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Chronic Heart FailurePREV-DEATHNCT02894580

Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (PREV-DEATH)

An observational study of Chronic Heart Failure, run by Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville at 1 site in France.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is well demonstrated but pivotal studies have been published more than 10 years ago and implantation's conditions tend to change. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Chronic Heart Failure
How many people
336 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
Jan 2015to Jun 2015
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients implanted with a defibrillator in Metz-Thionville Regional Hospital between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2014

Who may be able to join

  • primo-implantation and primary prevention in New York Heart Association (NYHA) II or III chronic heart failure due to ischemic or non ischemic causes and LVEF ≤35%

Who cannot join

  • Cardiomyopathy other than dilated cardiomyopathy such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital or valvular heart disease
  • Patients with NYHA class I and IV heart failure

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • CHR Metz-Thionville

    Metz, 57085

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About this study

Official title: Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Real Life: Differences With the Pivotal Studies and Their Consequences

The efficacy of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is well demonstrated but pivotal studies have been published more than 10 years ago and implantation's conditions tend to change.

Read the detailed description

The clinical efficacy of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) as method of primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) is well demonstrated today. Unfortunately, selection criteria of patients deemed at risk lacks of specificity. For asymptomatic patients with a left ventricular dysfunction (LVEF), current guidelines support implantation of ICD if the LVEF is ≤35%. This target population corresponds to the one studied in the Sudden Cardiac Death in HEart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT). This trial is 10 years old. The proportion of patients with LVEF > 30% was low (17%) and the analysis of this subgroup showed no decrease in mortality (hazard ratio = 1.08 [0.57-2.07]). That is why the usefulness of ICD in this segment of the population remains a subject of controversy. Moreover, SCD-HeFT did not offer resynchronization therapy despite the fact that more than 40% of patients included had a QRS signal duration ≥120ms.

Conditions for implantation have since changed considerably. The "routine" nature of the implantation procedure and the desire to maximize patient's protection leads us to address for an implantation more easily. As for the resynchronization, it must be attempted in patients with severe heart failure, LVEF ≤35% and QRS sufficiently prolonged.

This suggests that the implanted population is very different nowadays from those from the pivotal studies in terms of mean LVEF and implanted material. However, these two factors are significantly correlated with the risk of SCD... Therefore, the analysis was done on samples of patients who received ICD in primary prevention setting. This study focused on the effect of resynchronization and LVEF at implantation and the subsequent outcome. The results were broadly compared with those of SCD-HeFT.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Mortality from any cause

    Measured: up to 1 year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted9 Sep 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2015
  3. Primary completionJun 2015
  4. Study completionJun 2015

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
336 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02894580
Sponsor's protocol ID
2015-04Obs-CHRMT
Acronym
PREV-DEATH
Status last verified
Aug 2016
First submitted
26 Aug 2016
Last updated
9 Sep 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Chronic Heart Failure, run by Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Sep 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Mortality from any cause (time frame: up to 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Sep 2016.

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