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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00627328




Registration number
NCT00627328
Ethics application status
Date submitted
26/12/2007
Date registered
3/03/2008
Date last updated
3/03/2008

Titles & IDs
Public title
The Atrial High Rate Episodes in Pacemaker Patients
Scientific title
The Atrial High Rate Episodes (A-HIRATE) in Pacemaker Patients
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Arrhythmia 0 0
Atrial Fibrillation 0 0
Atrioventricular Block 0 0
Bradycardia 0 0
Sick Sinus Syndrome 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Other cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Normal development and function of the cardiovascular system

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
1 - pacemaker patients with previously diagnosed AT.

2 - pacemaker patients without previously diagnosed AT.
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Patients undergoing a Medtronic Kappa DR 700 or Medtronic Kappa 900 DR implant, for approved indications
* No previous history of pacemaker implantation
* Patients 50 years of age or older
Minimum age
50 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Patients with a history of atrial tachyarrhythmias (primary arm of study)
* Patients with medical conditions that would limit study participation
* Patients inaccessible for follow-up at the study center
* Patients incapable of providing Informed Consent
* Patients with NYHA classification of IV
* Patients with a history of neurocardiogenic syncope, long QT syndrome, or Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
* Patients taking Sotalol or Amiodorone
* Patients with a history of a prior ICD or pacemaker implantation.

Study design
Purpose
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Selection
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
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Date of first participant enrolment
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Actual
1/07/2000
Date of last participant enrolment
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Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/09/2004
Sample size
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Final
427
Recruitment in Australia
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- Ashford
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- Ballarat
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- Bedford Park
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- Ashford
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- Ballarat
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- Bedford Park
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
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Ethics approval
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Summary
Brief summary
Prospective study assessing the incidence of atrial high rate episodes (AHRE) in pacemaker patients with and without previously diagnosed AT.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00627328
Trial related presentations / publications
Ghali JK, Orlov MV, Araghi-Niknam M, Sherfesee L, Hettrick DA. The influence of symptoms and device detected atrial tachyarrhythmias on medical management: insights from A-HIRATE. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 Jul;30(7):850-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00772.x.
Orlov MV, Ghali JK, Araghi-Niknam M, Sherfesee L, Sahr D, Hettrick DA; Atrial High Rate Trial Investigators. Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation in pacemaker recipients: incidence, progression, and determinants based on the atrial high rate trial. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 Mar;30(3):404-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00682.x.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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M. V. Orlov, MD
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Tufts University School of Medicine
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00627328