Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Trial
— QOL-CAFRCTOfficial title:
Quality of Life Improvement After Cardioversion of Persistent AF - A Randomized Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a type of irregular heart rhythm due to electrical signal disturbances of the heart. It is a very common arrhythmia and the risk of developing AF increases with age and with other risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and underlying heart disease. The main complications of AF are heart failure and stroke. However, studies have shown that restoration of normal rhythm does not reduce these complications. Rather, these complications are mitigated by controlling the heart rate and using blood thinners to prevent stroke. Symptoms secondary to AF can occur due to the irregular heart rate and poor contraction in the atria, the top chambers of the heart. These symptoms include shortness of breath, fatigue, reduced exercise tolerance, and palpitations. Restoring sinus rhythm can sometimes alleviate these symptoms. Given that studies to date have not shown a difference in hard clinical endpoints between rate and rhythm control strategies, the decision to proceed with rhythm control depends on the patient symptom burden. Rhythm control strategies in patients with persistent AF include cardioversion back to sinus rhythm with long-term recurrence prevention via anti-arrhythmic drugs (AADs) or catheter ablation. However, many studies of these procedures omit a sham placebo control arm. No atrial fibrillation procedural intervention has been compared to a sham procedure. The cardioversion procedure can easily be compared to a "sham" alternative, as it is non-invasive with an expected response within days-to-weeks. Thus, a cardioversion versus "sham" cardioversion trial will allow us to truly assess the impact of a rhythm-control strategy on QOL. It is hypothesized that cardioversion of atrial fibrillation leads to significant improvement in quality of life (QOL) compared to sham cardioversion. Understanding the true QOL impact of sinus rhythm restoration in patients with persistent AF is of significant importance in guiding strategies for the management of AF. Hence, by evaluating what the true effect of cardioversion on QOL in this blinded study, we can better understand the role of medical management and AF ablation in our patients and assess resource allocation to these procedures.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 100 |
Est. completion date | July 2024 |
Est. primary completion date | July 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Patients age = 18 years - Persistent atrial fibrillation - Unknown symptom burden related to AF Exclusion Criteria: - Known left-atrial appendage thrombus - Prior catheter or surgical ablation for AF - Intolerance or contraindication to Amiodarone - Contraindication to appropriate anticoagulation - Patient is included in another randomized clinical trial - Patient is unable or unwilling to provide informed consent - Patient with a history of noncompliance with medical therapy - Patient does not meet all of the above listed inclusion criteria - Pregnancy (all women of child bearing age and potential will have a negative BHCG test before enrolment) - Breastfeeding - Patients for whom the investigator believes that the trial is not in the interest of the patient |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Canada | University of Ottawa Heart Institute | Ottawa | Ontario |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation |
Canada,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Difference between AFEQT Scores pre and post cardioversion | Atrial fibrillation Quality of Life Survey
Patients will be asked: "To help people say how good or bad their state of health has been on average in previous 4 weeks/since intervention we have drawn a scale (rather like a thermometer) on which the best state you can imagine is marked 100 and the worst state you can imagine is marked 0. We would like you to indicate on this scale how good or bad your health has been on average on average in previous 4 weeks/since intervention in your opinion. Please do this by drawing a line on the scale." |
4 weeks | |
Secondary | Absolute AFEQT score post-cardioversion | Atrial fibrillation Quality of Life Survey
Patients will be asked: "To help people say how good or bad their state of health has been on average in previous 4 weeks/since intervention we have drawn a scale (rather like a thermometer) on which the best state you can imagine is marked 100 and the worst state you can imagine is marked 0. We would like you to indicate on this scale how good or bad your health has been on average on average in previous 4 weeks/since intervention in your opinion. Please do this by drawing a line on the scale." |
4 weeks | |
Secondary | Change in generic quality of life | Measured using the 36-Item Short Form Survey (SF-36) | 4 weeks | |
Secondary | Change in daily activity | An activity monitor is provided to participants for the duration of the study. Participants will wear an ActiGraph GTX3 accelerometer (ActiGraph, Pensacola, Florida) over their right hip during waking hours for nine days, excluding periods when they engaged in water-related activities (i.e. bathing, swimming). The ActiGraph GT3X accelerometer will capture movement across three axes (y-, x- and z-axis). Participants' sedentary time, and time spent in low, moderate and vigorous intensity physical activity, expressed as proportion of wear time (minutes/day or minutes/week) of activity. The activity monitor is blinded and does not show the participants any values. | 4 weeks | |
Secondary | Study exit questionnaire on patient's perceived well-being | Patients will be asked two questions at the end of the study:
"Do you feel better after the intervention?" with the answer choices "Yes/No" "What rhythm do you think you are today" with answer choices "NSR/AF" |
4 weeks |
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