SCD-HeFT 10 Year Follow-up — SCD-HeFT10 Yr  

Congestive Heart Failure Clinical Trial

Official title: Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial 10 Year Follow-up (SCD-HeFT 10 Year)

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

No clinical trial that has examined the role of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy in the prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) has provided outcome data for longer than a few years. The NHLBI sponsored and placebo-controlled Sudden Cardiac Death in heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT) conducted from 1997 to 2003 had the largest number of patients and the longest average follow-up at 45.5 months. This study changed the national reimbursement policy for ICD therapy and remains the reference point for all other ICD evaluations in patients with congestive heart failure from ischemic or non-ischemic systolic dysfunction. Despite the outcome, the role of ICD therapy in the management of patients with heart failure has been questioned because of four principal concerns: numbers needed to treat to save a life, lead integrity over time, the negative consequences of shock therapy, and the cost of therapy. The purpose of this trial is to track down the remaining patients for a one-time follow-up regarding key outcome data.

Clinical Trial Description

Long-term outcome data for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy is sorely needed. We will acquire these data by re-approaching the patient population from the original Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT).[Bardy 2005] This research is supported by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.

SCD-HeFT was originally conducted from 1997 to 2003. It demonstrated unequivocally that ICD's save lives in patients with heart failure compared to placebo or amiodarone. More than 26 peer-reviewed publications, including three NEJM papers, have resulted from this work.[Bardy 2005, Poole 2008, Mark 2008] Despite the quality of SCD-HeFT and the evidence of the life-saving ability of ICD therapy, the role of ICD therapy in the management of patients with heart failure continues to be questioned. This study will provide long-term follow-up of the SCD-HeFT patients, which will now exceed 10 years on average. ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiomyopathies
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Death
• Death, Sudden, Cardiac
• Heart Failure
• Ischemic and Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy
• Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
• Sudden Cardiac Death Primary Prevention
• Ventricular Dysfunction, Left

• NCT number: NCT01058837
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2009
• Completion date: August 2011