High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Admitted to an Emergency Department (ED)

Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Trial

Official title:

High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Admitted to an Emergency Department (ED)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02542189
• Other study ID #: S-377-2013
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 6, 2015
• Last updated: September 2, 2015
• Start date: June 2009
• Est. completion date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: September 2015
• Source: University Hospital Heidelberg
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: Ethics Commission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to collect data on the prevalence and clinical significance of elevated cardiac troponin in a large registry of unselected patients with atrial fibrillation presenting to an emergency department.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 3037
• Est. completion date: July 2015
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• documented atrial fibrillation in admission EKG or diagnosis of atrial fibrillation at admission.

Exclusion Criteria:

• no patients are excluded.

Study Design

Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Atrial Fibrillation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital Heidelberg

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	vascular and non-vascular death	Assessment via review of inpatient- and outpatient visit reports, patient phone calls, postal queries with standardised questionnaires, contact with primary care physicians and resident registration office inquiries.	up to 60 months	Yes
Primary	nonfatal myocardial infarction	Assessment via review of inpatient- and outpatient visit reports, patient phone calls, postal queries with standardised questionnaires, contact with primary care physicians and resident registration office inquiries.	up to 60 months	Yes
Primary	stroke/transitory ischemic attack (TIA)	Assessment via review of inpatient- and outpatient visit reports, patient phone calls, postal queries with standardised questionnaires, contact with primary care physicians and resident registration office inquiries.	up to 60 months	Yes