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NCT number NCT02120560
Other study ID # 14-13595
Secondary ID
Status Withdrawn
Phase Phase 4
First received April 18, 2014
Last updated December 10, 2014
Start date July 2014
Est. completion date July 2015

Study information

Verified date December 2014
Source University of California, San Francisco
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Food and Drug Administration
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in the United States, and treatment by AF ablation is quickly becoming the favored definitive therapy. Nonetheless, AF ablation comes with some risk, including bleeds related to vascular access and myocardial damage, as well as the rare incidence of clinical stroke from blood clots that travel from the heart to the brain, termed "cerebrothromboemboli." In fact, cerebrothromboemboli without any symptoms have been detected by special imaging procedures called brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in as many as 22% of cases.(1-6) There remains clinical equipoise amongst experts regarding balancing the risks and benefits of continued versus interrupted blood thinning, or "anticoagulation" during AF ablation as they pertain to risk of bleed and cerebrothromboemboli prevention, respectively, and the potentially more subtle sequelae of these apparently silent cerebrothromboemboli remain unknown. In fact, both interruption and continuation of anticoagulation during AF ablation are the standard of care. The investigators will perform the first randomized trial of uninterrupted versus interrupted anticoagulation in patients undergoing AF ablation to determine if it mitigates neurologic injury. The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of continued anticoagulation for AF ablation on cerebrothromboemboli, and the neurocognitive sequelae of embolic lesions, which to this point are considered subclinical. The investigators hypothesize that continued anticoagulation will both reduce cerebrothromboemboli and mitigate any potential decline in neurocognitive function post-procedurally. The investigators also hypothesize that the incidence of cerebrothromboemboli (CTE) by MRI will mediate that difference.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Withdrawn
Enrollment 0
Est. completion date July 2015
Est. primary completion date July 2015
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients 18 years old and older with AF (paroxysmal or persistent) who are to undergo an elective AF ablation procedure at UCSF will be eligible for enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients will be excluded if they have:

- A contraindication of warfarin therapy (pregnancy, recent bleed, inability of have serial INR checks)

- A contraindication or relative contraindication to interruption of anticoagulation (e.g. mechanical valve, clotting disorder such as antiphospholipid syndrome, recent history of pulmonary embolism or history of recurrent pulmonary embolism)

- A contraindication to transesophageal echocardiogram; any contraindication to MRI

- Have a diagnosed condition of dementia or a diagnosis that precludes accurate assessment of neurocognitive function

- Non-English speakers

- Inability to give informed consent.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Intervention

Procedure:
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Both treatment arms will undergo atrial fibrillation ablation.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of California, San Francisco San Francisco California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of California, San Francisco

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (5)

Deneke T, Shin DI, Balta O, Bünz K, Fassbender F, Mügge A, Anders H, Horlitz M, Päsler M, Karthikapallil S, Arentz T, Beyer D, Bansmann M. Postablation asymptomatic cerebral lesions: long-term follow-up using magnetic resonance imaging. Heart Rhythm. 2011 Nov;8(11):1705-11. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.06.030. Epub 2011 Jul 2. — View Citation

Gaita F, Leclercq JF, Schumacher B, Scaglione M, Toso E, Halimi F, Schade A, Froehner S, Ziegler V, Sergi D, Cesarani F, Blandino A. Incidence of silent cerebral thromboembolic lesions after atrial fibrillation ablation may change according to technology used: comparison of irrigated radiofrequency, multipolar nonirrigated catheter and cryoballoon. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2011 Sep;22(9):961-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02050.x. Epub 2011 Mar 31. — View Citation

Haeusler KG, Koch L, Herm J, Kopp UA, Heuschmann PU, Endres M, Schultheiss HP, Schirdewan A, Fiebach JB. 3 Tesla MRI-detected brain lesions after pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: results of the MACPAF study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2013 Jan;24(1):14-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02420.x. Epub 2012 Aug 22. — View Citation

Herrera Siklódy C, Deneke T, Hocini M, Lehrmann H, Shin DI, Miyazaki S, Henschke S, Fluegel P, Schiebeling-Römer J, Bansmann PM, Bourdias T, Dousset V, Haïssaguerre M, Arentz T. Incidence of asymptomatic intracranial embolic events after pulmonary vein isolation: comparison of different atrial fibrillation ablation technologies in a multicenter study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Aug 9;58(7):681-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.04.010. Epub 2011 Jun 12. — View Citation

Ichiki H, Oketani N, Ishida S, Iriki Y, Okui H, Maenosono R, Ninomiya Y, Matsushita T, Miyata M, Hamasaki S, Tei C. Incidence of asymptomatic cerebral microthromboembolism after atrial fibrillation ablation guided by complex fractionated atrial electrogram. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2012 Jun;23(6):567-73. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02259.x. Epub 2012 Feb 7. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Incidence of stroke The incidence of peri-procedural stroke will be measured. 4 weeks No
Primary Incidence of Cerebrothromboemboli The incidence of cerebrothromboemboli post-ablation will be measured by comparing post-procedural brain MRI to pre-procedural brain MRI. 1 day No
Primary Change in Neurocognitive Performance Change in neurocognitive function will be measured by comparing performance on a battery of validated neurocognitive tests to pre-procedural performance. approximately 4 weeks No
Primary Bleeding Complications The incidence of intra- and post-procedural bleeding complications, specifically hemopericardium and groin access complications, will be measured. approximately 1 week Yes
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