arrhythmias. CAPs require X-Ray imaging; consequently, CAPs cause ionizing radiation (IR) exposure for patients. Exposure to IR, even at low-doses, increases individual risk of developing cancer. IR cause DNA damage directly and, mostly, indirectly by formation of cellular free radicals. Furthermore different response to IR results from inherited variants in genes involved in DNA damage repair. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is an aminoacid that can directly neutralize free radicals and increase antioxidant systems. Our preliminary data suggest that IR exposure in patients undergoing CAP deranges the oxidative stress status and the pre-procedure intravenous administration of NAC could decrease such abnormality.
Effect and Safety of Flecainide and Metoprolol Versus Metoprolol Alone to Suppress Ventricular Arrhythmias...
Mitral Valve ProlapseVentricular Arrhythmias and Cardiac ArrestFLECAPRO is a randomized controlled crossover trial assessing the effect and safety of adding flecainide to standard beta-blocker therapy to reduce the burden of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse. The primary endpoint of will be assessed using an implantable loop recorder with blinded endpoint adjudication.
StereoTactic Ablative RadioTherapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias (START-CA)
Cardiac ArrhythmiaThis is a prospective, single-center, phase II trial that will be monitoring the safety and efficacy of using stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SBRT) to treat patients with a medical condition affecting heart rate and rhythm (refractory arrhythmias) within the University Health Network (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Toronto General Hospital). The primary objective will be to prospectively monitor patient cardiac outcomes following SBRT.
The PIVATAL Study -Study of Ventricular Arrhythmia (VTA) Ablation in Left Ventricular Assist Device...
ArrythmiaCardiomyopathiesTo investigate the effect of VTA ablation at the time of LVAD implant to see if it can reduce the incidence of VTA after surgery