Active clinical trials for "Atrial Fibrillation"

Many people who suffer from irregular heartbeats (atrial fibrillation) which might cause stroke, need to take blood thinners to prevent it. However, people with atrial fibrillation are also at increased risk of acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina pectoris (another heart condition marked by a chest pain, comprising so-called acute coronary syndrome for which another type of treatment that prevents blood from clotting (antiplatelet treatment) is indicated. In particularly if such patients undergo percutaneous coronary intervention, a procedure aimed to open up diseased blood vessels and hence to treat acute coronary syndrome, this treatment is needed. If a patients takes several anti-clotting blood drugs, the risk of bleeding is high. The number of possible drug combinations and treatment durations is large. This study will help us to understand which anti-clotting drug combinations are prescribed in real life among patients with atrial fibrillation and acute coronary syndrome, how effective and safe they are for patients. The study will look into the data that are already available in several very large Swedish databases which contain information needed for the research.

Retrospective two-cohort study to determine the effect of chronic antihypertensive therapy on new onset atrial fibrillation and clinical outcomes in septic shock.

Public health surveillance models, previously used for the ongoing detection of occurrence of rare events, could be used to reinforce existing pharmacovigilance systems. These models have not been previously used for Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) detection in medico-administrative databases. DABISURV research project focuses on a new anticoagulant therapy, dabigatran, launched recently on the French market for atrial fibrillation (AF). This drug is at high risk for severe ADR and requires thus careful pharmacovigilance monitoring. Primary objective is to compare the results of ongoing surveillance models to detect hemorrhages or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) associated with dabigatran, with the results obtained from the analysis of a cohort of patients with AF under the same treatment.

The purpose of this study is to observe the safety and effectiveness of the AMPLATZER™ Cardiac Plug (ACP) device in Chinese population indicated for use of AMPLATZER™ Cardiac Plug after its market approval by China FDA (CFDA). This is a prospective, multi-centre, single arm, post approval, observational study. The clinical study will be conducted at up to 35 sites in China. Approximately 343 subjects will be enrolled in this study. The total study duration is expected to be approximately 7 years. The study population included patients who have non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) and are contraindicated to long-term oral anticoagulant; or patients who experience stroke or other thromboembolic event despite taking warfarin. Scheduled office visits occur at 45 days (+45 days), 6M (+/- 3 weeks) 12M (+/- 6 weeks) and 24 M(+/- 6 weeks) post procedure; Phone contact follow up visits occur at, 36 M (+/- 6 weeks), 48M (+/- 6 weeks) and 60 M (+/- 6 weeks) post procedures.

In order to understand the risks and benefits of edoxaban use in a real-world clinical setting in the Non valvular Atrial Fibrillation (NVAF) indication, Daiichi-Sankyo proposed this non-interventional study to gain insight into the safety (bleeding, liver adverse events, all-cause mortality and other drug related adverse events) and efficacy of edoxaban use in non-preselected patients with NVAF.

Post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common arrhythmia which typically develops 2-3 days after cardiac surgery. The incidence of POAF variates between 10% and 65% depending on the type of cardiac surgery and is especially high in patients which underwent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and heart valve surgery. POAF is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and has a major impact on hospital resources. The precise pathogenesis of POAF is very complex, but several studies have demonstrated an association between inflammation, oxidative stress and POAF. Since this oxidative stress may be reduced by dietary anti-oxidantia such as vitamin C, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of oral vitamin C administration of the incidence of POAF.

The two main mechanisms for atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after cryoablation include Pulmonary vein (PV) reconnection and the presence of non-PV associated arrhythmic focuses. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of each mechanism and if biomarkers may be used to predict of these events. Eighty patients with paroxysmal or persistent AF will undergo PV isolation with cryoablation followed by loop recorder implantation. Patients in whom atrial tachyarrhythmias recur during 12 months follow-up (outside of the 3-month post procedure blanking window) will be offered a second electrophysiology study (EP) study to assess PV isolation and non-PV focuses and further ablation performed as required. At baseline blood samples will be taken to investigate the correlation between specific biomarkers and both the incidence and type of recurrence. The correlation between recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmias due to non-PV associated arrhythmic focuses and elevated baseline levels of NT-ProBNP, CRP, TNF, MMP1 will be pre-specified. 40 consecutive patients will have a biopsy taken from the intraventricular and interatrial septum to investigate the correlation between myocardial inflammation, the presence of fibrosis and recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmias. Correlation between biomarkers of inflammation and biopsy-proven myocardial inflammation or fibrosis will be assessed.

Catheter ablation (CA) has been reported to reduce risk of stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) in retrospective studies, but risk and benefit of CA has not been well elucidated in NVAF with recent cerebral infarction in prospective randomized trials.

Registry to explore characteristics, use and management of new oral anticoagulants (NOAC) and vitamin K antagonists (VKA) treatment among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and recent cerebrovascular disease in a "real-world" setting at a stroke centre.

A prospective cohort study to determine whether a high body weight (BMI equal to or greater than 35 kg / m 2) has an effect on anticoagulant Apixaban level in the blood of patients with atrial fibrillation.