Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial - Reduce Inappropriate Therapy — MADIT-RIT  

Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Clinical Trial

Official title: IDE-Exempt: Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial - Reduce Inappropriate Therapy

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will assess the impact of higher rate cutoffs and longer delays than standard programming on inappropriate therapy in primary prevention ICD and CRT-D patients.

Clinical Trial Description

The purpose of the MADIT-RIT trial is to compare the time to first inappropriate therapy using high rate cutoff and/or long delay in primary prevention patients receiving an ICD or CRT-D device compared to standard programming. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Death, Sudden, Cardiac
• Heart Arrest
• Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

• NCT number: NCT00947310
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Boston Scientific Corporation
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2009
• Completion date: December 2012