View clinical trials related to Permanent Atrial Fibrillation.
Filter by:The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the effect of accelerated pacing (pacemaker lower rate programmed to 80bpm) compared to pacing at the standard programmed lower rate of 60bpm in symptomatic atrial fibrillation patients undergoing pace-and-ablate strategy with LBBAP. The main question it aims to answer is: - To determine the effect of accelerated pacing on health-related quality of life compared to the current standard of care. Secondary questions it aims to answer are: - To study the acute hemodynamic effect of different (accelerated) pacing rates on pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, cardiac output and arterial blood pressure among atrial fibrillation patients undergoing pace-and-ablate strategy. - To study the long-term effects (at 6 months) of accelerated pacing compared to the current standard of care among atrial fibrillation patients undergoing pace-and-ablate strategy on: - NT pro BNP levels - device detected atrial fibrillation burden and daily activity - echocardiographic measurements (LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVEDD, left ventricular end- diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LAVI left atrial volume index; diastolic parameters; strain
This is a multicenter, randomized controlled study. This study aims to compare the clinical efficacy of LBBAP with traditional biventricular pacing in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and heart Failure
The RATAF II study is a randomized, prospective, parallel group study, designed to compare the effects of two different drug regimens for rate control in permanent AF (atrial fibrillation). We will investigate on the difference in effects on exercise capacity, biomarkers (NT-proBNP (N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide), troponins, hs-CRP), heart rate, echocardiographic measurements and symptoms. Our main hypothesis is that six months' treatment with the calcium channel blocker diltiazem will lower NT-proBNP and increase exercise capacity (peak VO2) compared to treatment with the beta blocker metoprolol in permanent AF.
Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm disturbance, causing important discomfort for patients, a high risk of stroke, frequent hospital admissions and a two-fold increase in death. The number of patients with this condition are expected to double in the next 20 years. Medications to control heart-rate are used in the majority of patients, although the choice of agent is often guided by local preference rather than evidence from controlled trials. Despite the fact that patients with atrial fibrillation have high rates of other cardiac conditions such as heart failure, clinicians have insufficient evidence to personalise the use of different therapies. This feasibility study will allow us to develop a range of methods that can characterise patients according to the pumping and relaxing function of the heart, the burden of symptoms and to identify new blood markers. In this way, the investigators hope to improve clinical practice guidelines, allowing doctors to prescribe appropriate treatments for the right patients. The research will be focused around a randomised trial of two medication strategies, providing much-needed data on the comparison of digoxin and beta-blockers (two commonly-used drugs in patients with atrial fibrillation). It will also allow us to identify the best way to record patient-reported quality of life and develop robust techniques to determine heart function using non-invasive imaging, facilitating the conduct of a large-scale clinical trial. The key objectives of the research programme are to define the optimal medications for patients with atrial fibrillation and identify the most valid, reproducible and cost-effective methods to examine patients. The ultimate aim of the project is to improve clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation, benefiting patients, the National Health Service and the global community.
The VICTORIA Study (Vascular CalcIfiCation and sTiffness induced by ORal antIcoAgulation) is a comparative, parallel, prospective, controlled and randomized study of the structural and functional impact of rivaroxaban versus anti-vitamin K drugs on the arterial vasculature.
There is evidence of superiority of AV junction ablation strategy over pharmacological therapy only for symptoms of atrial fibrillation, but not for heart failure, hospitalization, morbidity and mortality. Hypothesis of trial is that AV junction ablation is superior to pharmacological therapy as regard hospitalization and mortality
The purpose of the study is to gather electrophysiological data using a multi-electrode mapping catheter during a clinically indicated cardiac ablation procedure for the treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation.
The purpose of this study is to monitor heart rate regularization in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation and standard indication for single chamber rate adaptive pacing VVI(R).