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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Registration number
NCT02241382
Ethics application status
Date submitted
5/09/2014
Date registered
16/09/2014
Date last updated
26/01/2018

Titles & IDs
Public title
Cologne Cardioversion Study
Scientific title
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Internal vs External Cardioversion in ICD Patients
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
UKK-CCS-2014
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Atrial Arrhythmia 0 0
Heart Failure 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Coronary heart disease
Cardiovascular 0 0 0 0
Other cardiovascular diseases

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Devices - Internal Electrocardioversion
Treatment: Devices - External Electrocardioversion

Active comparator: External Electrocardioversion - Cardioversion with an external cardioverter-defibrillator with a step-up energy protocol (100, 150, 200, 360 J biphasic) in antero-posterior orientation, maintaining a \> 8 cm distance between shock electrodes and device and complying with a "cool-down" phase of 2 minute between shocks, if more than one shock is required.

Experimental: Internal Electrocardioversion - Cardioversion via the implanted ICD with a maximum energy synchronized shock (41 J, with a RV -\> SVC+can shock orientation in pts with SVC leads). After 1 ineffective internal shock, the patient will be counted as internal CV failure and cardioverted externally, following the same protocol as the external CV group.


Treatment: Devices: Internal Electrocardioversion
Cardioversion by internal shock application via the implanted ICD

Treatment: Devices: External Electrocardioversion
Cardioversion by external shock application via a cardioverter/defibrillator.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Devices
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Combined Safety Endpoint
Timepoint [1] 0 0
2 weeks after CV
Primary outcome [2] 0 0
Efficacy Endpoint: restoration of sinus rhythm
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Within 1 minute after CV
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Induction of ventricular fibrillation
Timepoint [1] 0 0
during CV procedure
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Lead parameter indicators of impairment
Timepoint [2] 0 0
within 15 minutes after CV and 2 weeks after CV
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Troponin
Timepoint [3] 0 0
3h after CV
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Recurrence at follow-up
Timepoint [4] 0 0
at follow-up 2 weeks after CV

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Age = 18 years
* Informed, written consent
* Atrial arrhythmia with indication for CV
* Status post ICD implantation, including CRT-D
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
99 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Age < 18 years
* Patients under guardianship or with mental disorders / disabilities
* ICD implantation < 4 weeks prior to CV
* ICD lead implantation < 4 weeks prior to CV
* Battery in EOL, ERM or ERI, ERT
* Indications of compromised leads (Impedance <200 or >2000 Ohm, Pacing threshold >5V/0.4ms), RV Sensing <4mV or RA sensing <0,1mV)

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/09/2014
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
24/01/2018
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
230
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Royal Adelaide Hospital - Adelaide
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
- Adelaide
Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1] 0 0
Germany
State/province [1] 0 0
Schleswig-Holstein
Country [2] 0 0
Germany
State/province [2] 0 0
Aachen
Country [3] 0 0
Germany
State/province [3] 0 0
Bad Oeynhausen
Country [4] 0 0
Germany
State/province [4] 0 0
Bonn
Country [5] 0 0
Germany
State/province [5] 0 0
Coburg
Country [6] 0 0
Germany
State/province [6] 0 0
Cologne
Country [7] 0 0
Germany
State/province [7] 0 0
Göttingen
Country [8] 0 0
Germany
State/province [8] 0 0
Hamburg
Country [9] 0 0
Germany
State/province [9] 0 0
Leverkusen
Country [10] 0 0
Germany
State/province [10] 0 0
Oldenburg

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Universitätsklinikum Köln
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Commercial sector/industry
Name [1] 0 0
Medtronic
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Implantation of internal defibrillators, capable of monitoring the heart and shocking life threatening arrhythmias back to normal rhythm, for patients with severe heart failure increases the probability of survival. Arrhythmias of the atria of the heart are common in these patients. Administering a direct current electrical shock under anesthesia (cardioversion) is the method of choice to reestablish normal sinus rhythm in this instance. Safety and efficacy of external electrical cardioversion (CV) in patients with ICDs was demonstrated in several studies. Safety of internal cardioversion (shocking the heart back into normal rhythm via the implanted defibrillator) was described in several smaller trials.

Performing external instead of internal cardioversion in patients with implanted ICDs is more feasible for most hospitals, as CV can be performed without a programming computer and an additional specialist present, e.g. on the intensive care ward, and device interrogation can be done after CV at the remote ICD/pacemaker clinic.

No scientific data on safety and efficacy endpoints comparing internal vs external CV is currently available. The aim of the study is to compare external vs internal electrical cardioversion for atrial arrhythmias and establish a safety and efficacy profile for external and internal cardioversion in large cohort of ICD patients.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02241382
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Daniel Steven, Prof. Dr.
Address 0 0
University Hospital Cologne
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Address 0 0
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02241382