Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Trial
Official title:
Pulmonary Vein Isolation Versus SHAM-pulmonary Vein Isolation for Symptomatic Relief in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation- a Randomised Trial - PVI-SHAM-AF
Being the most common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a high burden of public health with an increasing prevalence in our aging population. Interventional treatment of atrial fibrillation by catheter ablation is one of the treatment pillars in the complex field of "better symptom control" based on current Guidelines. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is based on electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins (pulmonary vein isolation: PVI) from the left atrium. The main benefit and goal of PVI in AF patients is the reduction of AF-related symptoms, resulting in an improvement of quality of life. It was shown, that catheter ablation failed to prove a difference in AF recurrence after PVI compared to medical therapy in the first 18 month of follow-up. It was also shown, that these episodes will become more asymptomatic. This raises concerns that the symptomatic improvement might be the result of a placebo effect, which will be elucidated with this study.
Being the most common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation (AF) is a high burden of public health with an increasing prevalence in our aging population. Interventional treatment of atrial fibrillation by catheter ablation is one of the treatment pillars in the complex field of "better symptom control" based on current Guidelines. Atrial fibrillation is commonly induced and maintained by abnormal electrical impulses originating in the pulmonary veins. Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation is based on electrical isolation of the pulmonary veins (pulmonary vein isolation: PVI) from the left atrium. This is achieved either by heating (Radiofrequency ablation) or freezing (Cryoablation) of the tissues. By inducing the formation of scar tissue, the pulmonary veins are "electrically isolated" and abnormal electrical signals are not transferred any more to the left atrium. The main benefit and goal of PVI in AF patients is the reduction of AF-related symptoms, resulting in an improvement of quality of life. The effect was shown to be significantly higher compared with conventional medical treatment. In contrast, there is no evidence for a substantial effect of PVI on hard clinical endpoints. The recent large randomized controlled trial CABANA (Catheter ABlation vs. ANtiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation) did not show a reduction of the primary composite endpoint of death, disabling stroke, serious bleeding and cardiac arrest in the intention-to-treat analysis although the results are highly controversial due to the high crossover rate. Up to now, the only patient population with evidence for a prognostic benefit of PVI in symptomatic AF are patients with a heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). In the CASTLE-AF trial, a relative risk reduction for all-cause mortality of 47% was shown for HFrEF patients with AF ablation compared with conventional treatment. 7-Day Holter monitoring in patients 6 month after treatment with PVI revealed a significant increase in asymptomatic AF episodes. Furthermore, the MANTRA-PAF randomised trial (Medical Antiarrhythmic Treatment or Radiofrequency Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation) failed to prove a difference in AF recurrence after PVI compared to medical therapy in the first 18 month of follow-up. This raises concerns that the symptomatic improvement might be the result of a placebo effect. PVI-SHAM-AF is a prospective, double-blinded, sham-controlled, randomized, multicenter trial whose aim is to compare the effect of catheter-based ablation on patient reported outcomes based on common AF questionnaires with a sham procedure. 260 patients without previous PVI or surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, a LVEF >35% and an indication for interventional treatment of AF with pulmonary vein isolation based on current Guidelines (ESC 2020) will be enrolled and randomized 2:1 to undergo either PVI or sham procedure. The latter will include deep sedation as performed during standard PVI treatment for at least one hour, introduction of femoral sheaths and if necessary electrical cardioversion in patients with persisting AF. No catheter will be placed within the participant. The official procedure protocol will include no details about the intervention; postinterventional care will be conducted independent of whether a catheter ablation or sham procedure was performed, based on the respective PVI protocol. Patient will be followed up for one year with visit at 3, 6 and 12 months. Each of these visits include questionnaires for AF related Symptoms (AFEQT, SF-36 and EQ-5D); 7-Day Holter Monitoring will be performed 6 months after the procedure. Participants will be unblinded after 12 months. The primary endpoint will be the difference of AFEQT sum scores evaluated at 6 months to baseline. ;
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