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The present study will recruit 50 symptomatic non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) below 35% and complete left bundle branch block (CLBBB), who have not received complete guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT). Each patient was randomized to 2 groups, GDMT or left bundle branch pacing combined with GDMT (LBBP+GDMT) as initial therapy and was followed up for 2 phases: 0-6 months (phase I), 7-18 months (phase II). The primary objective is to compare the LVEF change , syncope and malignant ventricular arrhythmias between GDMT group and LBBP+GDMT group, and to observe which strategy will significantly reduce the percentage of recommendations for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) during phase I study. The second outcome measures including health economics, echocardiography parameters[left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV), left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV)], N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level, New York Heart Association (NYHA) class, 6-minute walking distance (6MWD), quality of life score(QOL) and incidence of clinical adverse events.


Clinical Trial Description

Therapies currently approved to treat heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) have generally shown significant benefit on morbidity and mortality, resulting in strong recommendations in treatment guidelines. Four standard drugs classes, composed of beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme-inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker/angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ACE-I/ARB/ARNI), mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) and sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor (SGLT2i), have already been standard background therapy in HFrEF. Cardiac resynchronization therapy with pacemaker/Cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillation (CRT-P/CRT-D) is an established treatment to HF patients, especially in LVEF ≤35%, sinus rhythm, CLBBB with a QRS duration (QRSd) ≥150 ms, and symptoms on 3-6 months of GDMT. Both the 2021 ESC and the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA guidelines for HF included LVEF≤35% after 3-6 months of GDMT as a strong indication for ICD implantation in non-ischemic heart disease. The traditional biventricular pacing (BiVP) could correct the cardiac dyssynchrony to improve clinical symptoms and reduce all-cause mortality in HF. However, almost 30%-40% of patients with successful implantation show no response and BiVP just corrects the mechanical dyssynchrony caused by LBBB not corrects the LBBB. His Purkinje conduction system pacing (HPCSP) technology has made significant progress in recent five years. His bundle pacing (HBP) and left bundle branch pacing(LBBP) can correct LBBB and achieve physiological cardiac resynchronization only by ordinary single-chamber or dual-chamber pacemaker. LBBP has been reported to produce stable pacing thresholds, adequately sensed R-wave amplitude, and higher likelihood to correct LBBB by pacing more distal to the site of conduction block compared with HBP. The feasibility and efficacy of LBBP for CRT in HF patients with LBBB was demonstrated by previous observational studies showing that LBBP-CRT achieves a narrower QRSd, higher percentage of super responders, and lower pacing thresholds than BiVP-CRT. The LBBP-RESYNC study showed that LBBP-CRT demonstrated greater LVEF improvement than BiVP-CRT in HF patients with NICM and LBBB. It remains unclear as to the following questions: 1. After 3-6 months of GDMT, what is the percentage of patients with LVEFs improvement from ≤35% to >35% in HFrEF patients with NICM and CLBBB, and what are the absolute values of the increase in LVEFs; 2. How is the long-term prognosis of those patients with LVEF increased to >35% after GDMT. Whether these patients still need an ICD/CRT-D since they do not fall within the recommendations for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD); 3. What are the differences of LVEFs changes if LBBP is added to the medical treatment at the beginning. There are to date no randomized studies comparing GDMT and LBBP combined with GDMT (LBBP+GDMT) as the initial therapy in HFrEF patients with NICM and CLBBB. The purpose of this study is to compare the therapeutic effects of LBBP+GDMT and GDMT on LV function and clinical endpoints in such patients. The present study will randomize about 50 patients in multiple centres to LBBP+GDMT group or GDMT group. The study is divided into two phases: Phase I (0-6 months) : Patients are randomly assigned to either the drug therapy group (GDMT group) or the experimental group (LBBP+GDMT group). In GDMT group at 3-month follow-up, CRT-P/CRT-D will be implanted if LVEF is still ≤35% with absolute increase <5% from baseline or ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) events are recorded; otherwise, GDMT will be continued when LVEF >35% or LVEF≤35% but absolute increase >5% from baseline and no VT/VF event is observed. Patients in LBBP+GDMT group are directly treated with LBBP and GDMT after enrollment. The proportions of patients with LVEF ≤35% or VT/VF events in LBBP+GDMT group are assessed at 3-month and 6-month. The percentages of patients with LVEF ≤35% or VT/VF events in GDMT group are also assessed after 3 and 6 months as well. Phase II (7-18 months): Patients in each group are followed up regularly (every 3-6 months, with mandatory at 12 and 18 months, with additional as appropriate) to assess the need for CRT-P/CRT-D/ICD when EF decreasing to ≤35%, syncope, or VT/VF events occurred. ;


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NCT number NCT05572957
Study type Interventional
Source The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
Contact Jiangang Zou, MD,Ph.D
Phone 86-13605191407
Email jgzou@njmu.edu.cn
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date October 14, 2022
Completion date June 2025

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