Clinical trials: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Therapies
Heart Failure
OptiVol® Care Pathway
Medtronic, Inc. is sponsoring the OptiVol® Care Pathway Study, a prospective, randomized, multi-center, post-market clinical trial in the United States.
- Trial name
- NCT00847288
- Testing
- Monthly Review Arm, Quarterly Review Arm
- Where
- 108 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,682 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
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
Heart Failure
REsynchronization reVErses Remodeling in Systolic Left vEntricular Dysfunction (REVERSE)
Heart failure is a progressive disease that decreases the pumping action of the heart. This may cause a backup of fluid in the heart and may result in heart beat changes.
- Trial name
- NCT00271154
- Testing
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) Device or Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) with CRT
- Where
- 65 sites in United States, Austria and 13 more
- Volunteers
- 684 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter
Combined Use of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring and Predefined Anticoagulation to Reduce Stroke Risk
The IMPACT Study will investigate the potential clinical benefit of the combined use of BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring (HM) technology and a predefined anticoagulation plan compared to conventional device evaluation and…
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, Stroke, Embolism, Systemic Arterial
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT00559988)
- Testing
- Home Monitoring Guided OAC, Physician-Directed OAC
- Where
- 80 sites in United States, Australia and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 2,718 people
- Sponsor
- Biotronik, Inc.
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
Heart Failure, Tachycardia, Ventricular
Optisure Lead Post Approval Study
The purpose of this post approval study is to characterize the chronic performance of the SJM Optisure family of HV leads in patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02235545
- Testing
- St. Jude Medical Optisure Lead
- Where
- 60 sites in United States, Belgium and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 1,735 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Disease
Remote Device Interrogation In The Emergency Department
A prospective, post market, non-randomized study to evaluate the reduction in time to interrogation for patients with St. Jude Medical remote care compatible devices interrogated by the unpaired Merlin@home transmitter in the…
- Conditions
- Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Cardiac
- Trial name
- REMEDY (NCT01871090)
- Testing
- Unpaired remote monitoring transmitter
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Medical Devices
Heart Failure, ICD
Comparing Rate Response With CLS Versus Accelerometer ICD Settings in Heart Failure Patients With BIOTRONIK CRT-Ds
Dr. Jonathan Hsu and Dr. Eric Adler are conducting a research study to find out more about how implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) settings can be adjusted to improve patient cardiovascular health and quality of life.
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, ICD, Chronotropic Incompetence
- Trial name
- CLASS (NCT02693262)
- Testing
- CLS Mode on Biotronik CRT-D, Accelerometer Mode on Biotronik CRT-D
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Heart Failure, Ventricular Arrythmias
Safety and Efficacy of Automatic Testing Feature in New ICDs and CRT-Ds
This study is a prospective, non-randomized, multi-center clinical trial that will assess the safety and effectiveness of investigational models of the Promote™ RF CRT-D and Current™ RF ICD devices.
- Trial name
- NCT00746356
- Testing
- Testing of the autocapture features of the device
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 128 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
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
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.
Cardiomyopathy
Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial - Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiomyopathy
The purpose of this trial or study is to determine if cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can be a benefit to people who have impaired heart function due to past treatment with chemotherapy and/or chest radiation.
- Trial name
- MADIT-CHIC (NCT02164721)
- Testing
- Three-lead CRT-D (Defibrillator)
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
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
Tachycardia, Ventricular, Ventricular Fibrillation
ADVANCE-D: Antitachycardia Pacing (ATP) Delivery for Painless Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Therapy
The purpose of this study is to estimate and quantify the difference in efficacy of two sequences of ATP therapies (burst 15 pulses, 88% versus burst 8 pulses, 88%) during an episode of spontaneous rhythms classified as fast…
- Trial name
- ADVANCE_D (NCT00147277)
- Testing
- Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 925 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
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
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
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
Heart Failure
Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Post Approval Registry
MADIT-CRT PAR is an FDA mandated follow-up registry for patients that participated in the MADIT-CRT IDE study examining long-term mortality. (MADIT-CRT IDE: NCT00180271)
- Trial name
- MADIT-CRT PAR (NCT01294449)
- Testing
- MADIT-CRT ICD, MADIT-CRT CRT-D
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 394 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
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