Clinical trials: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
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
Anxiety, Depression
Psychological Support for Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
About 30% of patients survive a cardiac arrest, and the majority of these receive an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) for prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD).
- Trial name
- NCT00152763
- Testing
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Usual Cardiac Care (UCC)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 193 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
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
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
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
Tachycardia, Congestive Heart Failure
MADIT-CRT: Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation With Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
The MADIT-CRT trial is designed to determine if combined implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD)-cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) will reduce the risk of mortality and heart failure (HF) events by approximately 25%, in…
- Trial name
- MADIT-CRT (NCT00180271)
- Testing
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,820 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias
Initial Chronic Human Validation Study: Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (S-ICD) System
Primary objective is to evaluate the safety and performance of the implanted Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) system.
- Trial name
- Chronic II (NCT00853645)
- Testing
- Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD) System
- Where
- 2 sites in New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific 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
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.
Tachyarrhythmia
Full Automaticity and Remote Follow-up
With the expansion of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) primary prevention indications, the number of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) implants has increased significantly in the recent years.
- Trial name
- NCT01526629
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 354 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
Heart Failure
Reducing Decompensation Events Utilizing Intracardiac Pressures in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure (HF) (REDUCEhf)
The purpose of this clinical research study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the investigational implantable hemodynamic monitor (IHM), and of the IHM in combination with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator…
- Trial name
- REDUCEhf (NCT00354159)
- Testing
- Implantable Hemodynamic Monitor (Chronicle® IHM), and IHM in combination with single chamber ICD (Chronicle ICD)
- Where
- 52 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 442 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
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