Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring for the Detection of High-Degree Atrio-Ventricular Block in Patients With New-onset PeRsistent LEft Bundle Branch Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The "MARE" Study

Aortic Valve Disease Clinical Trial

— MARE  

Official title:

Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring for the Detection of High-Degree Atrio-Ventricular Block in Patients With New-onset PeRsistent LEft Bundle Branch Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The "MARE" Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02153307
• Other study ID #: MARE
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2014
• Est. completion date: July 2024

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, University Laval
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence and predictors of high degree or complete atrioventricular block (AVB) (paroxysmal or persistent) in patients with new-onset persistent left bundle branch block (NOP-LBBB) following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and to evaluate the usefulness of the Reveal LINQ® insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) (Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, USA) for the detection of significant arrhythmias in patients with NOP-LBBB following TAVI.

Description:

This is a prospective observational study including patients undergoing TAVI with either self- or balloon-expandable valves. After the procedure, patients will be on ECG monitoring during the hospitalization period (or at least 72 hours), and an ECG will be performed daily until hospital discharge in all patients. Patients with new-onset persistent LBBB at hospital discharge (new-onset LBBB of a duration of at least 48 h which persists at hospital discharge, at least 3 days and up to 15 days after the procedure) will receive an implantable loop recorder Reveal ICM LINQ®, which will be implanted subcutaneously to record adequate QRS complexes and P waves. The patients will be followed in outpatient clinic visits at 1, 12, 24 and 36 months after TAVR, or if symptoms suggestive of cardiac origin or relevant arrhythmic events occur. The device will be manually interrogated in each visit. Phone contacts will be also carried out every three months.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: July 2024
• Est. primary completion date: May 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

-Patients undergoing TAVI with either balloon or self-expandable valves who develop new-onset LBBB persistent at hospital discharge, at least 3 days after the procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

• Failure to provide informed consent
• Baseline pacemaker/defibrillator or pacemaker/defibrillator implanted during the hospitalization period following the TAVI procedure
• Pre-existing complete LBBB
• Patients with a life-expectancy of less than 2 years

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aortic Valve Disease
• Atrioventricular Block
• Bundle-Branch Block
• Conduction Disturbances

Intervention

Device:
• Implantable loop recorders system Reveal ICM LINQ®,

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	IUCPQ	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	-Rate and time of onset of high degree or complete AVB		1Year
Primary	-Incidence of arrhythmic events identified by the IRL leading to a change in treatment or major adverse event		1 Year
Secondary	-Rate of high degree or complete of AVB		Within the first month after TAVI procedure
Secondary	-Rate of high degree or complete of AVB		6-month follow-up
Secondary	-Rate of high degree or complete AVB		24-month follow-up
Secondary	-Rate of high degree or complete AVB		36-month follow-up
Secondary	-Electrocardiographic and device-related factors predicting the occurence of high degree or complete AVB in patients with new-onset LBBB after TAVI	Periprocedural results of TAVI of patients with NOP-LVV will be used to characterize predictors of high degree or complete AVB. Moreover, electrocardiographic characteristics at hospital discharge of patients with NOP-LVV will also be used to characterize predictors of high degree or complete AVB.	Within the first 3 years following TAVI procedure
Secondary	-Rate of new atrial fibrillation or ventricular arrhythmias		Within the first 3 years following TAVI procedure
Secondary	-Changes in left ventricular function and mitral regurgitation over time		Within the first 3 years following TAVI procedure