Clinical trials: Defibrillators, Implantable
Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Arrhythmia
RF Surgical Sponge-Detecting System on the Function of Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
If a surgical sponge is mistakenly left inside a patient's body after a surgical procedure, it can cause a serious infection. To prevent this from happening, a new device has been developed that uses radiofrequency (RF) signals…
- Conditions
- Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Heart Failure, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Trial name
- RF (NCT02111980)
- Testing
- RF Assure Scanning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Artery Disease
Efficacy and Safety of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implantation in the Elderly
The overall aim of this trial is to study the safety and efficacy of ICD implantation as a primary prevention strategy of sudden cardiac death in patients 70 years and older.
- Conditions
- Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Artery Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction
- Trial name
- I-70 (NCT02121158)
- Testing
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, Optimal Medical Therapy
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 167 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Implantable Defibrillator User
Protego DF4 Post Approval Registry
The purpose of this registry study is to confirm the long-term safety and reliability of the Protego DF4 right ventricular lead.
- Trial name
- NCT02243696
- Where
- 68 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,694 people
- Sponsor
- Biotronik, Inc.
Tachycardia, Ventricular, Ventricular Fibrillation
ADVANCE CRT - D: Antitachycardia Pacing (ATP) Delivery for Painless Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Therapy
To compare the efficacy of RV and BiV ATP for the termination of ventricular arrhythmias in patients who are candidates to a cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) and have a Class I or IIA indication for ICD implantation.
- Trial name
- ADVANCE-CRTD (NCT00147290)
- Testing
- Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 526 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, Arrhythmia
Mental Stress Reduction in Defibrillator Patients
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a 10 week program of Stress Management versus control Patient Education sessions on cardiac responses to mental stress in veterans with Implantable…
- Conditions
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, Arrhythmia, Anger, Stress
- Trial name
- NCT00624520
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management (CBSM), Patient Education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Atrial Fibrillation, Arrythmia
Arrythmia Burden in Cardiac Contractility Modulation (CCM)
The Impulse Dynamics Optimizer Device is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved; commercially available device indicated for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
- Trial name
- ABC (NCT05704426)
- Testing
- Impulse Dynamics Optimizer Device
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Hackensack Meridian Health
Myocardiopathies, Ischemia, Myocardial
Extracellular Matrix Marker of Arrhythmia Risk (EMMA)
Assess whether serum levels of MMP 2 and or MMP 9 correlate with episodes of ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation in patients who have implantable cardioverter defibrillator devices.
- Conditions
- Myocardiopathies, Ischemia, Myocardial, Arrythmia, Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Trial name
- EMMA (NCT00376532)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Device Replacement, Elective Replacement (ERI)
REPLACE: Implantable Cardiac Pulse Generator Replacement Registry
The objective of this study is to prospectively estimate the all-cause complication rates at 6-months for patients undergoing generator replacement due to elective replacement indicator (ERI), advisory, or upgrade without a…
- Conditions
- Device Replacement, Elective Replacement (ERI), Device Advisory, Device Upgrade
- Trial name
- REPLACE (NCT00395447)
- Testing
- Straight-forward Device Replacement, Device Replacement with Upgrade
- Where
- 71 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,744 people
- Sponsor
- Biotronik, Inc.
Defibrillators, Implantable, Tachycardia, Ventricular
Catheter Ablation Versus Amiodarone for Shock Prophylaxis in Defibrillator Patients With Ventricular Tachycardia
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) provide a shock or pacing therapy to bring back a normal heart beat when a patient experiences a dangerous abnormal heart rhythm such as ventricular tachycardia (VT).
