Project My Heart Your Heart: Pacemaker Reuse

NCT ID: NCT04016870

Last Updated: 2025-07-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

370 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-13

Study Completion Date

2026-01-31

Brief Summary

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Lack of access to pacemakers is a major challenge to the provision of cardiovascular health care in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). Post-mortem pacemaker utilization could be safe, efficacious, and ethically responsible means of delivering the needed care. Reconditioned pacemakers can provide therapy for patients with symptomatic bradycardia and no means of receiving a new device. The objective of the clinical trial is to determine if pacemaker reutilization can be shown to be a safe means of delivering pacemakers to patients in LMIC without resources. Consented patients in this multi-center trial will be randomized to undergo implantation of either a reconditioned device or a new device.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Device Related Infection Device Malfunction Bradycardia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This study will be a randomized, multi-center, single-blinded non-inferiority study of 278 patients (all outside of United States) with Class I indications for pacemaker implantation.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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New Device

New pacemakers will be sourced from pacemaker manufacturers.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

New Pacemaker

Intervention Type DEVICE

Devices from the four manufacturers below will be used.

Reconditioned Device

Donated devices are inspected according to specific protocols that evaluate physical and electrical (battery longevity) suitability for future use. Devices deemed to be acceptable are shipped to a third-party vendor (NEScientific) for disassembly, cleaning and re-sterilization.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Reconditioned Pacemaker

Intervention Type DEVICE

Devices from the three manufacturers below will be used.

Interventions

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Reconditioned Pacemaker

Devices from the three manufacturers below will be used.

Intervention Type DEVICE

New Pacemaker

Devices from the four manufacturers below will be used.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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St. Jude Medical device Boston Scientific device Medtronic device St. Jude Medical device Boston Scientific device Medtronic device Biotronik device

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Life expectancy ≥ 2 years.
* Indications for device implantation must be fulfilled per standard of care. Consistent with 2008 American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association guidelines for device therapy, one of the following class I indications must be met.
* Sinus Node Dysfunction
* Acquired Atrioventricular (AV) Block
* Chronic Bifascicular Block
* Hypersensitive Carotid Syndrome
* Lack of financial ability to pay for a new device must be assessed and documented.
* All other methods of new device acquisition must be exhausted.
* Patient must be agreeable and able to follow-up with the implanting center within 2 weeks for wound check, at 2 months, 6 months, and every 6 months thereafter for routine pacemaker checks.

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe valvular disease
* Severe pulmonary disease
* End-stage renal disease (creatinine clearance \< 30 mL/min) whether or not on dialysis
* Evidence of ongoing systemic infection
* Prior pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation
* Significant contraindication to pacemaker implantation per evaluation of the implanting physician (very high risk of complications).
* Presence of any other condition that the local investigator feels would be problematic or would restrict or limit the participation of the patient for the entire study period
* Pregnant women
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Thomas Crawford, MD

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Thomas Crawford, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Michigan

Locations

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The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital

Eldoret, , Kenya

Site Status

Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

Monterrey, , Mexico

Site Status

Hospital Central de Maputo

Maputo, , Mozambique

Site Status

LASUTH

Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Site Status

Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital

Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Site Status

FUNDACOR

Asunción, , Paraguay

Site Status

Choithram Memorial Hospital

Freetown, , Sierra Leone

Site Status

ASCARDIO

Barquisimeto, Lara, Venezuela

Site Status

Countries

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Kenya Mexico Mozambique Nigeria Paraguay Sierra Leone Venezuela

Other Identifiers

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HUM00050238

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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