Increasing Detection of Sub-Clinical Atrial Fibrillation in Defibrillator Patients With the Use of a VDD-ICD Lead — Dx-AF  

Cardiovascular Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title: Increasing Detection of Sub-Clinical Atrial Fibrillation in Defibrillator Patients With the Use of a VDD-ICD Lead: The Dx-AF Study

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to compare the Dx-ICD system (experimental) to standard VVI-ICD (control) on the ability to diagnose silent AF in patients without prior AF receiving an ICD for standard indications.

Clinical Trial Description

Recipients of implantable defibrillators (ICD) are at high risk of developing both AF and stroke, given the presence of multiple cardiovascular risk factors. Oral anticoagulation can prevent most strokes in patients with AF; provided that AF is recognized before a stroke occurs. Up to about 40% of incident AF may be sub-clinical, producing minimal or no symptoms, or being too short to allow detection. DX AF is a prospective, randomized-controlled, open-label trial. Patients who are identified on clinical grounds for a single-chamber ICD will be randomized to a VDD ICD (experimental group) or single chamber ICD (control group). The study will compare the Dx-ICD system (experimental) to standard VVI-ICD (control) on the ability to diagnose silent AF in patients without prior AF receiving an ICD for standard indications. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arrhythmias, Cardiac
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
• Cardiac Arrhythmias
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

• NCT number: NCT03110627
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Unity Health Toronto
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 31, 2017
• Completion date: March 31, 2022