Clinical trials: Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator
Cardiac Pacemaker, Artificial, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
Actions Elicited by In-hospital Follow-up of Cardiac Devices
This study will enroll all patients who will attend an in-hospital follow-up of cardiac device since February 22nd 2010 to June 21st 2010.
- Trial name
- ATHENS (NCT01073449)
- Testing
- In-hospital follow-up of cardiac device
- Where
- 8 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 3,362 people
- Sponsor
- Cliniche Humanitas Gavazzeni
Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection
TYRX™ Envelope for Prevention of Infection Following Replacement With a CRT or ICD
The purpose of this study is to compare the incidence of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection and CIED mechanical complication after CIED replacement with a high-power cardiac implantable electronic device…
- Trial name
- Centurion (NCT01043705)
- Where
- 52 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,262 people
- Sponsor
- TYRX, Inc.
Cardiovascular Disease
Medtronic Shock-Less Study on Physician Utilization of Shock Reduction Programming
The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine whether periodic therapy programming reports illustrating physician usage of shock reduction programming can increase utilization of recommended programming guidelines for…
- Trial name
- NCT00856349
- Testing
- Therapy Programming Report (TPR)
- Where
- 104 sites in United States, Argentina and 10 more
- Volunteers
- 4,384 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Heart Failure
CareLink® Network Evaluation
The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the value of the Medtronic CareLink® Network in clinical practice in the country specific healthcare setting.
- Trial name
- NCT01023022
- Testing
- Medtronic CareLink® Network
- Where
- 10 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
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
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
Ventricular Tachycardia
Low Energy Therapy to Convert Ventricular Tachycardias
The LEVER study is a prospective, unblinded, non-randomized, first in human feasibility study that will assess and characterize early safety and effectiveness of low energy therapies in converting monomorphic ventricular…
- Trial name
- LEVER (NCT02891863)
- Testing
- LEVER Acute Study System
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Educational Videos to Improve Patient Decision Making and Race Disparities in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Use
The investigators will examine whether an educational video increases patient knowledge about heart failure and the risk of sudden cardiac arrest and leads to greater satisfaction with information provided as compared to usual…
- Trial name
- VIVID-01 (NCT00918125)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Congestive Heart Failure
Effect of Posture on Left Ventricular (LV) Transvenous Lead Capture Thresholds (EXPECT)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether changes in a patient's position affect LV capture thresholds in a clinically significant way.
- Trial name
- EXPECT (NCT01520714)
- Testing
- Medtronic 4195 active fixation LV lead and Medtronic passive fixation LV lead
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor Research Institute
Electromagnetic Interference
Safety of Screening Procedures With Hand-held Metal Detectors Among Patients With Implanted Cardiac Rhythm Devices
Patients with implanted pacemaker (PM) or cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) systems are restrained in daily life by possible electromagnetic interference (EMI).
- Trial name
- NCT01369706
- Testing
- Hand-held metal detector
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany, Greece
- Volunteers
- 388 people
- Sponsor
- Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen
Tachycardia, Ventricular
Bispectral Index Monitoring During Testing in the Electrophysiology Lab
BACKGROUND Physician-guided moderate sedation, administered by a Registered Nurse has been the standard of practice for patients undergoing a wide range of electrophysiology procedures during the past decade.
- Trial name
- NCT00749671
- Testing
- Bispectral index monitoring, Ramsey Sedation Scale
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Baystate Medical Center
Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation
Pediatric Lead Extractability and Survival Evaluation (PLEASE)
This is a randomized, prospective clinical trial comparing 2 different types of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads in children and patients with congenital heart disease.
- Conditions
- Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, Cardiomyopathy, Long QT Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00335036
- Testing
- ICD lead implant, Thin leads
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 748 people
- Sponsor
- Charles Berul
Heart Disease
Avoid DeliVering TherApies for Non-sustained Arrhythmias in ICD PatiEnts III
To demonstrate a reduction in the number of ventricular therapies (ATP and Shocks) delivered for treating spontaneous arrhythmia episodes with a fast cycle length (CL≤ 320ms) as a consequence of self-termination and better…
- Trial name
- ADVANCEIII (NCT00617175)
- Testing
- Implantable Defibrillator
- Where
- 91 sites in Belgium, Denmark and 12 more
- Volunteers
- 1,902 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Bradycardia, Tachycardia
Randomized Study of the Use of Warfarin During Pacemaker or ICD Implantation in Patients Requiring Long Term Anticoagulation
Patients requiring long term anticoagulation often undergo transition of their warfarin to heparin in anticipation of invasive surgical procedures such as pacemaker or ICD implantation.
- Conditions
- Bradycardia, Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation, Valvular Heart Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00721136
- Testing
- continue warfarin through the procedure, Hold warfarin, Warfarin held with heparin transition.
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Complication of Cardiac Defibrillator
Health Economic Evaluation of Remote Follow up for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Patients
The purpose of the study is to define the economic value of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) remote monitoring for hospitals, third payers and patients in Italy.
- Trial name
- TARIFF (NCT01075516)
- Where
- 6 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 209 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
ENABLE MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
The objective of this study is to collect data to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the Image Ready™ MR (Magnetic Resonance) Conditional Defibrillation System when used in the 1.5T (Tesla) MRI environment under the labeled…
- Trial name
- ENABLE-MRI (NCT02652481)
- Testing
- ImageReady MR Conditional Defibrillation System
- Where
- 57 sites in United States, Belgium and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific 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
Ventricular Arrhythmias
Antiarrhythmic Effects of Spironolactone in Patients With ICDs
This study will test whether spironolactone, an approved drug for among other things hypertension, will reduce the risk of severe arrhythmias in patients with implanted defibrillators.
- Trial name
- SPIRIT (NCT04495712)
- Testing
- spironolactone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Ventricular Tachycardia, Ischemic
Early Ablation Therapy for the Treatment of Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
The purpose of this study is to determine if early ablation (i.e., ablation of ventricular tachycardia in patients with infrequent VT episodes) is more effective than medical therapy alone for the treatment of ischemic…
- Trial name
- ASPIRE (NCT01557842)
- Testing
- Drug Treatment, Catheter Ablation
- Where
- 23 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Biosense Webster, Inc.
Tachyarrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death
SJ4 Post Approval Study in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator Patients
The purpose of this study is to characterize the chronic performance of the St. Jude Medical SJ4 connector and RV high voltage SJ4 leads.
- Conditions
- Tachyarrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure
- Trial name
- NCT00940888
- Testing
- SJ4 connector and RV high voltage SJ4 lead
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,701 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices