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NCT number NCT02378116
Other study ID # H-3-2010-017
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received September 16, 2014
Last updated February 26, 2018
Start date October 2011
Est. completion date January 1, 2017

Study information

Verified date February 2018
Source Frederiksberg University Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Because atrial fibrillation occurs frequently in heart surgery patients, our overall hypothesis is that systematic closing the left atrial appendage during surgery will reduce cerebral embolism coming from the thrombus formation in the left atrium.

The specific hypothesis which sought tested is that closure of the left atrial appendage in connection with elective CABG and / or valve surgery will lead to fewer strokes and micro cerebral infarcts measured by MRI.


Description:

Patients are included prior to surgery. An MRI is performed at baseline. At the day of surgery, patients is randomized to closure/left open left atrial appendage.

During surgery, a maximum of 15 ml blood and a right atrium biopsy are taken for further analyses. Additionally, a biopsy of the left atrium appendage is collected from the group of patients randomized for closure.

The study group recommend a double closure. After discharge a second MRI is performed and the final MRI is performed after a minimum of six months.

The final contact with the patient is done one year after surgery at the earliest. Where a clinical interview is done over the phone and the patients clinical records are screened for cerebral ischaemic events and atrial fibrillation.

During the study period, some patients are elected for a bicycle stress test to test for levels of neurohormones, and some are elected for monitoring with Holter.

There will also be performed transesophageal echocardiography on interested patients in order to test for the quality of surgical closure.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 205
Est. completion date January 1, 2017
Est. primary completion date January 1, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- age > 18 years old.

- elective open heart surgery By-pass (CABG) and/or valve surgery

- signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- off pump heart surgery

- endocarditis

- Patients with metal implants not suitable for MRI

- Patients with planned implantation of pacemaker after surgery

Study Design


Intervention

Procedure:
Surgical closure of the left atrial appendage
When patients are randomized to surgical closure, the surgeon is informed to close the left appendage. Closure is documented by a member of the research group at the site.

Locations

Country Name City State
Denmark Rigshospitalet Copenhagen

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Frederiksberg University Hospital Hvidovre University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Comparison of increase of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP) during exercise testing in open versus closed left atrial appendage. 20 Patients have been included and have finished the sub study as of Jan 2015 The investigators want to test if the levels of NT-proANP (pro-hormone of atrial natriuretic peptide) will change during stress in patients with a closed left atrial appendage, compared to the control group. The test is performed on a ergometer-bicycle, with blood samples taken at baseline and after maximum exercise. The levels of neurohormones will then be analyzed.
The study is done in order to better map of the areas producing neurohormones in the heart.
Exercise test is scheduled three months after surgery. Blood samples are analyzed and levels of ANP are assessed.
Other Study of recurrent atrial fibrillation in patients with per-operative onset. Patients who develop atrial fibrillation after surgery, with no previous history of atrial fibrillation, and who are discharged in sinus rhythm, will be offered monitoring of heart rhythm with Holter monitor. Preferably for one week, in order to investigate, weather restoring sinus rhythm is permanent, or if debut of atrial fibrillation is onset of a new disease more than a symptom form surgery. Between three months and two years after surgery, the patients will be included for a 6-7 days monitoring of heart rhythm. Data last patient will have completed monitoring December 2015
Primary Combined endpoint: Stroke and/or changes in number of micro cerebral infarcts identified with MRI at follow up compared to discharge from surgery. Endpoint is earliest one year after randomization. Follow-up is continued for the entire length of the study. The rationale for this is that this one intervention provides lifetime protection against ischaemic damage.
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