- Trial name
- CEASE-VT (NCT01097330)
- Testing
- Ablation, Amiodarone
- Where
- 11 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Population Health Research Institute
Heart Failure, Congestive
PARTNERS HF: Program to Access and Review Trending Information and Evaluate Correlation to Symptoms in Patients With Heart Failure
The purpose of this study is to determine the value of diagnostic data obtained from Medtronic implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) to evaluate cardiovascular and heart…
- Trial name
- NCT00279955
- Testing
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device
- Where
- 93 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,024 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Heart Failure
International Study to Determine if AdreView Heart Function Scan Can be Used to Identify Patients With Mild or Moderate Heart Failure (HF) That Benefit From Implanted Medical Device
This is an event-driven Phase IIIb, multicentre, randomised, clinical study to demonstrate the efficacy of AdreView™ imaging for appropriately guiding the decision of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation, in…
- Trial name
- ADMIRE-ICD (NCT02656329)
- Testing
- Iobenguane I -123 Injection, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator, Thyroid blocking
- Where
- 94 sites in United States, Canada and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 395 people
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure
Next Generation INCEPTA Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT-D) Field Following Study
This study has 2 purposes: The first purpose of the study is to test a new family of Boston Scientific Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators ("ICDs") and cardiac resynchronization therapy ICDs ("CRT-Ds") and show how well these…
- Trial name
- NOTICE-HF (NCT01227785)
- Testing
- INCEPTA ICD or CRT-D
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Guidant Corporation
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
Flecainide for Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
The purpose of this study is to test whether the addition of oral flecainide to standard therapy will reduce ventricular ectopy on exercise test compared to placebo plus standard therapy in patients with Catecholaminergic…
- Trial name
- NCT01117454
- Testing
- Flecainide Acetate, Beta blocker
- Where
- 10 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tachycardia, Ventricular
Boston Scientific Post Market Subcutaneous-Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (S-ICD) Registry
The EFFORTLESS ICD Registry is an observational, standard of care evaluation designed to demonstrate the early, mid and long-term clinical effectiveness the Boston Scientific S-ICD System.
- Trial name
- EFFORTLESS (NCT01085435)
- Testing
- S-ICD System
- Where
- 44 sites in Czechia, Denmark and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 994 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Cardiomyopathy
Comparison of VF Induction Techniques During Medtronic ICD Implant (VF) (ICD)
As the indications for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator implantation expand, minimizing implant time is critical. Also, patients receiving biventricular ICDs are sometimes more unstable and minimization of sedation time is…
- Trial name
- VF (NCT02027883)
- Testing
- Nominal T shock setting, Educated T shock setting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- James Merrill
Coronary Artery Disease
ST Segment Detection Study
The purpose of ST Detect study is to evaluate whether naturally occurring spontaneous coronary events and exercise induced cardiac ischemia, give rise to detectable changes on intracardiac electrogram (EGM) signals in patients…
- Trial name
- ST Detect (NCT00930969)
- Testing
- ICD
- Where
- 25 sites in United States, Austria and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation
Safety and Performance Study of the RELIANCE 4-Front Passive Fixation Lead
The objective of this study is to gather data to establish the chronic safety, performance and effectiveness of the RELIANCE 4-FRONT™ Passive Fixation Defibrillation Leads.
- Conditions
- Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Flutter
- Trial name
- NCT01856491
- Testing
- RELIANCE 4-FRONT™ Passive Fixation lead implantation
- Where
- 11 sites in Germany, Israel and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 167 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Persistent Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Arrhythmia
Investigation of Therapeutic Ablation Versus Cardioversion for AF
The main aim of the research is to investigate whether patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation with cryoablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) will have lower rates of AF recurrence than those treated by DC cardioversion…
- Trial name
- ORBITA-AF (NCT03907982)
- Testing
- DC Cardioversion, Pulmonary vein isolation, Implantable loop recorder
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Barts & The London NHS Trust
Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial - Reduce Inappropriate Therapy
This study will assess the impact of higher rate cutoffs and longer delays than standard programming on inappropriate therapy in primary prevention ICD and CRT-D patients.
- Trial name
- MADIT-RIT (NCT00947310)
- Testing
- Standard ICD programming, High rate cutoff, Long delay
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Degeneration
Advancing Understanding of Transportation Options
This Stage II randomized, controlled, longitudinal trial seeks to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and effects of a driving decision aid use among geriatric patients and providers.
- Conditions
- Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Trial name
- AUTO (NCT04141891)
- Testing
- Driving Decision Aid, Older Drivers Website
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 529 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver