Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Outflow Tract Ventricular ARrhythmias

NCT ID: NCT01780311

Last Updated: 2013-01-31

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-31

Brief Summary

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A randomized, parallel, open study comparing catheter ablation versus antiarrhythmic drugs for outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Ventricular Tachycardia Ventricular Premature Complexes

Study Groups

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Antiarrhythmic drugs

Flecainide or Propafenone or Sotalol (oral, standard dosage)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

antiarrhythmic drugs (Flecainide or Propafenone or Sotalol)

Intervention Type DRUG

ABLATION

Catheter Ablation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Catheter Ablation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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antiarrhythmic drugs (Flecainide or Propafenone or Sotalol)

Intervention Type DRUG

Catheter Ablation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1\. presence of ventricular ectopic beats (VEB) with left-bundle-branch block morphology or right-bundle-branch block morphology and positive concordance throughout the chest leads, inferior axis and at least one of the following:

1. \>2000 isolated VEB/24h
2. symptomatic monomorphic ventricular tachycardia
3. left ventricular disfunction supposed to be due to tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy

Exclusion Criteria

1. known structural heart disease
2. pregnancy
3. life expectancy \< 1 year
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ospedale San Donato

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Leonardo Bolognese, MD

Director

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Cardiovascular Department, Ospedale S.Donato

Arezzo, AR, Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Italy

Facility Contacts

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Pasquale Notarstefano, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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Arezzo008

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id