Active clinical trials for "Atrial Fibrillation"

This post-marketing study is conducted to characterize the ability of Apple Watch rhythm analysis software to identify Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and facilitate subsequent clinical evaluation among users who contact AppleCare.

The MAS Study is an observational, multicentre, prospective cohort study in Non valvular Atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients treated with one of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) available in Italy for NVAF patients. The general aim is to deepen the knowledge of DOAC treatment in NVAF patients, by measuring the plasma concentration of anticoagulant drugs and their correlation with any adverse events that may occur during treatment.

This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of oral anticoagulants in elderly patients (>=75 years) with atrial fibrillation. All patients discharged from one large hospital in Stockholm, Danderyds Hospital, between november 1st 2010 and december 31st 2017 with atrial fibrillation as main diagnosis have been included (n=2943). Adverse events (cardiovascular death, fatal/non fatal ischemic stroke, peripheral thromboembolism, fatal/non fatal intracerebral hemorrhage and extracranial bleeding) are recorded through linkage to mandatory and qualitative national registries and review of the medical records until december 31 2018.

Left atrial appendage (LAA) occlude devices are used for over ten years. According to current data efficiency and safety of this approach at least comparable with pharmacological prevention of stroke in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. However, to date, LAA occluder implantation is not recommended as an alternative for conservative therapy and reserved for patients with contraindications for oral anticoagulants only. In the same time, long-term follow-up of patients enrolled in clinical trials and data from registries showed that LAA occlude device implantation as an alternative to oral anticoagulation could reduce drug load, decrease complexity and cost of treatment and thus improve patients' quality of life, and potentially may reduce the risk of death. The aim of our study is to investigate the risk of all-cause death, stroke, and bleedings in patients with LAA occluder implanted as an alternative to anticoagulant therapy. Three hundred patients with atrial fibrillation will undergo LAA occluder implantation. For LAA occluder sizing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), CT and LAA angiography will be performed. The follow-up period will be 36 months. The incidence of all-cause death, stroke, bleeding BARC≥2, device-related complications and QOL will be investigated. The patients will be followed in the clinic at three and six months, and then at 12, 24 and 36 months, the telephone calls for getting information about endpoints events will be done. Additional in clinic visits will be scheduled if the late complications will be suspected. TEE will be performed at three and six months to check for device leak, displacement and thrombosis.

This population-based study will identify patients with rapid and irregular heartbeat which is not due to a fault with the heart valves (non-valvular atrial fibrillation) who initiate rivaroxaban, apixaban or warfarin as treatment for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF). Purpose of the study is to learn more about the safety and how well the drugs rivaroxaban, apixaban and warfarin work in patients appropriately and inappropriately receiving standard and reduced doses of each drug for reducing the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation. Real world data from routine general practice stored in the primary care database in the UK, The Health Improvement Network (THIN), will be used for investigation.

This is a Post Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) study designed to establish the continued safety and effectiveness profile of the Boston Scientific Cardiac Cryoablation System after receiving CE mark.

The POWER FAST I pilot study is a unicentric, observational, non-randomized controlled clinical study. In the control group pulmonary veins isolation was performded in consecutive patients with irrigated radiofrequency cateters without contact force-sensing capabilities and using conventional low-power and long-duration radiofrequency parameters (20-30 W, 30-60 s) under continuous intracardiac-echo image and esophageal temperature monitoring. The study group consist of consecutive patients distributed in three succesive subgroups. In the study group radiofrequency ablation was performed using a point-by-point technique with contact-force catheters with different high-power and short-duration parameters: Subgroup 50W: power 50 W, application duration ≤ 30 s, target lesion index: LSI ≥ 5 or Ablation Index ≥ 350 (posterior wall) or ≥400 (anterior wall). Subgroup 60W: power 60 W, application duration 7-10 s, contact force ≥5 g. Subgroup 70W: power 70 W, application duration 9 s, contact force ≥5 g. The safety endpoint was evaluated with systematic esophageal endoscopy performed <72 h after the index procedure. The efficacy endpoint was evaluated: during the ablation procedure: acute procedural efficacy, firts-pass isolation of ipsilateral pulmonary veins, total radiofrequency and procedural time, acute reconnections and dormant conduction, during the follow-up: any atrial tachycardias documented and longer than 30 s were considered recurrences.

The overall goal of this study was to evaluate the comparative safety and effectiveness of rivaroxaban vs. vitamin K antagonist (VKA) for stroke prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) across risk profiles and comorbidities that reflect everyday clinical practice. The primary objective in this study was to evaluate the combined end point of stroke or systemic embolism (SSE), and major bleeding in NVAF patients treated with rivaroxaban vs. VKA.

The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the reduced dose rivaroxaban (15 mg once daily) as compared to warfarin in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients with renal dysfunction in routine clinical practice. The study has a retrospective design, and will be conducted in the US Truven Health MarketScan Commercial Claims and Medicare Supplemental Databases

This study evaluates the impact of community pharmacists' educational training on the nature and adequacy of counseling provided to patients on warfarin, an oral anticoagulant. Half of the community pharmacists participating in the study will receive a two-week educational training on how to adequately counsel patients on warfarin while the other half of community pharmacists will receive the same training after the study. A mystery patient model will be used in this intervention study where six different trained and standardized individuals will act as patients. Each of these mystery patients will supposedly have pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, or atrial fibrillation. The mystery patient will visit each pharmacy to buy warfarin or complain about adverse drug reaction been experienced. It is expected that pharmacists will provide relevant information and counseling to these patients on the use of the medication warfarin and how to handle the adverse drug reactions.